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when I was in film school John hora was
one of my first lighting mentors and
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he's a brilliant cinematographer he shot
everything from gremlins to Michael
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Jackson's Moonwalker so I was honored
that he agreed to share some of his
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knowledge for the series
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many of you know that I was a
cinematographer for several years and
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I've been a commercial photographer for
over a decade so my approach to lighting
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is going to be a little bit different
from a traditional photography tutorial
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now because this is our first volume
let's talk about what mastering lighting
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is and what it is
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after years of teaching photo camp I've
worked with students of all ages and
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skill levels and I've got a pretty good
handle on not only what photographers
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want to learn but also how they learned
best my goal is to get you in the
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driver's seat as closely as I can as
often as possible and together we're
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going to tear apart the lighting setups
for some of my most recognizable shoots
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in my experience the fastest way to
learn is to jump in the water first and
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then worry about how to swim I think we
found a good pace but if you find any
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parts to faster overwhelming we've
broken into chapters so you can re-watch
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as you need to
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when I was a kid I was fascinated by
filmmaking but growing up in Baltimore I
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felt light years away from hollywood so
I learned most of my early knowledge
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from directors commentary tracks which
if you've never heard one is like having
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an incredible conversation with the
artist so some of the series will be a
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photographer's commentary as I walk you
through real-world problem solving under
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the pressure of an actual shoot in going
through the slick force archives we
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found hundreds of hours of behind the
scenes footage and tens of thousands of
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still photos so we're going to use some
of that too and finally will recreate
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some of the shoots virtually so you can
experience first-hand the same issues I
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encountered when I walked on set now I
already know there are going to be
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people who bring up the size of our crew
or the amount of equipment we use as a
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reason why they can't duplicate these
setups and I'm going to answer that in
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two ways
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first this is just the gear that I use
at this point in my career but I started
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with no crew and $10 Home Depot
floodlights shooting at fast ISO's and I
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gradually built my team and lighting
Arsenal as our studio became successful
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so don't let excuses stop you
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anything i show you here you can do
yourself with very little money
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in some creativity second if you want to
be taken seriously as an artist then you
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want to work towards using whatever
equipment allows you to tell your story
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most effectively my audience tends to
get most excited about our large-scale
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set-ups so that's what I'm going to
focus on first but nothing I'm going to
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show you is out of your reach this also
won't be all technical if I tell you my
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light is on FB that doesn't do you much
good because an FAA means different
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things at different ISO and shutter
speeds and you all know exposures can be
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manipulated in post-production so we're
going to focus on not only how to light
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but how to think about lighting and why
you like in a certain way because the
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most important thing is that you leave
here with tools that increase your
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creative control as an artist now I've
seen some of these lighting tutorials
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out there that are 10 hours long and I
really think that's unnecessary time is
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your most valuable asset and the worst
thing for your career or your art is to
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never leave the classroom I'd much
rather you go out and spend those extra
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hours shooting and gaining experience
and then come back to me and tell me
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what problems are running into and what
you'd like to see in the future value so
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with that said we've got a lot to cover
so let's get started