February 2013

9 Ways To Light A Photo – A Phlearn Video Tutorial

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Using one light to get many effects

In this episode I’ll show you how one light can change the result of your image through the distance and height from your subject. We show you where the light was with each photo and explain why some angles are better than others.

What’s covered

0:30 Change lighting by moving your softbox
1:26- Using a Light Meter
2:10- Side lit images
2:30- Lit from underneath
2:40- Back lighting
3:00- Lit from above and in front , closeup!
3:20- Explanation of modeling light and how it can be used to help
4:00- Which angles work better and why
4:47- Contest info! .

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How To Use A Beauty Dish – A Phlearn Video Tutorial

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Hard and Soft Light

A beauty dish is unique in that it creates a hard light that has soft edges. It does not have a “hot spot” in the middle of it like most reflectors, and can be used to make portraits very compelling.

What’s covered

0:30 Congrats to Dave for winning the Phlearn PRO contest!
1:16- Using our shotgun mic
3:10- Why relative size is important
4:00- When to use a beauty dish
4:40- When to not use a beauty dish
6:00- Making a DIY beautydish
6:45- balancing a boom
8:00- Best postion for a beauty dish
10:00- placing a beauty dish too far from your subject
Why Distance Is Important

Beauty dishes have a “Sweet Spot” where they work the best. The reason this modifier exists is to create a hard light source with semi-soft edges, and no hot spot in the middle of the light. Perfect for portraits.

That being said, these are pretty much only good for portraits. You won’t get the benefits of the light if your beauty dish is too far from your subject, it will just appear to be a small light source.

For most beauty dishes, you want to place them from 6 inches to 2 ft from your subject’s face. .

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How To Use A Fill Light – A Phlearn Video Tutorial

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Using Main and Fill Light

In this episode we cover what’s called “clamshell lighting,” with a beauty dish as our main light and softbox as fill. We go over the power levels of each and how they can best be used together.

All the Info

0:20 News and Updates
1:35- Using a main/key light and issues
2:35- Why a fill light will help, why it shouldn’t be as strong as fill
2:45- Our light setup with softbox
3:20- How the light will affect the shadows
3:55- Measuring ratio using the light meter
4:35- Metering for the main light
5:45- Turning up the fill light to full power and showing example
07:15- Lowering the light to half power
08:18- Explanation of a stop
09:20- Using ratio with the light, not in camera
10:10 Using the 3:1 ratio
11:48- Putting this ratio into practice
Why Fill Should be Based off the Main Light

Your key or main light is the primary source of light in the image. The fill is simply used to add detail back into your shadows, and if you add to much or too little it can throw off the look of the photo. Using a 3:1 ratio will help you bracket so that you have an image showing detail in every area. .

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