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    Feature Image - One Light Setup Portrait Photography - Creating Contrast In Male Portraits with One Light - Jay P Morgan

    Creating Contrast In Male Portraits
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    In this video, Jay P Morgan teaches you all about "visual contrast", meaning how to let your subject stand out in front of various background settings…

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    One Light Portrait: Creating Contrast

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    Highlight or Understate Your Subjects By Using Visual Contrast & Depth

    • [skipto time=0:00]00:00 – Team: Jay & Michael, Location:[/skipto] @Michael's home
    • [skipto time=0:09]00:09 – Concept:[/skipto] Creating Contrast & Depth with Values
    • [skipto time=0:14]00:14 – Effects of Contrast:[/skipto] Lighter Subjects stand out, Darker Subjects move back (= emphasis fades) , Sample Photo
    • [skipto time=0:23]00:23 – Light Background vs Dark Background:[/skipto] Creating Depth and Interest via Contrast, Styling Considerations
    • [skipto time=1:15]01:15 – Shooting Segment #1 > White Backdrop:[/skipto]Styling 1, Softbox Positioning, Camera Settings for avoiding Ambient Light, Aperture, ISO, Shutter Speed, Results, Contrast & Shadow Fall explained
    • [skipto time=2:23]02:23 – Shooting Segment #2 > Butterfly Lighting:[/skipto] Styling 2, White Backdrop > Tweaking Lighting Setup, Results, Contrast & Shadow Fall explained
    • [skipto time=3:39]03:39 – Shooting Segment #3: Black Backdrop:[/skipto] Various Stylings, Tweaking Lighting Setup, Results, Contrast & Shadow Fall explained
    • [skipto time=4:22]04:22 – Recap:[/skipto] How Contrast & Value create "Visual Depth", Results: Side by Side Comparison; Using Contrast to tell a Story
    • [skipto time=5:42]05:42 – Outro[/skipto]
    In this video, Jay P Morgan teaches you all about "visual contrast", meaning how to let your subject stand out in front of various background settings.
    Visual depth and separation are not only created by lighting itself but in conjunction with your subject's styling, hair color and the given background.Learn how to create, tweak and manipulate depth in your images by using light and dark values, all achieved with only one light.

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    Model: Michael Jensen DP: Andy X. Cao (@andyxcao) [molongui_author_box profile_layout="layout-7"]
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