Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization

Overview

“We will learn how different natural light situations affect the object we are looking at. Then, we will learn which form of natural light to use best for what expected result. This will help you later on when you have to define which time of the day/ which weather to shoot your final project with to have the result you hope for.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Examine Lighting, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization. Master basic camera skills, explore photography theory, and capture unique images using any type of camera.

Partial transcription of the video

“Lighting In this lesson we'll talk about light, which is like a massive topic and it would probably take me hours if we really go into detail, but I'll try to talk about the main things. So first of all, you need to really examine light. You need to study it and really understand what different light situations will do to your photo and what they'll do to your object, which I guess in a self-portrait is yourself. There's sunlight. Harsh sunlight in the middle of the day, softer light in the beginning of the day and at the end of the day. There's of course cloudy sky, which is a softer light...”

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Course summary for: Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (18)
• 3177 students
• 7 units
• 92 lessons (14h 16m)
• 37 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Areas

  Color Theory, Digital Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photographic Composition, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Self-Portrait Photography, Studio Photography