Creative Light Uses in Studio Photography

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Fashion photographer Frank Doorhof is back in the studio to teach viewers about creative lighting and share some tips for working with models in the studio. In this course Frank offers advice on posing models and their hands, shooting with soft boxes, hard light vs. soft light, and much more. In later lessons, Frank introduces a wind machine to his shoot, along with fire cloth, water spray, and sheets of plastic. Follow along and get some fresh ideas on how to get creative with your studio lighting.

Posing Your Models (05:24) Frank shares some tips on directing your models for better lines and curves in their poses which will translate to better images
Making the Most of Your Soft Box (08:13) This lesson has tricks for optimizing the use of your Elinchrom Octa soft box
Maximize Your Deep Octa (08:36) Frank shows different ways to configure a deep Octa soft box and how to account for the hot spot
Two Strip Lights (05:09) Frank places his model between two strip lights and uses flags to block excess light
Hard Light (06:20) Frank places his model in front of a black background with hard light and uses a second strobe to open up the shadows
Walls, Music, and Flags (08:51) The ability to be creative with your lighting will allow you to shoot wherever you want
Casting Shadows (06:02) Use a white wall behind the subject to create interesting shadows in the images
Wind and Fire Cloth (07:49) Add some action to your photos with a wind machine and a fire cloth
Posing Hands (05:35) Frank demonstrates the right and wrong ways to include the hands in your shot
Rembrandt and Butterfly Lighting (03:27) These two lighting setups are very popular and provide a good base for getting started
Painting with Light (04:47) Adjusting shutter speed to capture hot lights
Wet Hair and Rain (05:53) Making small changes to your model gives your shots a unique look
Quick Tips (03:03) Mark the floor of your studio so that your models know where to stand
Plastic and the Great Escape (04:34) Placing two lights behind plastic creates a very unique look for this shot

Course Time: 01 Hours 23 Minutes

E. Leszkowicz

Oct 13 2012

Frank is a very outstanding teacher. He has great pace but takes the care to explain everything he is doing and why he is doing it. In addition, he doesn't hesitate to provide small tips along the way.
C. Paredes

Apr 12 2012

Frank and Corbell, the very best of KT. more please
A. Loof

Feb 18 2012

Very excellent. Great teaching tool and great teacher!
T. Hindes

Feb 11 2012

Fantastic! Lots of fun and very usable stuff!

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Frank Doorhof

International Fashion and Glamour Photographer

While he may be a noted international fashion and glamour photographer, the Amsterdam-born Frank Doorhof admits that teaching has always been in his blood. While Doorhof still conducts magazine and...VIEW FULL BIO»

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