Creative Lighting for Photographers

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Joe McNally takes you to, what only can be called not the prettiest of locations to teach you just how far a little creative lighting can take your shot… and tell a story. Join him as he uses a lot of different lights in a lot of different ways to tell a story with a beautifully lit, if not so beautiful, ending.

Describing the Scene (03:11) Joe has brought his people out to a dark, dusty motel for a noir-themed photo shoot
Transforming Light Sources (08:55) Using a bed sheet and a single light source for the initial setup
Altering the Mood (06:28) Making the shots more melancholy just by changing the level of exposure
Single SB900 Flash (10:22) Using the single flash through the bed sheet provides a big, diffused light source that I very versatile
Hard Light (05:51) Strengthening the light source casts dramatic shadows and changes the fee of the image
Snapping Away (05:15) Working through the shoot with different positions and clothing
Lots of Drama (08:39) Changing makeup, wardrobe, and creating a new lighting setup to add some more drama to the scene
Creepy Color (04:38) Using gels on the headlights of cars to add some colored light to the crime scene
Crime Scene Shoot (07:45) Joe works with different lighting groups, multiple subjects, different colored gels - all to get one shot!
High Speed Synch (05:36) Shooting skateboarding action using a flash synched at high shutter speeds
Skate Park Shoot (08:35) Using a bank of flashes with remote triggers and fast shutter speeds
Action Shots (02:57) Trying to keep up with the fast moves of a skate boarding subject
Bits and Pieces (07:48) Everyone is working out their best moves and trying to find the great shots among the not-so-great ones

Course Time: 01 Hours 26 Minutes

A. Abdel-Aziz

Mar 21 2013

You can't get this kind of instruction in a class or in a book. You're on location with a brilliant photographer absorbing what he does as he explains it. Priceless.
R. Deviney

Jun 12 2012

great images and alot of hard work, this is one fantastic piece!

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Joe McNally

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Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed photographer whose career has spanned 30 years and included assignments in over 50 countries. He has shot cover stories for TIME, Newsweek, Fortune, New...VIEW FULL BIO»

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