If you follow the work of advanced portrait photographers, you’ll likely notice they often use complex three or even four-light setups. And while there are good reasons to use those, you don’t need all that complexity to create professional-grade images; in fact, only one lamp will work if you know how to use it. This awesome video tutorial will show you three amazing portraits you can create with just a single light.
Coming to you from Eli Infante, this great video tutorial will show you three different portraits you can create with just one light. I strongly advocate using only one light when you are first learning how to work with artificial light. Understanding the basic properties of light (things like distance between subject and source and softness versus hardness) is incredibly important on both a technical and visual level. This is pretty easily done with a light where you can make adjustments and immediately see their effects, but with multiples it’s difficult to keep track of everything and figure out which source is causing the problem. effects can be overwhelming. As you master that single one, you’ll see more complex settings in a more accessible way. Watch the video above for the full briefing from Infante.
