As a filmmaker, you know how important it is to get your lighting right, but this can only really come from a good understanding of how light works. Knowing what you want to achieve is half the battle.

In this final lesson, we go through how to put everything into practice—we’ll look at some of the most important points from Environmental Lighting for Video: diffusing light, backlighting, fill lighting and much more. Put everything into practice in one complete setup.

If you found this video useful, then check out the full course: Environmental Lighting for Video. You'll find fourteen more video lessons just like this one, each detailing lighting questions and issues you may have when making your video. You'll learn how to position your subject and extra lights, how to diffuse light, and how to handle potential problems like direct sunlight and harsh shadows. The course also details various lighting setups and helps you create your own tools.

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