Learn about Lighting

What kind of lighting equipment do you need for your photography? Read these guides to lights, reflectors, and other types of lighting equipment.
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  1. 5 Amazing Assets to Add Lovely Light to Your Photographs

    5 Amazing Assets to Add Lovely Light to Your Photographs

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Get beautifully lit photographs by trying our top tips coupled with some of our favourite presets from Envato Elements.

  2. The Portrait Photographer's Quick-ish Guide to Studio Lighting Ratios

    The Portrait Photographer's Quick-ish Guide to Studio Lighting Ratios

    Tutorial • Beginner

    It’s easy to know good natural light when you see it, but artificial light requires command and control to create the look you want. Learn how in this quick...

  3. How to Create Your Own Diffusion Panel for Clean and Simple Video Lighting

    How to Create Your Own Diffusion Panel for Clean and Simple Video Lighting

    Tutorial • Beginner

    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...

  4. How to Use the Sun for Soft and Flattering Outdoor Video Lighting

    How to Use the Sun for Soft and Flattering Outdoor Video Lighting

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Diffusing light can let just enough in to soften the light and make it useable. In this lesson we’ll cover how and when to use a diffuser: light when your...

  5. How to Capture a Stylish Smoke Photograph

    How to Capture a Stylish Smoke Photograph

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Today we're going to delve into the arena of smoke photography. We'll investigate some of the post-processing techniques available to you, as well as a few...

  6. How to Use Your Reflector When Filming in Tough Outdoor Environments

    How to Use Your Reflector When Filming in Tough Outdoor Environments

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Using a reflector to create a second, or softer light source by redirecting the light is an important and useful skill. In this lesson we’ll look at how to...

  7. How to Create a Basic 3-Point Lighting Setup for Video

    How to Create a Basic 3-Point Lighting Setup for Video

    Tutorial • Beginner

    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...

  8. How to Set Up Lights in Your DIY Video Studio

    How to Set Up Lights in Your DIY Video Studio

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Lighting a video studio is crucial so in this tutorial I'm going to show you how to create a 3-point lighting system for the subject and also how to use...

  9. A Photographer's Guide to Contrast

    A Photographer's Guide to Contrast

    Tutorial • Beginner

    in this video, you will find out how contrast works. You'll learn about high-contrast and low-contrast images, and how you can get the results you want.

  10. What Is Brightness? How to Understand Value in Photographic Lighting

    What Is Brightness? How to Understand Value in Photographic Lighting

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this video tutorial from my course A Photographer's Guide to Light, you'll learn about how light meters work, the difference between reflected metering...

  11. A Photographer's Guide to Light

    A Photographer's Guide to Light

    Course • Intermediate

    Without light, there is no photography. In this course you'll learn about visible light and the electromagnetic spectrum. You will learn about the three most...

  12. What Is Light? A Photographer's Introduction to Lighting Fundamentals

    What Is Light? A Photographer's Introduction to Lighting Fundamentals

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Visible light is only a portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. Light is a rather complex subject. Despite this complexity, there are some...

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