Photo Mastery - Shadows, Form And Texture

Photo Mastery - Shadows, Form And Texture

While photographs are all about light, it is actually the photo’s shadows that define shape and textures! “Photo Mastery - Shadows, Form And Texture” will teach you everything you need.

After you get sick and tired of flat, ho-hum, 2d photos and wish to create lifelike images that leap off the paper, this tutorial is the solution!

Here’s a copy of the table of contents in “Photo Mastery - Shadows, Form And Texture” to show a bit of the areas included.

Intro Light Forms Shadows Kelvin Scale Color Temperature Metering Light Reflected Metering Challenges Using Reflected Light Incidental Light Meter Ambient Illumination Ambient Light Qualities Shadows Made With Hard Ambient Illumination Diffused Shadows Made With Ambient Light Your Key/Main Light Anticipating Shadows Squinting Eyes Raccoon Eyes Are You Irritated By All the Shadows? It’s The Shadows That Create Form And Texture Using A Fill Light Learning Photography Lighting Strategies! Fixing Problems Shadow Lighting Patterns Split Light Loop Light Butterfly Light Textures Are Formed By Texture Requires Shadow! Reflective Glare More Photo Techniques

Photographers use up huge amounts of time discussing light and various types of light – just to get a better understanding of shadows! With “Photo Mastery - Shadows, Form And Texture” you will have it!

Ambient Light: Ambient light is the type of light we will be working with the most. Here we completely investigate what it is plus the best ways to use it! Once we know how to manipulate the light, we are able to manipulate the shadows that create our shapes and textures.

The Main/Key Light: Before you can learn to master your shadows, you will have to completely understand the light that’s making them! Every type of light whether it’s natural light or studio strobes (or both) creates its own set of shadows. As well as its own set of problems and opportunities!

Shadows: The way they are shaped, their location and depth of the shadows - and your ability to control them - is what’ll change your photos from boring, lifeless "snapshots" into something you’ll be proud to not only hang on the wall, but you will be excited about signing them too!



The Fill Light: Here is the key to controlling the darkness of the shadows and bringing feeling into your art.

Fixing Facial Flaws Using (Or Not Using) Shadows: Each face and every scene will have flaws that you can "repair" in your camera. Every subject you’ll shoot wants and deserves to look like it’s the best day ever! It is your job as the shooter to make sure it happens.

Glare: Glare in eyeglasses can (without doubt) detroy a photo. Plus it is incredibly difficult to "fix" with Photoshop. Fixing it in the camera is basically easy once you learn how.

You’re closer than you’d think to creating truly stunning photos that’ll be the envy of your friends and family!