Photography gear tutorial: Three-light dramatic portrait | lynda.com

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This tutorial walks through a sample three-light photoshoot for a sports portrait, showing how to angle and position lights to create hard shadows and provide a sense of drama. Then it explains how to do some quick post-processing work in Lightroom, such as adjusting vibrance and contrast. Watch more at

This tutorial is a single movie from Up and Running with Studio Strobes by lynda.com authors Rich Harrington and
Abba Shapiro. The complete course is 3 hours and 37 minutes and gives beginning photographers a brisk but thorough look at using strobe lights in a studio setting.

Introduction
1. Why Shoot with Strobes?
2. Why Shoot with Continuous Lights (Instead of Strobes)
3. Buying a Lighting Setup
4. The Components of a Studio Strobe Kit
5. Getting to Know Your Lights
6. Triggering a Light
7. Setting and Testing Your Strobes
8. Modifying Strobe Lights
9. Putting Everything into Action
10. Challenge
Conclusion

17 Comments
  1. Filip Trubač says

    this is bullshit

  2. HURPSY IMAGERY STUDIO says

    Tnk you

  3. NicoleK71 says

    How would you arrange the lighting if he was wearing a baseball hat? I have a shoot coming up with baseball players and I’m afraid my subjects will have too much shadow if my lighting is high above the subject. Should I put the lighting down low to the left? I wat drama but I don’t want their eyes to disappear.

  4. Drugeducation says

    That is by far the worst so called tutorial i have seen in ages.

  5. Robert Young says

    I'm lost for words !!. Big fan of the tutorials for lightroom with Lynda.com but this is below average !! So much wrong with this image, and although there is a glimpse of what the photographer was trying to achieve, he didn't look below the elbows of the subject and as for the shirt and his arms lol. More lighting in the front me thinks.

  6. Marvenski Jean Marc says

    what do you use to edit your pictures ?

  7. 74joed says

    jajajaja!!!
    LOL

  8. VynieTheGreat Cee says

    to much talking….just do it

  9. Ta'Ree B says

    Is it possible to have 2 continuous lights behind and one strobe in front or is 3 strobes needed?

  10. derek hackert says

    Lol "let's add some clarity…" CRANKS IT TO 70

  11. David Newton says

    Interesting and informative! The photo was disappointing, though. During the video the subject looked really good. Seemed promising.

  12. Dani Como says

    no sense, face and ball (the two most important things!) are too dark!

  13. Paulo Massarde says

    i think that look awesome. the end was cool the composition, how the light work the boys body. i will probably spend way more time fixing the shadow in pos production. but ya definitely a nice photo.

  14. ANDRES LARIOS says

    HOW BORING IS THE BOY!!!!…

  15. Dave says

    Omg…lol

  16. xpainder says

    it doesnt look interesting..

  17. KreationsbyAlma says

    Great tutorial,  just one question… is the light you have on the floor a strobe light?

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