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Portraits at Night

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Overview


Learn to capture amazing environmental portraits at night and incorporate a starry landscape or beautiful urban environment with your subjects. Get started in night portraiture by knowing what gear to choose, what to look for in locations and how to use your friends as subjects. Incorporate lights into your night photos and bring life to a long exposure. In this class you’ll learn: How to take self portraits at night without losing any of your background or subject How to choose a light source and add life to long exposures What to get right in camera and how to develop your images further in lightroom How to safely use pyrotechnics to take your portraits to another level  

Syllabus

  • Class Introduction
  • Fundamentals of Night Portraiture
  • Gear and Preparation
  • Basic Settings
  • Locations
  • Subjects
  • Safety
  • Beating Adversity
  • Self Portraiture
  • Buddy System
  • Choosing a Light Source
  • Adding Life to Long Exposure
  • Pushing Your Creativity
  • Post Processing
  • Paper Outfits at Night
  • What You Get With This Class

Taught by

Matt Hill

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