Lighting for Photographers: Portraiture with Natalie Fobes

In this course, photographer and teacher Natalie Fobes introduces the techniques behind lighting for portraiture. The course begins with a look at the role of light in setting the mood of a portrait, and then looks at the essential gear photographers need for continuous-light portraiture. (Much of the course is also applicable to strobe lighting.)

Next, Natalie details a variety of common one-light and two-light lighting techniques, explaining exposure, metering considerations, and light modifiers along the way.
The course concludes with several lighting tips, including minimizing physical challenges and do-it-yourself lighting gear instructions.

• Understanding lighting positions
  
• Deconstructing photos to study lighting
  
• Lighting a portrait for a Rembrandt pattern
  
• Backlighting in portraits
  
• Examining a four-light portrait scenario
  
• Lighting for different skin tones