Master Photo Lighting

Table of Contents
Book 1 - Master Photo Lighting - Light 101
Introduction
	Simple system
	Aperture
	Depth Of Field
	The F Stop
	Shutter Speed And Aperture Combinations
Light!
	Additive Light
Color Temperature
	The Kelvin Light Temperature Scale
	How Color Of Light is Determined
	Pop Quiz
Types And Uses Of Light
	Ambient Light
	Incandescent Light
	Why use a strobe light?
	The Filters In Our Minds
	Fixing A Color Cast
	Strobe Lighting
	The Modeling Light
	Flash Photo Secrets!
	How And Why To Diffuse Your On Camera Flash!
Lighting Photo Portraits - The Basics
	The main light
	The fill light
	Separation light
	Creative Lighting
	In Studio Portrait Lighting - Spending More IS Better!
	Good lights cost a bundle!
	What to do?
	Photography Lighting Techniques - 3 Vital Tips
Photo Exercise 1
Metering
	Reflected Light Meters
	How To Calibrate A Film Camera’s Meter
	How To Calibrate A Digital Camera’s Meter
	Reflectance Meter Problems
	Calibrating Incident Light Meters
Photo Exercise 2
Book 2 - Master Photo Lighting - Hard Light
Introduction
Ambient Light
	Ambient Light Defined
	Light Qualities
	Shadows
	Raccoon Eyes
	Visually lose weight
	Glare
Hard Light
	Hard Light Defined
	Light Quality
Control Viewer Emotions
	Texture
	What about wrinkles?
	Light Angles Matter
Photo Exercise 1
Light Shaping
	Barn Doors
	The Snoot
	Making Your Light Bigger
	Flags, Dots And Fingers
	Cookies And Gobos
Photo Exercise 2
Book 3 - Master Photo Lighting - Soft Light
Introduction
Dynamic Range
	Narrowing The Lighting Ratio
	Exposing For The Extremes
	Dynamic Range Hierarchy
	Why Care About Dynamic Range?
	High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography
Shadows
	Shadows Determine What Type Of Light You Should Use
	Spotlights
	When You Don’t Want Shadows!
	When You DO Want Shadows
	Deciding On Hard Or Soft Light
Soft Light
	Soft Light Defined
	The Photography Diffuser - A Portable Cloud
	Hard And Soft Light From The Same Source!
	Soft Light Advantage
	The Umbrella
	The Softbox
Make Your Own Softbox
	Test Your New Softbox!
	Other Soft Light Options
Composition
	Composition Defined
	Framing
	Vignette
	Shape
	Size
	Space
	Mood
	Diagonals
	Symmetry
	Clutter
Photo Exercise
Book 4 - Photo Mastery - Shadows, Form And Texture
Introduction
Light Makes Shadow
	Color Temperature - Kelvin Scale
	Light Meters
	Reflected Light Meter
	Problems With Reflected Light
	Incident Light Meter
Ambient Light
	Ambient Light Qualities
	Shadows From Hard Ambient Light
	Soft Ambient Light Shadows
The Main/Key Light
	Planning The Shadow
	Squinting
	Raccoon Eyes
	Do You HATE Those Pesky Shadows?
Shadows Define Form
	Vital - write this in your notebook!
	The Fill Light
	Learning Photography Lighting Techniques!
Photo Exercise - 1
Photo Exercise - 2
Fixing Problem Areas
Shadow Lighting Patterns
	Split Light
	Loop Light
	Butterfly Light
	Texture Requires Shadow!
Glare
	How to fix eyeglass glare?
	Red Eye
Photo Exercise - 3
	Observation training
	Your final exercise
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