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Portrait Photography Beginner Chrash Course - How To Visualize, Setup & Read Light Simple Portrait Lighting - Emily Teague

Visualize, Setup & Read Light
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Join Emily Teague for three quick tips that will help you visualize and understand artificial lighting. Emily demonstrates important fundamentals, sho…

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For your practical photography, there are three essential rules regarding the behavior of light to know. Apply these factors to achieve the type of li…

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Three Rules of Lighting for Photography

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How “Light” Behaves. Physically, That Is.

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[skipto time=0:14]00:14 – #1 Light Travels in Straight Lines:[/skipto] Distract a straight lines and you get scattered (= "diffused") light. Same time, you lose intensity.
[skipto time=0:33]00:33 - #2 Light Distance <> Brightness/Illumination:[/skipto] Light Intensity drops in the square ('Inverse Square Law'
[skipto time=1:21]01:21 - #3 Light Source Size <> Your Subject:[/skipto] Hard to Soft Light
[skipto time=1:43]01:43 – Putting it All Together:[/skipto] Examples

For your practical photography, there are three essential rules regarding the behavior of light to know. Apply these factors to achieve the type of lighting we want, including the look of soft light.

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