Lynda Video Lighting

Lighting has changed in the last few years.

Shooting a scene outside—particularly on a sunny day—can present some unique challenges.

Lighting can make or break a shoot.

In corporate and documentary films, the subjects are actual people, places, and things. Filmmakers have very limited flexibility when it comes to choosing or enhancing them. Compelling lighting, however, can help resolve challenges with the subjects, locations, the time of day, and even the weather, and contribute to the mood of the final footage. This course follows production veteran and instructor Eduardo Angel as he shows how to light and shoot four real-world environments: an outdoor documentary scene, a conference-room interview, an interior/exterior architectural backdrop, and an active business where customers are coming and going.

With most current digital cameras and a little training, photographers can start shooting video, quickly expanding their creative options and the range of services they can offer to their clients. In this course, Emmy-winning filmmaker Eduardo Angel helps bridge the gap between photography and film—between still pictures and moving images—by showing what it takes to transition to video.

If you are transitioning from still photography to video, you already have a substantial set of skills. But it helps to see techniques unique to filmmaking, like camera movement, continuous lighting, and recording sound, in action. Join Emmy-winning filmmaker Eduardo Angel on set at a beautiful winery in Oregon, where he captures stills, video, and sound for a promotional clip.

Every video professional knows the need for good lighting.

Lighting with flash is convenient, but if you're working in a studio setting, you might also want to consider LED panels.