"Arc of Beauty": Lighting for Food, Still Life, and Product Photography (Part One)
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
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This is part one of the "Arc of Beauty" Series. We will look at top/back, side, and the use of a hard kicker in the next videos.
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Gosh Don, You filmed this 4 years ago...and I just watched it again! Thank you.
Hi Don, thank you for this wonderful tutorial. I am a late starter in photography (in my late 50's) and watching this video was most educational and inspiring. Thank you.
So glad you enjoyed it.
And never worry about being a late starter... you started right when you were ready to.
Keep on making photos.
One of the greatest explanation of the light!
Thank you Manuel.
I appreciate those kind words!
Fabulous presentation. Enlightening, if you excuse the pun. Thank you!
Great video! I love the way you explain things. I wish my college teachers were as clear and articulate as you are. Also love the art! 😀
Thanks you are the best, Subscribed❤️❤️❤️
Thank you very much.
Moving the light to the back was quite a pleasing difference in the quality of the picture!
It makes a hell of a difference.
Thanks for watching.
Love the way you explain with hands on video showing what you are talking about.
Eric Steele Thank you!
Brilliant video, just what I need to see as due to health I’m moving more indoors. That was perfectly explained and demonstrated, you have no idea how grateful I am. For the front light would you use a reflector? Or even another layer of diffusion with material or tracing paper please? Thank you.
I can use everything from a glossy reflector (not metallic), matte reflector, softbox, scrim, or any variances of. What matters is the subject, how glossy (efficient) it is, and how I want the light to 'feel' on the subject.
There is no one recipe for us, but we can take the precepts of the process and work with them to create the look we want.
Thanks for the question, Mark. Glad you watched.
Don Giannatti Thank you very much for your comprehensive answer, it is appreciated.
Thank you!
man I love your video such a great teacher
Thank you Andre!
Appreciate the kind words.
I am in the process of getting some lighting and you mentioned on the video about an affordable lighting kit that you used on this video, could you provide the name brand model or a link to it ?
For this shoot I used these inexpensive continuous lights from Amazon. They are good for tabletop and food, but they are not really powerful enough for people. What I like is that they come with a boom - and that is very helpful when shooting tabletop.
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This kit has slightly more sturdy stands.
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These are not professional level lights at the build quality, but the light is light, Add a scrim for double diffusion and you have a very nice kit for tabletop photography.
Is that chapeau DOT approved?
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