• Feel confident to tackle with difficult light conditions in your outdoor photoshoots:
• Knowing exactly when to use a flash, and when not to.
• Use an off-camera flash to solve difficult light situations.
• Then, see the flash as your tool to create a brand new portrait style, not just to solve a problem.
• Use pure natural light properly if a flash is not available.

• Equivalent to the In-Person Portrait Lighting III & I , and Natural Light Portrait Workshops

• Organized information
  

21 Lessons

Length

2.5 Hours

(I dive straight to the point. Let's not waste your time.)

Access

Computer/ Tablets/ Smartphones

Practical

Practical solutions to many difficult light situations, you will see immediate results.

Huge Time Saver

Invest 2 hours to learn from my 10+ years of experience.

Building Your Confidence

You won't be afraid of dealing with difficult light situations, including hard light. Instead, you take advantage of it.

Easy to Understand

Inverse Square Law made easy; you will see how it is being applied everyday, not just in a studio.

Mastering a Flash

Never be intimidated by a flash anymore. You'll use it proficiently and get to decide which scenario is the best for using pure natural light or a flash.

Every Portrait Photographer Needs This

Whether you are a wedding, fashion, kids & family or high school senior photographer, as long as you have to shoot any on-location portrait session, you'll need this class.

Introduction 

Chapter 1

The Basics

• What makes a good portrait? The 3 Elements.
• Overview of all the scenarios
• "Exposing for something" means what?
• Train your eyes to see the desired ambient exposure.

Chapter 2

Open Shades

• Open shades and how to find them?
• The Inverse Square Law of Light: I made it easy to understand.
• Background goals and composition

Chapter 3

Closed Shades

• What are Closed Shades? Why avoiding them in natural light portraiture?
• Use Closed Shades intentionally for shooting dramatic portraits.

Chapter 4

Complete Shades

• What is a complete shade?
• What are the two strategies, and benefits of shooting in a complete shade?
  

Chapter 5

Harsh Light

• Step out of the shades and challenge yourself in shooting in harsh sunlight.
• Instead of avoiding it, how to use hard light to your advantage?

Chapter 6

Adding A Flash

• 5 Reasons to add a flash
• The ambient exposure
• The flash exposure

Chapter 7

Using the Flash as the Main Light for Creating Dramatic Portraits

• Balancing the ambient and the subject exposures
• How to find a background for dramatic portraits?
• The ambient exposure defines your photography style
• Flash as the fill light vs the main light

Chapter 8

Lighting Equipment

• Lighting equipment
• How to set up a softbox?
• How to set up a flash?
• How to set up a flash trigger?
• High speed sync

Chapter 9

Natural Light Portrait Workshop

• Watch Photosprouts' in-person Natural Light Portrait Workshop

Chapter 10

Portrait Lighting & Posing I Workshop

• Watch Photosprouts' in-person Portrait Lighting & Posing I Workshop

Chapter 11

Portrait Lighting & Posing III Workshop

• Watch Photosprouts' in-person Portrait Lighting & Posing III Workshop

Remark: Portrait Lighting & Posing II Workshop is an entirely different course: Please see The Painterly Portrait Workshop