Product Photography: From Mobile Phone to Digital Editing
About the light
A course by Karina Meza , Photographer and Digital Retoucher
About the video: About the light
Overview
“Here you will see, in a very simple way, how light works and the types of lighting you can use. Understanding the behavior of light will help you better understand how to apply it to your photographs and make decisions that favor its effect on the product. ”
In this video lesson Karina Meza addresses the topic: About the light, which is part of the Domestika online course: Product Photography: From Mobile Phone to Digital Editing. Learn to take product photographs and retouch them professionally to create impactful images.
Partial transcription of the video
“About the light Now I will teach you the importance of lighting in a photograph and the different ways of handling them according to your needs. Let's talk about light. When we photograph our product, we can do it in natural light or with artificial light. In both cases, we can manage the light to achieve the atmosphere we are looking for for our object and general environment. With lighting we handle intensity, textures, volume, shine, reflections that are key to the final look of the photograph. By natural light we mean working with natural sunlight. For example, we can do it through a wi...”
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Course summary for: Product Photography: From Mobile Phone to Digital Editing
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Lightroom -
Areas
Mobile Photography, Product Photography

Karina Meza
A course by Karina Meza
Karina Meza is a self-taught Chilean photographer with more than 15 years' experience dedicated exclusively to digital retouching. During the beginning of her career, she decided to focus solely on retouching product and fashion photography as well as campaigns. This decision has led her to work both directly with clients as well as through agencies, production companies, and photographers.
She has also been teaching photographic postproduction for over 10 years as part of various degree programs including design, art, advertising, and photography.
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