The Art of Finding Light: Photography for the artist in you

Spotting great lighting is not a gift, it is Skill. Become a photographer who knows how to find great light.

Created by: Adam Marelli
Professional Photographer & International Exhibiting Artist

What Will I Learn?

• Learn 3 powerful lighting schemes used by artist and photographers that do not require any fancy equipment.
• Learn how to light a picture like Vermeer and why his Girl with a pearl earring has captivated audiences with its simple, natural light.
• A step by step guide to three lighting schemes that you can practice in your own backyard and how Claude Monet used to take the same approach.
• Examine how french portrait painter Jean August Dominique Ingres used one lighting scheme in his paintings to become one of the most sought after artists of his time.
• We will compare lighting used for models to the lighting for street photography, as I take you through my projects and shoots from around the globe.
• Learn how to use architecture to find light in any city in the world.
• The artists covered in this episode are Michelangelo, Claude Monet (Impressionism), George Seurat (Post-Impressionism), Jean August Dominique Ingres (Neo-Classicism), Honore Daumier (19th Century French), Rogier van der Weyden (Early Dutch), Johannes Vermeer (17th Century Dutch.)

Requirements

• It is recommended that photographers watch A Room for Improvement episodes No 001 "The Art of Seeing" and No 002 "The Art of Figure to Ground."

Target audience

• We will focus on Natural Lighting, without any flashes, strobes, or reflectors.
• An interest in understanding how artists and photographers find light.
• What it means to have "good lighting" and what to look for and what to avoid so your pictures are not blown out and over exposed.