Karl Taylor Photography – Lighting Theory and Equipment

This section provides a complete introduction to studio lighting and equipment, covering fundamental concepts related to portraiture, product and fashion photography. Karl explains essential lighting theory and demonstrates how to use this knowledge to recognise, modify and control light. He also covers different types of studio lighting, useful equipment and accessories for studio photography and compares the effects of different modifiers.

On this course you will learn:
What is studio lighting & how to use it
Studio lighting for photography
Hard vs soft light
The inverse square law
Techniques for controlling light
Different types of studio lighting
Understand flash power & duration
How to correctly expose an image using studio lighting
The effects of different lighting modifiers
Tips to set up your own photography studio