When it comes to portrait photography, learning how to work with artificial light will give you a lot more flexibility and create creative opportunities that simply aren’t possible. If that’s something you want to start learning, check out this great video tutorial that will show you the fundamentals and you’re ready to make your first shot.
Coming to you from Pye Jirsa with Adorama TVThis great video tutorial will show you the fundamentals of using artificial light for a portrait. When you’re new to artificial lighting, it’s especially important not to tackle overly complicated setups right away. While you may find professionals using more complex multi-light setups, you can create compelling, professional-grade images with a single light and only needing to use a source to get started will give you a good visual grasp of important parameters like subject -distance to source, modifier size, off and more, so you can switch to your device. Set up two or three lights on the better road. Check out the video above for the full synopsis from Jirsa.
If you want to learn more about lighting for portraits, be sure to check out “Face Lighting: Lighting for Photographs and Portraits with Peter Hurley! “
