Lighting with Natural Light for Beginners
How to control the light at noon?
A course by Zony Maya , Photographer
About the video: How to control the light at noon?
Overview
“In this lesson I will show you how the midday light, which is usually complicated, can be transformed into a favorable and very beautiful light. ”
In this video lesson Zony Maya addresses the topic: How to control the light at noon?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Lighting with Natural Light for Beginners. Learn to make the most of sunlight to create portraits with your reflex camera.
Partial transcription of the video
“And we're in the final lesson of this course. where this is one of the biggest challenges people face when lighting with natural light. The intense midday sun creates harsh overhead light that can cast unflattering and unpredictable shadows. making it difficult to achieve appealing photographs or videos. Some people love this kind of light. but most people don't. Because it causes the famous raccoon effect. where the eyes look like a raccoon's. meaning dark. with light on the nose. a lot of light on the shoulders. on the head. and everything comes out differently somehow. What we're to do i...”
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Course summary for: Lighting with Natural Light for Beginners
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Photographic Lighting, Photography, Portrait Photography
Zony Maya
A course by Zony Maya
Zony Maya is a Mexican photographer and visual artist. He has a degree in communication from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Escuela Activa de Fotografía, and la Academia de Artes Visuales, and is passionate about using photography and video to create his projects.
He received a FONCA grant and a Fulbright-García Robles Scholarship as well as a master's degree in photography, video, and media from the School of Visual Arts New York. His work has been exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Manifesta 11 European Biennial of Contemporary Art in Switzerland, and the XIII Bienal de Fotografía at the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico.
He has collaborated with brands such as Nestlé, Bimbo, Puma, GNP, and Palacio de Hierro, along with publications such as National Geographic, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Glamour, and Gatopardo. He currently shares his knowledge through workshops and conferences in different countries across America, Asia, and the Middle East. He is also an ambassador for Canon and founder of the Maya-Barrón Scholarship.
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