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Minimizing and maximizing shadows
From the course: Advanced Craft Photography
Minimizing and maximizing shadows
When you're shooting pictures of your crafts, light is going to be involved. And your craft is going to cast a shadow. It's up to you to decide whether you want to minimize that shadow, or maximize. Right now I'm going to show you how, and why you might want to do both. So, we've got this little set set up over here. And my craft is this paper mache deer head. I really like the way that taxidermy looks but I don't really like dead animals. So I wanted to make one out of paper mache. And I've staged this little set up with my leather chair and my little bowl of nuts. So I think it looks like a nice appropriate place to take a photograph of my craft. And I've got a spot over here. And a giant diffuser. Of course if you're shooting crafts at home, you're probably not going to have a gigantic spot and a diffuser, but if you are in a situation where you were shooting outside and the light was getting low, long shadows are being cast, or perhaps you're shooting inside and you only have one…
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Foundations of composition and staging4m 28s
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Foundations of ISO, aperture, and shutter speed3m 1s
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Camera Raw: What? when? why?5m 6s
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How bracketing can save your exposure5m 47s
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Understanding key tones11m 12s
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What is dynamic range?4m 58s
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Reading and understanding histograms6m 3s
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Creating striking images with contrast1m 52s
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Shooting crafts in black and white4m 6s
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Metering light to get it right3m 11s
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Minimizing and maximizing shadows3m 29s
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Getting awesome shots in low-light settings5m 41s
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Crafting moods with light3m 42s
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