Mastering Portrait Lighting: Pro Tips for Jaw-Dropping Results!
Welcome to VisualEducation.com! In this workshop roundup, we delve into the art of portrait lighting using just one or two lights and basic modifiers. Whether you're an experienced portrait photographer or just starting out, these techniques will enhance your skills and elevate your images.
Join professional photographer Karl Taylor as he guides you through practical demonstrations with the talented Karis, showcasing the power of controlled lighting to create captivating portraits.
[Watch the full 2hr workshop replay here: visualeducation.com/class/pho...]
Key Learning Points:
🔦 Soft Lighting with an Octabox: Explore the versatility of soft lighting using a large Octabox for beautifully diffused illumination.
🔦 Controlling Light with Reflectors: Learn how to fill shadows and adjust light intensity using reflectors for a more balanced portrait.
🔦 Creating Contrast with Light Positioning: Discover the impact of light placement on contrast and mood, from soft to dramatic lighting effects.
🔦 Utilising Bare Bulb Lights: Experiment with the unique qualities of bare bulb lights to achieve different levels of hardness and contrast.
🔦 Maximising Space with Ceiling Bounce: Explore the technique of bouncing light off the ceiling for soft, flattering illumination in small studios.
🔦 Creating Soft, Omnidirectional Light: Learn how to create incredibly soft light by strategically positioning two lights, allowing for creative contrast control.
Watch the full 2hr workshop replay here: visualeducation.com/class/pho...
Whether you're aiming for elegant simplicity or bold creativity, mastering these lighting techniques will transform your portrait photography. Unlock the potential of portrait lighting and capture stunning images that leave a lasting impression. Join Karl Taylor on this illuminating journey towards mastery at visualeducation.com/
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I remember spent my days during pandemic watching Karl Taylor's videos
I am going to say this... Best Lighting Video by K.T.!
Appreciate that
Extremely useful and informative video tutorial Karl.
THIS video itself, is the basis for understanding lightning fundamentals!!! Great great video, thank you!
One thing the DIY and budget minded photographer can do is wander through a hardware store, crafts store, even a dollar store, looking at any particular item and asking oneself, “how can I use this in photography?” For example I once found a solar shield for a car windshield at a dollar store that works great as a silver bounce reflector.
A piece of solid cardboard with one layer of aluminium foil and another layer of white baking paper on top of that. Done with the new reflector.
Every time I come here I learn something new. Tomorrow I am gonna try the *one bare bulb lighting* from behind the photographer. Thanks Karl for the great tips. Love from India.
Fantastic experimentation! After similar experiments in my studio I settled on a large lantern and a fresnel in front of it for a two light setup with "one" light source. Often I added a hair and shoulders light.
Nicely done, one of the few on KZhead who know what they're talking about!
Thank you Karl for sharing precious knowledge & experience. I picked up photography during pandemic and took your lighting courses. I keep practicing and now I am a professional photographer. Thank you.
Your team and studio is the best I have ever seen, my favorite teacher, thank you for sharing your passion!
Thanks for watching
I keep wanting to subscribe to watch more in-depth videos like these and learn more, but I'm always so busy, I hope I can take your course soon as it's one of the most informative channels on KZhead I've ever seen. Follow up video suggestion to this video, maybe a 1-2 lighting set up in a non-studio space like at home, office space, etc would be a nice continuation to this video.
Thank you for watching and we hope you can join us at Visual Education where we do have lots of 1-2 light setups in a studio and on location, including how to photograph people in their work places and the complications associated with that.
Lives up to the words on the tin... visual education... well and truly.
Thank you, and glad we're living up to our name! :)
Karl, I love what you do with light. This is very informative. Thank you for sharing 👏👏👏👏
Glad it was helpful!
Your presentation is informative. Thank you!
Very good practice and examples for the theory of studio lighting, thanks Karl.
Pleasure
Karl....excelente video, muchas gracias por compartir e impartir tus conocimientos y mostrarlos de forma tan simple. Saludos
thank you
Thanks for the tips. Awesome!!
No problem!
Divinity by simplicity Excellent video Karl Thanks for sharing
Many thanks
wow. This video is gold knowledge. Thank you!
My pleasure!
Amazing results
Thank you
From Bogotá D.C always following your material. Thank you Carl!
You are very welcome.
Love your channel and great content I love the visual education platform and I have learned a great deal
Great to hear thanks
Abdolutly brilliant content. Im gonna have a portrait shoot soon and this was amazing. Thank you so much. Love all your content :)!
Glad it was useful.
That was really useful and very well demonstrated. Thank you!
Thank you
This is insane!!!
Is that in a good way :)
@@VisualEducationStudio In a great way!! Whoa! Delivered gold so effortlessly. SMH
👍👍👍👍👍thank you Karl😍👍👍👍👍
Gr8 gr8 gr8 as always 👏😍😍😍 & thank you Karl 🌹
My pleasure!
Awesome video. Provides me with goals to achieve.
Great to hear!
Try feathering with the softbox
very great video explaining light and you do it very will thanks for helping me out
Glad it helped
Outstanding 😀
Thank you
Great video. Creative and informative.
Glad you enjoyed it!
excellent demonstration
Many thanks
inspirations
Cheers.
Great
With respect to light meters they are a valuable tool to use especially when shooting film. I shoot a great deal of reversal film you can’t just wing it and hope that you have the correct exposure. Otherwise good information. Thanks
Yes of course back in the 90's and early 2000's when I was shooting film I had one round my neck all the time. No need now though if shooting digital.
How big is the first octa? lovely light
thinking outside the box, by reating a white box😉
Always showing us this stuff in gigantic studios that none of us out here in the real world have !!
And with lights so close to the subject that the setups could be replicated in your living room or garage. Or like many photographers do they rent a studio or a hall and take this knowledge with them.
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Step one. Buy 10k in lighting equipment. I'm doomed.
Hi, the lighting need not be that expensive. As you would have seen most of the demonstrations were made with one or two lights which could be any brand. The shots were also completed bare bulb, or with standard softboxes, reflectors or grids and you can't get any less expensive than a bare bulb lighting shoot if you have one studio light.
Karl uses these lights as he is into this profession for more than 25 yrs and agencies demand perfection. He or any profession will need precision and dependable equipment. Plenty of made in china dependable lights available under 50 USD. Like $10 5 in 1 reflector can be used instead of the white wall on wheels he did. It’s just people only notice equipment and power settings and not the point he is trying to make 🫡
Two Lomtop heavy duty C stands about £ 130 each, 2 Godox Sk400II £ 150 each, Xpro-(your camera brand) ttl trigger £70, Godox Softbox Strip Honeycomb £ 135 (2 strip boxes according to the company having that greek female warrior tribe brand name), you can 75% of that what Karl is teaching here, except for the hair light from behind.
Off topic question. In my country every studio we want to rent that has that style background they have a sign telling us to remove our shoes. I see you guys are all in shoes. How do you deal with the mess? As i found it's hard to clean those without painting again.
Hi, we paint it about every 4-8 weeks
If you allow me the suggestion, you and assistans can use shoe covers to minimize dirt in the cyclorama, they are very cheap and comfortable.
Hi yes we have those decorators slip over blue plastic ones but we only bother with them if we need a perfect floor before a shoot, it takes us less than an hour to paint the floor and for most shoots we don't need a perfect floor. Putting them on and off for everything in the studio is too time consuming for us everyday, we prefer to just give it a fresh coat of paint if it's needed.
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