Build your Lighting Knowledge (Self-Paced)

Understanding light direction, quality, and placement fundamentally determines portrait photography success. While complex lighting setups can seem necessary, the most effective light is frequently already available in your environment. Accomplished portrait photographer Peter Hurley simplifies the lighting process by guiding you through foundational principles with clarity and practical application. He demonstrates natural light approaches and techniques for working with available environmental light. You'll explore continuous light equipment applications and proper strobe usage methodologies.

By completing this course, you'll confidently photograph portraits using these distinct lighting approaches:

• Natural light techniques and methods
• Continuous light equipment and techniques
• Strobe and flash lighting approaches
• Combined variable lighting methods that produce dynamic portraits with streamlined setup requirements