Portrait Lighting Tutorial: How to Use the Main, Fill, Hair, Background, and Kicker Lights
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you used 5 lights for just a very simple result
In ONLY 5 mins you've taught me more about lighting than I learned in the scores of other videos I have looked at. Great job!
Tony Northrup....the missing link for aspiring and photographers in general who has the innate ability to communicate his vast knowledge without fanfare. The gifted are those who can make the difficult appear ordinary. This man is the gold standard in teaching. He will make you a better photographer period. Bravo....
Dan C Wow, thanks, Dan!!
i really like the way tony and chelsea doing tutorials like they are our next door neighbours
Tony, you and Chelsea are AMAZING! I really appreciate you sharing all of you knowledge. I am a "budding" photographer and your videos have shed so much light on the mysterious world of photography. Thank you!
shawna b Thanks, Shawna!
Thanks! Glad you like the videos!
Love the layering examples of main, fill, ... Beginners can really see the benefit of these lights. Thank you, Tony and Chelsea!!!
Man, I finally figured out after a year of watching your tuts who you remind me of :-D
You look like a combination of Timothy Olyphant and Billy Bob Thornton!
To the main thing - I totally dig your videos for your calm and educated form of wisdom presentation. You taught many helpful techniques and that I am thankful for.
Cheers, Mark
"Kicker? You really think that's appropriate?" Ahaha Why your response cracked me up after that is beyond me. The way you came to the camera like, "This is for real" Lol! Keep the videos coming. I read your book everyday and those video links in there are ingenious. You're a true professional.
Dramatic improvement with 5 lights. Thanks very much for sharing!
Best photography teachers ever!
Yeah, many in fact, we have all three versions of the 5D, a 1V film body, three vintage 35mm cameras, and a couple of medium format cameras. We were filming with the 5D Mark III and 5D Mark II, so I grabbed the 7D for the portraits, but normally I'd use the 5D2 or 5D3 for studio portraits.
Soft boxes are better, but umbrellas are easier to travel with. So, use a soft box in a fixed studio, and use soft boxes when you're on location.
Yeah, I'm using a 7D in the video (a crop camera). But really, in a studio environment, it doesn't make much difference at all. I could have taken the exact same pictures with a $400 Canon T3 kit and the kit lens, and they would look exactly the same. That's why you so often see studio photographers with low-end gear...
The higher end gear gets to be more important for outdoor shoots, but studio shoots are easy.
Thanks for the amazing demonstration! I feel quite awkward with my flash now and it's awesome to see how pro photographers hanging around with their lights :-D
I love my 5D3, but the 6D is also an awesome full-frame camera, at like half the price. Check the video I did comparing all the Canon bodies.
Mr. Tony you are a professional and I am from your fans and followers, I'm from Iraq
nice work ...
Well I *do* like this video. I've looked online and in all sorts of books for basic info on studio lighting and in 5 minutes Tony has covered all the basics, how to set up, and importantly what effect each light has on the final shot. It's just what I've been waiting to see. Many thanks Tony.
Tamron has two awesome 70-200 f2.8 lenses; I would choose whichever one fits your budget.
I just love the well-educated tone you speak, Tony!
You teach better than some university professors
You have the best elocution skills that I've ever seen in the internet. I wish my speech was so flawless. Really well done.
I'm still in the process of reviewing the 70D (check my latest video) but the 70D would be perfect for that... but the "film look" will require a fast lens, maybe the 50mm f1.8.
To some extent, though kicker lights tend to be hard and relatively bright, so you might not get enough output from a reflector.
Check out the YongNuo YN560-II--it's $60 shipped from Amazon, and will work exactly the same way as the kicker I used (it has an optical slave that fires automatically with your flash)
I searched for this video forever, I saw it as I was searching for a lighting video to watch and shot past it. It's a great video to watch and learn from. At least I found it again, I will be saving it this time. Thanks Tony for all your hard work.
Just wanted to say I've learned a lot by watching your tutorials. They've helped me a lot. Just wanted to say thanks. Keep up the good work.
It's the Speedotron beauty dish. For additional advice, check Chapter 6 in Stunning Digital Photography, which has a pretty thorough writeup for building a studio. Links in the description!
Thanks!
Simple and informative. Detailed and easy to absorb for people who are just new to lighting like me.
Great Job Tony and Chelsea !!
I normally recommend AlienBees for beginner studio equipment, but at the $500 total range, you might instead start with some YongNuo manual flashes (such as the YN-565EX) and either a wireless trigger system for one flash, and use the optical slaves on the others. You'll also have to budget light stands, umbrellas, backdrops, etc.
Also check out my studio tour video.
Will do--we have a video featuring reflectors planned for the next couple of weeks. Be sure to subscribe to see it.
Hi Tony, thanks for explaining everything so well and all the different types of effect lighting...she looks awesome...
OK, I'll add that to the list :).
If you have the Stunning Digital Photography book, check the Files tab in the private Facebook reader's group and you'll find a draft of my upcoming Flash Buyer's Guide, which might answer your questions.
the most beautiful couple in the Interweb...
I am a big fan and have benifited from your tutorials...
More power to your family...
And again... thank you very very much...
Awesome, glad you like it! Be sure to register by emailing me your receipt or a screenshot of the purchased book (tony@northrup.org) so I can give you the link to download the iBooks file directly. The iTunes version doesn't have all the videos accessible, because of Apple's file size limits.
If you bought this directly from the StunningDigitalPhotography website, you already have all the videos, so no worries!
Nice, simple, very informative tutorial. You guys have a sweet, positive vibe.
this is the best tutorial ive seen on here of lighting. thanks so much for making it fast, simple and easy!
why can’t we have teachers like him in schools. Thanks man , u r great!
We are working with a couple of distributors to get the book translated, but we haven't had a french publisher approach us yet... If you're comfortable watching videos in English, we'll soon be releasing a complete video training series that covers all the content in the book and more. The first parts will be available in just a couple of weeks, so subscribe to find out more.
Tony you are the best. I am learning so much from your videos and your book. Thank you
One of my favorite videos by you two!
Informative yet down-to-earth as always. Great work!
Thank you for a well-presented and concise explanation of your process. Please list the 5 types of flash (brand) you use as well as what mechanism you use to have them fire simultaneously.
Very good. Getting back into this after some lousy health, redoing my former studio, and this is very useful. I have to improvise a bit, using a fairly powerful flash on my cannon pointed to the wall or cieling to activate the slave on my flash umbrella and to bounce flash off the offwhite surfaces to help with fill. I love having this in such a compact useful form.
Love your videos. i just bought the iPad version of your book. Wow very impressive, it covers just about everything and in an easy to learn format. If anyone is tossing up buying it, I would definitely recommend it and it is great value.
They support high speed sync, so any shutter speed should work. It's never been a problem.
You pretty much have to get a beauty dish from your lighting system. I'm using Speedotron lights, so I have the Speedotron beauty dish.
The size (diameter) of the beauty dish matters, but the brand doesn't matter a huge amount... As long as they have that beauty dish shape.
Great lighting setup! That last shot was amazing!
That was an incredible amount of information in only 5 minutes. Thanks!
Thank you very much, and so nice to listen to a well modulated voice speaking at a good rate
Excellent tutorial - thank you Tony
They sell lighting kits. Check Chapter 6 in Stunning Digital Photography for detailed information about studio lighting.
These are great shots straight out of camera. Thanks!
Following the very first recommendation in the book, "Take lots of pictures and delete most of them," we took 10 or so shots for every shot you see in the video... just to be sure she wasn't blinking or anything. Then we just picked the best of them.
I learn something from every video you guys make. Kudos & thanks!
The 7D and your experience makes real nice pictures, why need more?
Great tutorial sir!
Finally a lighting explanation that makes sense. Well done.
Helpful as always, thank you Tony and Chelsea.
your welcome tony. again please keep these great video's coming. you & chelsea make it easy & fun to learn phtotgraphy. thank's again. look forward to your next video.
Thanks! and I have a yongnuo so i would like to enter the studio flash, I'll take your suggestion into consideration to evaluate the options available
Thanks for sharing guys, i always learn a lot from your videos!
Hi Tony, I am about to set up full time as a studio photographer here in Gosport UK. I found your style easy to follow and will let you know in a few weeks how they turn out.
JIMBO5444 Great! Good luck!
Thanks Tony, I have a Paul Buff Beauty Dish, I just like the black gloss on yours, Thanks and continue doing what you do my friend
Love that 5 lighting technique. Beautiful Photo.
I can not tell you how much I loveeee your videossss!!
Great job on explaining the use of the different lights..
What about it, John? I do my best, and I'm open to suggestions.
I love this set up I use a combination of these lights all the time and get great results...
I'm just getting into portraiture and flash photography, and really appreciate this video. Have enjoyed several of your videos, and kudos to Chelsea as well. Really enjoyed her in your nature photography 'pet peeves' video.
Thank you Tony and Chelsea! Just the video i was looking for.
you always have a great video tutorial , it helps me a lot...tnx tony
Fairplay to you Tony you do an absolutely great job of explaining how it all works and your model Chelsea is not to bad either I think you're great together I love your book cant leave it down so much to see and do its the best book ever
love your teaching method...love your channel..
Great video and was very helpful, Thanks Tony and Chelsea.
Great info. Thank you!
Love your videos Tony! Well done as usual.
very well done and informative.
Amazing tutorial, very educational tony!
Thank you so much for this! Your videos are so helpful!
Your tutorials are bang on target.thank you
Hi Tony and Chelsea - another great video.
I received your book on Saturday..Wow..only 5 days international postage to the UK!
Loving the book and thanks to you both for signing it - it has made it extra special.
Look after yourselves and a big congratulations from Julie and myself on getting hitched :) Tony & Jules
Great work Tony!
explanation about light in beUTIFUL WaY!!1!!great job done guys
Awesome explanation and comparison! Thanks!
Right to the point. I wish i could buy your book.
very nice video, in all your videos you give us the important informations in minimal time
Thank you for the video,
I just wish you mentioned which type of lighting is each one, like soft box, beauty dish... etc.
thank you this is great stuff and much needed
Links (and a coupon code) in the description!
you are a great teacher.
Great video. Thanks for your help!
love this video. thanks alot for sharing
Great tutorial as usual.
I've looked around for help with my lighting skills. Some are not too bad they just don't meet my needs. Your explanation of how to is really easy to understand most if not all my work is has come from following you. My studio is set up just like yours for this portrait session. Keep it coming I'm taking in all that you say and do like a sponge. Thanks, by the way, what were the settings for this shoot?
Awesome step by step DEMO.
great videos as always, the gurus of vision:)
Chelsea looks amazing:D
Great videos from you guys!
thanks for the video guys!
Thanks for the great tutorial, I'm a beginner so this helps greatly, I'm looking to buy lighting equipment, and need some advice as to what kind of lights to buy , May be some kind of kit any advice as to what to look for? Thanks!!!
Very clear info...thanks for the vid!
Great as usual !