Learn How To Light The Face
Come spend some time with me in the studio as I show you your different lighting setups, crack jokes, and give you split-screen explanations on exactly how I’m lighting each setup.
Where To Start?
One of the more common struggles I hear is where to start. You could spend hours searching youtube hoping to find content that you can learn and still come short of learning key principles.
Learn how to see light differently. How to analyze light and find out ways that you can recreate lighting in your projects to give you confidence as a cinematographer.
Stop Focusing On Gear
The gear that you have will only take you so far. Understand the why behind your decisions. The with what tool question is a fun conversation to have, but i’ll show you how to get amazing results with whatever tool you have access to.
This course is fantastic. Les has always been an amazing teacher. I first listened to his podcast on cinematography and was excited to learn more in depth with this course.
Dre Jenkins
This Course will cover:
- Cinematic Lighting
- Three Point Lighting
- Rembrandt Lighting
- Split Lighting
- Broad Lighting
- Cove Lighting
- Butterfly Lighting
- Eye Light
- Filling from the Key-Side
- How to facilitate Character Lighting prep for your work.
Get this class if you want to become better at lighting.
We connect with characters in stories. Learning how to best light those characters will help you not only tell better stories but have your audience connect more with your story.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course – you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like – across any and all devices you own.
Is this course for me?
Get this two-hour class if you’re serious about learning light. After going through this course, you’ll have much more knowledge and understand how to light a face in order to best support your project.
Meet Your Instructor:
Les Gaddis has been making films for almost two decades. He has been the director of photography for multiple feature films, commercials, documentaries, and music videos. He is the founder of Direct The Photography and runs his video production company, Gaddis Visuals, based in Dallas, Tx.