Finding the Light
This video has been put together to teach you how Peter works in ugly locations; how he sees light, how he understands it, and how he uses it. Most importantly, how easy it is to do this yourself, in any location.
This tutorial also includes 2 retouching tutorials!
Model: Tanya Alijani
Camera: Sony a7rii
Lenses:
– Zeiss Otus 85mm f1.4
– Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4
– Zeiss Milvis 135mm f2
14 comments on “Finding the Light”
Great video!
How do you choose a location for a real client?
Do you inspect a place at different times of the day to see the light? What’s your process?
Hi Paolo,
Location shoots with clients normally do not allow us to have much control. We don’t get choice of location, and we cannot control weather. So going on an earlier date to see what we have isn’t something we do.
If it is for ourselves, Peter knows what time would be best for lighting, but again weather can make/break the shoot. We work with what we have!
Thank you!
My pleasure! Have you tried doing this yourself Paolo?
It seems so easy watching Peter.
Watching the light is indeed one of the most difficult thing but so rewarding once found.
I agree! It takes time, but I think this particular technicque that Peter’s teaches completly changed the way I take photos. It is so easy to miss, but also easy to perfect 🙂
Loving the shoots
Q. What setting were you getting in the car park, and is shooting with the tripod not more restricting. I assume the shutter speed wasn’t that low.
Regards
Stewart
On location I tend not to use a tripod, but for the filming of this tutorial it allowed me to demonstrate easier. I do you the the tripod a lot in the studio and when I do really close up portraits.
buenas maestro muy buena enseñanza trabajar con la luz natural.¿ recomienda mejor la luz de la tarde ? como busco mejor la luz encontra luz o frontal ,lateral?
Muchas gracias. La luz del atardecer está bien, pero tiene un aspecto determinado y solo la tiene por un corto período de tiempo. Durará unos 20 minutos pero será perfecto. Con la luz del atardecer, es mejor iluminar el modelo desde el frente o hacer una silueta desde atrás. Prefiero comenzar una sesión de luz natural a las 10 a.m. porque tendrá luz utilizable hasta las 2 o 3 p.m.
interesante su enseñanza me gusta mucho la luz natural aunque hay que conocerla mucho .que me recomienda practicar para dominarla gracias
So each time you move her to different spots are you re-metering on the fly ??
The ability to quickly do that could only be learned from constant deliberate practice ….correct?
Not necessarily, I don’t need to re-meter unless the clouds change, becausee the sun is the sun and the shade is the shade. You can re-meter each time but it’s not needed unless the sun changes a lot, with zebraing in the view finder I can see whats cooking and not and adjust my exposure without re-metering.
A week and a half ago
4D mark iii and 85 mm 1.2