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Lighting objects directly and with reflection
From the course: Pro-Level Photography for Graphic Designers
Lighting objects directly and with reflection
- What I want to do in this video is continue with an idea that we began covering in the last video. It's the idea that you can capture studio quality shots without a studio or without expensive lighting equipment, and of course, I'm suggesting that the lessons learned in both these videos, that they can be taken to the workplace too, which I'll get into more heavily in the next chapter. Here's what you'll need for this photo shoot and it's a project that I'm actually going to do on a table in my living room and I'm going to do it there just to take apart the whole idea that good looking photographs, fancy photographs, have to be shot in a well-equipped photo studio. I mean sometimes that's true, but a lot of the time, no, not so much. Okay, by the way, look at the upcoming demo as though it's a set of tips and instructions for a project that I'm going to suggest you try yourself, which is exactly what I'm going to suggest at the end of this video. Number one, use your best camera…
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Shooting a window-light still life7m 37s
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Lighting objects directly and with reflection8m 42s
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Great portraits—all you need is your camera, a friend, and walking shoes6m 16s
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Photographing in public, without irritating people or breaking laws3m 2s
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A fresh point of view for your next downtown picture-taking field trip5m 21s
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Shooting indoors: ISO, aperture, and other considerations7m 42s
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Big picture: Outdoor photography4m 49s
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The photo opportunities around you6m 25s
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Finding themes in your photos6m 33s
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You can never have enough photographic textures3m 45s
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