From the course: Lighting with LED Panels

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Single light setup

Single light setup

- We're gonna take a look at using just one instrument or one light to light a portrait. Now, I like to actually have at least a couple lights, and you really should, but there are times when you might only have one light to light with. So the first thing is, if I can use some of the ambient light in a room, I will use that and use my one light really to create some depth and some shadows. And one of the nice things about working with an LED light that you can adjust the color temperature, it's very easy to match the color temperature of the lights in the room. So, the first thing I would do is take advantage of the light that's already in the room and just use your LEDs to really paint in the shadows. But if you're in a situation where you really wanna focus on lighting with a single light, let's go ahead and take a look at what we can do. We're gonna work with a couple of scenarios. The first thing I'm gonna do is I'm gonna go ahead and we're gonna light our model with just the one…

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