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Illuminating The Face: Lighting for Headshots and Portraits with Peter Hurley

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Category: Fashion and Commercial

This tutorial is not a lesson in camera settings or ratios. Instead of teaching you to mimic light and camera settings, Peter teaches you to see light in a new and detailed way. After watching this tutorial you should be able to view images taken by other photographers and be able to understand exactly how that image was lit simply by looking at the shadow angle, depth, sharpness, falloff, and catch lights. Instead of teaching you to recreate Peter's shots, Peter will teach you how to sculpt the light and notice subtleties so that you can create your own unique images and personal style.

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Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Owen L. ★★★★★

I've been lighting portraits for years but Peter's approach to shaping shadows on the face finally clicked for me. The way he demonstrates how to see the quality of light rather than just memorizing settings is a game changer for my headshot work.

Harper ★★★★★

The way Peter walks you through seeing light rather than just dialing in numbers completely changed how I scout locations for shoots. I've rewatched the segment on shaping natural window light three times already and my portraits have never looked more dimensional.

Jason E. ★★★★★

Watching Peter break down how to actually *see* light instead of just matching numbers completely changed how I approach a shoot. I caught myself re-watching his breakdown of quality versus direction twice, and it's the first tutorial that's made me slow down and study my subject's face before touch

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