Bring Your Lighting Game To The Next Level: The Power Of Shaping Hard Light
May 1, 2015
Tiffany Mueller
Tiffany Mueller is a photographer and content strategist based in Hawi, Hawaii. Her work has been shared by top publications like The New York Times, Adobe, and others.
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There’s a lot to be learned about lighting, even for the professionals. No one knows everything there is to know about it, but with a little experimentation and awesome video tutorials like the one we’re about to share with you, there’s no reason we can’t learn.
In the clip, Shane Hurlbut, walks us through the lighting setup he used to create the window-like shadows you see behind the model in the photo above. As you can see, the way Hurlbut controls the light, helps him add more contrast, and thus, more dimension to the scene.
Of course, Hurlbut has access to a entire studio’s worth of expensive, professional gear–not everyone will. But, with a little of your DIY ingenuity, you may still be able to make this work using the equipment you do have available. Take a look:
Here’s the full lighting diagram used in Hurlbut’s tutorial. You can find a larger version, here, on Hurlbut’s full blog post.
Head over to Hurlbut’s website to see more lighting diagrams and some visual tips on how to make your own “windows” using empty frames and some black paper tape (though, it’s pretty self explanatory). Regardless, there’s an abundance of knowledge to be shared in his masterclasses. If you have a keen interest in lighting, be sure to check out his tutorials.
[ via No Film School ]
Tiffany Mueller
Tiffany Mueller is a photographer and content strategist based in Hawi, Hawaii. Her work has been shared by top publications like The New York Times, Adobe, and others.
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6 responses to “Bring Your Lighting Game To The Next Level: The Power Of Shaping Hard Light”
Is it just me, or is this about 100x more complicated than it has to be?
Not at all! Its not 100x complicated but maybe I’m just being biased because I work in the film/TV/commercial industry and for most of the things I’ve done, it is necessary to kill leaks.
I worked as a grip and lamp op on several TV shows and features, so I get it. When you have a 40′ truck full of gear, you use it, otherwise the producers start wondering why you need all that stuff. I’m surprised they didn’t break out the smoke machine for some atmosphere. ;)
I clicked on the vid, step forward three times and each time a guy was still hanging a black sheet.
Well, I GOT it although the flow of the video was painfully slow, watching him hang each and every side of black was almost too much to bear. Although, although the beautiful distraction made it easier. Then not to mention the grandiose tilting, oh how I bow down in praise, dare I say “high praise” or should I just bow lower? However my eyes finally rolled with what I thought was the made up word “Bottomer” but humbly stand corrected upon looking up and finding it was indeed real. But regardless, was it the sound of “Bottomer” or was it the use I don’t know but I certainly cringed at the word each and every time the word was used. But indeed who am I to complain, as I am only a ‘Garage Mechanic’ of a different era and NOT the ‘Mechanical Technician’ I would be today. As I sit laughing at the video and musing a giggle with my friends I bid a farewell to my fellow plebeians. PS: It’s not just you Kay O …
Lol. dumb.