Professional Lighting for Studio Photography
Ring Flash and the Mandela Day Lighting
A course by Scott McDermott , Photographer
About the video: Ring Flash and the Mandela Day Lighting
Overview
“Let's talk about an interesting tool: the ring flash! As an all-in-one light source and modifier, this tool is extremely useful to have at your disposal. If you want to know more, I encourage you to watch this lesson.”
In this video lesson Scott McDermott addresses the topic: Ring Flash and the Mandela Day Lighting, which is part of the Domestika online course: Professional Lighting for Studio Photography. Learn the fundamentals of lighting by exploring a variety of sources and set-ups to take your photo shoots to the next level.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Ring Flash and the Mandela Day Lighting Now that we know how to set up a white background, in this lesson, I'll recreate the lighting I did for a shoot for Nelson Mandela's Foundation. Clinton is here to help us. The images in this Mandela series are all diptychs, which means two pictures that are combined as one. The first side has a hand against the white background. On the second side, there's the face of that person against the black background. The campaign ran with just the hands and they had a caption underneath of whose hand it was but I felt it was a shame to not shoot these incr...”
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Course summary for: Professional Lighting for Studio Photography
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Capture One -
Areas
Digital Photography, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Portrait Photography, Studio Photography
Scott McDermott
A course by Scott McDermott
Scott grew up in Switzerland, backpacked through the American West, and trekked the Himalayas before spending the last 20 years as a commercial photographer in New York City. After initially shooting sports, Scott's work eventually shifted toward the athletes themselves and portraiture. This led to him photographing many of the best creative minds in Hollywood, the music industry, and the worlds of business and government. Scott is also a member of International Cinematographers Guild Local 600 as a still photographer.
Along with his advertising work for global brands and major magazines, Scott has created several personal projects including his “Scar Stories” portrait series, the highly acclaimed "Mandela Day” project (capturing the hands and faces of many of those who support Nelson Mandela's message) and a series of portraits accompanying the film "Pop Culture" about the experience of fatherhood. His work has been shown at solo and group exhibits and is held in many collections internationally.
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