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4.8(506 reviews)
A course by Marco Silva, photographer & photo editor
Portrait Lighting in Small Spaces
Flattering portraits with one light, a window and a bedsheet. Learn modifiers, ratios and directing people so they forget the camera.
54.00USD
Lessons
7
Difficulty
Intermediate
- Students
- 3,980
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- EN, ES, PT, DE
- Resources
- 13 files
- Duration
- 1h 24m
Assignment
Make three portraits of the same person with three different lighting setups.
Prerequisites
Comfortable shooting in manual mode.
Materials
- A camera with manual controls
- One flash or lamp
- A reflector or white card
What you'll learn
- Light with one source and a reflector
- Control contrast with ratios
- Direct people with confidence
Course content
3 stages · 7 lessons · 1h 24m total
Your mentor
Marco Silva
Photographer & photo editor · Lisbon · Photo editor for an outdoor magazine
Marco has shot for travel guides on four continents. He teaches seeing before settings, and editing as a way of deciding what a picture is about.
15.9klearners
4.9rating
16 yrsin industry
Learner reviews
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Daniel Reyes
2 weeks ago
Finally, the middle of the process
Most courses show the shiny final file. This one showed the messy decisions in between, and the critique session alone was worth the price.
Kira Nakamura
1 month ago
Short lessons, real assignments
Every lesson is under twenty minutes and ends with something to make. I finished on my lunch breaks in five weeks.
Sam Ortega
2 months ago
Changed how I present work
The feedback from my mentor was specific, kind and a little brutal in the right places. My portfolio reviews go much better now.
Rob Hale
1 month ago
Great content, wanted more examples
Clear and practical. I would have liked one or two more worked examples in the later stages, but the downloads fill the gap.
Grace Ampofo
3 months ago
Good, but pace yourself
Lots of material. The exercises take longer than the timings suggest, so plan for that.
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