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Distancia, dirección y forma: Fundamentos básicos de la luz
Impartido por David Bicho
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good
Great content. Short and sweet.
very good video, i‘ve learned a lot, thanks
Was easy to watch and helpful. Thank you
Basic but good. Easy to understand for all
I liked the fact the information was presented clearly, short but packed with good refresher information and presented in a fun way
Very well done, clearly aimed at beginner photographers but I thought the main ideas were very well thought out. I liked the slightly whimsical presentation as well.
Very good information for the beginner photographers who will start to use lighting for their photograph. They will understand to it and will not have any doubt anymore to use the lighting in their work.
Amazing course that breaks down a subject that can be very complicated in a way that is so simple that even the most inexperienced novice can understand it
Well done! Entertaining, informative, inspiring. And, I learned something.
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Easy understandable informations in a very short time. No "beat around the bush".
The way they explain everything is very clear and it gave me a better understanding how light works!
The agile way to transmit the contents of the course and, above all, the quality and creativity of the videos.
Clear and easy to follow, based on real life principles and science
The courses were short, and they are very clearly explained with examples, so it showed the concepts clearly
Well presented, clear information that focused on key points instead of covering too much. Extremely hands on. Contrary to other courses very compact, useful and beautifully made.
I like the simple, concise format and settings displayed along with the instruction. I also appreciate the details provided by the instructor along the way.
I loved the way the instructors broke down the scene, their thought process and then showed you the results. I was able to replicate what I had learned from the instructions. It also helped that the courses showed you what gear was being used in the creation of the shots.
David Bicho
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Great program and very useful information!
Very well explained.
Maybe too short, now I want more!
After 33 years of my own freelance practice and teaching photography and art and design to a range of students, YOU have finally put together a great intro course to light and photography. I also love using your lights.
Excelent course - many information in a short time movie :D
Concise and comprehensive
Loved the way it was taught! Simple is key! Great refresher for me!
Simple, to the point (With a smile) and informative. Thought provoking and enough instruction to point newcomers in the right direction.Thanks
Short, sweet, simple!
The main points of working with light are made clear in a comprehensible way. Fortunately, humor is not lacking ... In a short time I have gained knowledge that I can start with.
This is a good way of getting info about how to think about the light and the set up. But I would like to see more real examples showing the different cornerstones, taken on location.
Great course. Lots of information and very easy to understand. Really liked all the lighting examples and how they were portrayed practically
No boring and well understandable. Great.
Great introduction course, a few basic camera settings would be recommended
Awesome! Repeat - Awesome!
At the first quiz the question about the background lighting when the light source move closer to the subject was unclear because it was not stated the the light will be measured on the subject... With constant power of light the answer is the opposite because of the distance to the background will also be shorter so the light on the background will be stronger...
Brilliantly presented. Best I've seen. Every day is certainly a School day!
Thank you so much for this very clear course
Liked the simple format with brief black type on large white. Presenters were excellent. Speed of presentation was spot on.... not too fast.... not too slow.
great refresher corase but very basic good for someone just starting out
Its very good to know you can do so much, very less equipment if you know how and where to place the light.
Nice clear and straightforward explanation and demonstration; really useful.
Provided some key points relevant to lighting that I can try immediately
Would be helpful if you could download the course to watch offline.
The video was very informative.
Excellente introduction, à la fois concise et instructive.
Many thanks for the quick tipps. :-)
can we have it on youtube, or how could I go pack to my Prtofoto library. Any memory aids produced by profit?
Just thank you guys.
entertaining
Good review of the subject!
The videos are nicely made and very good quality. The humor makes it extra fun to watch them. The topics covered however, are quite simple and hopefully most Profoto customers are far more knowledgeable than this. The quality of the videos does make me curious to the other academies available, but I would personally not spend money on this course. It was fun to watch for free though.
This is a basic course, but basics is what you need most of the time. Evetything is clear, user-friendly and pedagogic! Good job.
Flashing at the end of the course might cause seizures you should warn the viewers, otherwise well done!
good
Short and to the point
Love the tongue and cheek approach with simple lessons and clear instructions
Simple explanations to some lighting challanges.
I want more
It was very informative
all about perfect
Thanks
Thank you for keeping them in mine
needed to be longer. It was very basic
Refreshing, well formatted with pictures en live show
These videos are easy to understand for a beginner like me. Now i have to practice these techniques ;-)
It's a little thin.
상세하게 설명을 해주니 듣기에 편하고 좋음 다만 너무 상세하다보니 내용이 조금 적은건가? 싶은 생각도 들긴 함.
The question about moving the light farther away giving a brighter background is a tricky one, if you don't refer to the assumption that you would light the subject to the same level. If one was in manual, and moved the light farther away from a background, both subject and background would be darker.
Very informative
good to learn basic technics
There is not.
Thank you! This has been very helpful! Looking forward to future episodes! ; - )
Imho should be one film instead of all these bits ...
I think there should be a real life example that is not a plastic model and not in a very controlled environment.
Very interesting
I think the course was simple, direct and easy to understand. Perfect to learn new things or review the basics.
없
More exemples would have been appreciated for each sections
the info is good, very compact, price not justified, this should be a teaser for an more advanced course and not a stand alone one :)) My opinion ;)
Clear and concise!
내 ㅠㅁ냧
great course, great explanation.
clear, but short
Too good and effective process to learn. thanks.
Short, precise and to the point! Good introduction to lightning!
Love the course because it is focused on the essential things you need to understand lighting and to develop yourself.
This is an excellent short course to explain the basics of lighting. I will be sharing this with my staff next week during our weekly training session
very very basic
excellent and simple
David and Hannah are phenomenal teachers, the humor, graphics and everything make this not just a well produced but engaging piece of content!
Very good but too short!
Very useful for beginners
Focused and practical, quality instruction...great work.
Very little content for $25
very easy
Short and simple but very, very useful. Saves me a lot of time so I can go and already shoot! Thank you, Profoto!
This was an entertaining, and yet, very informative class. Great instruction.
helpful
I appreciated the detailed demonstration of each lighting technique.
Everything was broken down so I can understand effectively.
It was really helpful, learned new things about lights which I didn't knew earlier.
Amazing course and really easy to follow for someone like me with a short attention span.
Puts things in simple terms to understand. Love.
Congratulations on bringing an exciting course to you customers.
Thanks a lot
need to explain more direction of light
Great course! Really love the simplified information and engaging delivery.
The course is a good course, i would however only recommend it to someone who is new to photography.
I really enjoyed this - informative & simple
Very informative Professional and Fun!
The video was very good, it was designed I believe to be a simplified concept for those basic principles of lighting. So a beginning student can grasp the concept and a more advanced student will not loose interest in the concept. I found this video an excellent example and I am now more interested in viewing more video’s in this style of lighting education. Thankful for your efforts!
David Joseph Portraits
I like the mix of theory and practical in brief chunks. Simple and allows me to make notes to explore further topics (Butterfly Lighting as example). I think the minimalist studio approach and look also enhances the clean and foundational nature of the instruction.
I’m leaning and this is the perfect way to do it
Down to earth approach to solid basics of lighting.
Thank you for offering this course! It was short, to the point, and very informative.
Amazing! Short and to the point! Learned so much in 5 min! Thank you
great explanation of lighting. you got to the examples without all the fluff in the middle.
Beautifully shot and produced. I actually would prefer if the lesson went even further into the technical / scientific aspects of light and lighting. Loved it nonetheless!
Loved it
Amazing class. I wished it was a big longer
Easy to understand
love the ease of teaching method you provided
The course was informative, but yet very easy to understand and follow.
This course is was a very easy and understandable I relly enjoyed it.
The best practical course I've ever met on Internet
best way to learn lighting
Great short and very easy to understand video.
Would love to see how the lighting applies with bigger subjects as examples as well, maybe a full body and how the power of the light affects the subject (small flash vs larger lights)
Excellent. Easy to comprehend. Well illustrated.
NA
Wow! Brilliant information in just a few minutes.
Excellent, start with the basic is very important. Easy explanations, both presenters are very good!
This was the enlightening class on light that I have ever seen. The video and examples were so well done and I am excited to use these concepts in my photography!
More options with using the same principles outdoor
Fabulous class. I loved the graphics, how simple and easy to understand it was. Great job!
The class was great. It kept me interested the whole time.
Very well done and to the point with excellent examples.
You covered the basics which what most photographers need.
bite size videos with great editing
Hard and soft light with the penumbra is clear now. Having a background more or less bright, clear also. Thank you ! Super video !
Its simplicity flattened the learning curve greatly. Thank you Profoto. Now I can use my B1 even more.
Course is great explaining the basics, would’ve be great to send sample photos and receive feedback.
In this short session I learned several things/techniques that I wasn't aware of for many past years of shooting. Well done.
I am an photography educator at a career and tech school and I am alway looking for better ways to present information to my students.
Great course
Grear examples to follow
well explained in an easy to understand manner
This was a great course for understanding lighting. I loved it!
Thank you. Keep up the good work!
Very easily described how to use the light. Thats nice! By knowing these basics you can really control the light in your pictures. Thanks.
Dear Profoto, Hello. I learned a lot about light after participating in this class. Thank you. Sincerely, Cristelle Nicole
Nice sence of humor, and very clear examples, thank you.
I like the "realness" of the people presenting the course. Helps to stay interested.
sehr anschaulich dargestellt, einfach zu verstehen
Outstanding Clean format, super concise explanations, great visuals and very easy to understand and remember. You guys are great. Where can I follow you on Instagram, 500px or facebook? Thank you very much for the help.
Very simple to understand and to the point
simple and to the point
for me it was stuff that I already know but it was also fun to reexamine this process with such pros at the relm
This is just amazing, I'm speechless,
Great instruction. Easy to retain
Fantastic course! Thanks! Now... I need to practice and being isolated it's not that easy to get a model. Where can I get a head to put on a stand like the one you're using in the course?
Loved how short and to the point this lesson was. No gimmicks, no long winded speeches. Just the 3 things you need to focus on, how to do it and we're done. It was very simple and very helpful.
Thankn you for providing this knowledge.
Found the material covered quite basic
Thank you for offering this course. Loved it. The way the information was presented was easy to grasp, concisely communicated, and the visual demonstrations were fantastic.
Loved how this was all explained, very easy to understand and retain the information. I look forward to playing around with the different cornerstones :) x
This was a quick and simple way on explaining lighting not to technical just straight to the point. Looking forward to trying these techniques.
Excellent presentation, above average communication, superb content. Thank you!
Thank you very much. I learned a lot.
Estupendo, genial explicación. Profoto connect with me.
無料だったから良かったけど、有料なら300円くらいだと思います。いくつもTipsあれば2000円は払うと思います。
So good!
A veru good introduction to the science and also practical tips
I am bot professional but love photography. Today I learned basics of lighting in an easy, simple way! Thanks
This is really helpful. It gets to what you need to know and removes the bells and whistles that are unnecessary. David and Hannah and Anders and Kenare fun too!
Love the science-backed knowledge. Really interesting
well done.
Great in detail, with specific not too rushed information.
Wonderful courses. Thank you.
this is a great tutorial
Great information and thank you for doing it for free. I know it only scratches the surface but these little tips are helpful for people like me who cant afford to sign up for an official course yet.
Great Course
Straight talk..no attitude...and fun!
Thank you! I'm just a beginner and these infos were still easy to understand for me. I now am very motivated trying this out and practice to using the lighting more conscoiusly.
some times to funny. for me its oke.
but the story you is perfect for basic and more
Muito bem explicado!
I wish their was more examples of direction and even distance in outdoor settings with the sun!
This tutorial is the absolute best that I have ever seen in my many years of shooting. Very well put together and easy to understand. It provides a simple explanation of the science behind it all! Thank you very much!
Dorian Cromwell
Great and extremely simplified. Loved it
Very entertaining way of getting the various parts of the short course over, excellent, thank you.
I think the course was very good, I learned things but, my over thoughts about your classes are this... I can get a lot more hours of learning elsewhere like creative live for the dollar. Your value proposition is not as solid as theirs. I also think that when someone like me has spent $8000 in Profoto gear in the past year, that you should give us the training for free. I understand charging random people off the street but your customers have already earned it, you should not charge us.
PERFECT! The wording is simple and scientifically correct, that's something new in photo learning.
it was good information and easy to understand... the examples and props really made a huge difference in understanding what they where talking about!!!
Hope the course could be longer
Nice, but very very basic! Where is part two?!
it was good but short.
Add Summary of the information
simple yet excellent course teaching the basics of lighting. Wish there was a specialised house fro food photographers
There's no connection between the theory and the reality of light in nature - that should be the guide to all artificial lighting
it was just awesome
It was an awesome little course on understanding light,keeping things so simple that anyone can understand easily.
Explaining the basics of lighting in this short time is amazing this tutorial kickstarted my light shaping journey I would love to join the profoto academy asap
Concise, clean simple graphics, humor, very informative... excellent! (how do I order a Ken head?)
I have been a professional photographer for years and this was the most simple and comprehensive and easy to understand training I have ever seen in terms of lighting.
Great content.But i feel some videos get cut and continue in the next video at the wrong point.Cheers!
It would made it lot more useful if different shapes of light like rectangle, square,round, octagon are demonstrated.
Makes the seemingly complicated seem straightforward
Thank you for this course! I was expecting it to be much longer, but you guys condensed some great information into the perfect length, and structured it so that I was engaged the entire time. Great job!
Clear objective and examples
nice course
Bravo! Really well done. This elemental approach distills complex concepts into bite sized learning and the examples cemented and reinforced the concepts very well.
Love
The small lighting course was very informative. I've done others like SLR Lounge and I absolutely love them. But I'm excited to see more from you!
Most fun explanation!
Wish it would go more in depth with the demonstrations of the techniques
Wasn't a big fan artificial lighting photography. But will definitely try it out
Profoto should keep coming up with such short courses.
it is very basic but I thought a good start... I hope there will be more (FREE) videos I can tune into!
very informative information for someone new to lighting!
Very interesting and instructive.
Great length, clear explanations, engaging and clear’
정말 좋은 내용인것 같습니다 가장중요한 기본기를 다시 배우며 기초부터 쌓아가는느낌이네요
This was good. It was helpful to see the topics demonstrated so clearly.
Great education. Thank you.
send this course sketch pdf
I don't have any feedback because this content is completely perfect.
Need More Practical Videos more Experiments
This is Vishnu from Rasterize Graphic studio, Coimbatore. I'm happy to take part in this workshop. As me being a photographer & retouching expert its something very important for me to know about lighting as it make my retouching even more theoretically and practically easy.
Gud
The very important basics to be learnt.
Very good production, good level of explanation, pretty perfect (albeit too short :-)) online course.
I am sorry to say this is not worth $25 to pay. This should be just a part of advertisement or no charge lessson.
Price seems a bit high for the content
Explanations and illustrations were great!
This was first semester learning.
the 3rd video was the only one you really needed. I don't feel like it was worth 25$, I was happy to watch it for free though. The price tag and what I got would make me very hesitant to purchase a more expensive course. I felt the information was great I just wouldn't feel good if I had to pay for it.
Let's go champ!! Awesome tutorials, thank you!
I thought my English was somewhat adequate, but the following question I do not quite get the meaning of "Which of these is a very effective method of using light sources in the background to determine your placement of lights?" Would you care to explain?
This tutorial about light was more informative than any other course I've taken. I now know why light does what it does, instead of just believing instructors when they say, "place your light here." Thank you for packing so much information into this short video. It took no time to watch and it fit in nicely into my busy schedule.
Short simple and to the point! loved it!
I think we need more examples of how we apply these thorise
Está muy bien explicado pero deberían poner subtítulos en diferentes idiomas .
Even if I takes photos every week it still is good to refresh the fundamentals of lighting every now and then.
Great course!
Very pleased and excited with course. Please send more courses
Well presented. Simple and easy to follow.
Course was short
It is really a basic. But it help a lot with a lighting in a effective way. Thank you Profoto
fun and informative
Lessons are clear, simple, and in short easy to digest bites.
Interesting concepts that were new to learning about penumbra, very interesting.
Very informative, I wish it were longer :P
I enjoyed the course. Got to learn so much that was very new to me...... It was worth my payment
This is an amazing tutorial with great explanations and breakdowns. Super easy to understand!
Very nice and clear info. Easy to understand and follow.
it was all help full. i will see wheather there are more of these type of course and if the are cost effective ill purchase them thankuuu..
Thank you Profoto for making us understand so easily about lighting , i think ill be going for other courses as well.
Just how I like information; just what I need to know and straight to the point.
Excellent Course.
Short informative fun course
This has definitely pushed my knowledge about lights a level higher. Great!
As a beginner got very good knowledge on lighting
It definitely helped me. I am very thankful to Profoto because they provide this on very very cheap amount. So, thank you profoto.
Loved it !! And I got my basics right 😍
well done! clean, clear, illustrative!
Information was simple to understand, precise and well explained. Could not have made it easier, excellent intro course.
Nice and simple class . presentation also very nice
This tutorial is really good. I would like to mention here that distance between light source and the defuser material plays a major roll to change the size of penumbra as well as quality of light. If the defuser material is placed right in front of the small light source without keeping any gap, it will not change the size of light source and size of the penumbra will be small.
Nice learning experience on the fundamentals of lighting.
a nice basic explanation of techniques and skills for one light.
if the duration of the course is long it will be easy to understnad
It was refreshing to see something that is well put together and with no confusing information.
Its too shortt'
Great instructor. Very clear and direct instructions
It will be awesome if you can put the contact of the teachers so I can follow them on social media and ask them for questions.
Course was very to the point and easy to understand.
Excellent explanations. Very well done.
It was sooo simple and to the point! Thank you!!
The course was easy to understand so everyone can learn and enjoy it.
If you wanted to take this tutorial a step further and go really into the science of it I recommend inspiration from Mark Levoy's series of lectures on youtube. I think inverse square theory could've been covered in a lot more detail. I wish they had explained why when the light is moved closer the background fell darker, you could have talked about lighting fall off and how different sources will fall off quicker etc etc. Very useful video to show my students for sure, do you have a more advanced video in the pipeline?
I worth watching and Thank you Profoto for making such a content and so in the near future would like to buy my first profoto equipment and use
Maybe you could have shared the exif details cause that also plays a role in my view
Quick but perfect to understand the basic foundation of light for a beginner.
It's really good
It was good. I learnt a lot
Great informative video
Please notify whenever in Kolkata with more advanced & elaborated course/workshop. Thanks.
The breakdown of information, with presentation, made it very easy to understand.
super class
very good
Outstanding production; I would like this course to be longer.
Subtitles would be nice to help understand some accents.
inverse square law is the thing I didn't know before
Nicely produced, however more geared towards people who have never used a light before
Took too long to convey basic info
Love it!!
There was not enough material.
Good
I really liked the presentation, it's light, easy to understand and very well brought.
More of this please!
Excellent presentation with illustrations and tag names that stay with you.
Grande simplicité et bien démontré
The shape of the light is not enough to caracterize light; for instance a directionnal reflector or a softbox of the same shape are not going to impact the penumbra and most important, the texture of the subject (for instance the skin defects); the angular distribution of the direction of the light at each square inch of the surface of the source should also be teached as a fourth factor. This aspect is barely shown in lighting lessons.. hope you will take this in charge ;) thank you
Great introductory course to artificial lighting with a Profoto product. Would love to follow a food specific course for culinary photographers on the go with an A1.
Easy to understand and apply
When you work in portrait photography, the themes covered in the video are part of your knowledge. The message of the movie is very simple, but they must be fixed well in mind, the themes are fundamental, because when you have little time to run it is easier to make mistakes.
I love that their is enough humor to remain focused!
I think the classes are beneficial...
clear & precise, tutorial.
Love it! Easy to follow and remember
The best explanation I have seen, and best of all with a minimum of words. The demonstration of Butterfly and Rembrand lighting with the A1 modeling light was intuitive. Well done!
Very clear and easy to understand on basic—yet challenging to master concepts.
It was fun & learning & motivating! Well done - great stuff! Keep going!
Very informative and easy to understand.
Jättebra kurs! Vill lära mig mer om ljussättning on location.
Molto interessante e semplice e divertente
Short, yet very informative and easy to remember. Spiced up with some humour.
Terrific video. Basic information, but great foundation to build upon!
This was very simple to understand.Great foundation in replicating great images
This course is superb! It explains complicated subject matter in a crystal clear, easy-to-remember, and interesting way. Thumbs up!! Excellent job indeed!!!
Very instructive
Sometimes I struggle with the flash and the settings of the camera, I can’t wait to use my flash in the next wedding using what I’ve learned today.
I understand so much better now! Thank you!
Very imaginative way to explain basic concepts that makes them to be easily remembered and recalled.
I knew more than I thought I knew! Profoto lighting is the shape of lighting to come!
Very good introduction to the basic concepts.
Physics, Inverse law, type of lighting, shape are well taught in this short course.
Very well done! Informative & humorous. Great combination.
Practical and with the examples easy to understand
Its a very lernfull Technik
Well presented.
Great course, simple and easy to understand!!
I think this course was clearly understandable. Good to see the practice how it works in real time.
precise, schematic, crystal clear
Great Class and explanations.
just a short version , not much to say about it ,
Lesson was easy to understand.
Love it! It's short and easy!
Interesting information about the basic physics behind lighting combined with clear good exampels showing the basics in real situations
Very helpful and to the point,
This was absolutely fantastic. You need more courses exactly like this one. Please do another one. Also make more courses affordable like this one. Especially for those who are starting out and struggling and have spent all of their money on your amazing equipment.
very good demonstrations
These Three corner stones of studio lightning -course is well presented, easy to follow and understand for any level of photographers. I would recommend these course to any of my colleagues to start with, no matter of skill level. It is essential to understand these course. Thank you for making these video.
There is a lot of content packed into a few short videos. These go great now since I have taken Justin and Mary's Wedding Lighting course. I don't think I would have got some details without there course. Setting this with another point of view is great. Thank You. (les (canmore photography)
it is very useful
Great to learn the actual physics rather than the assumptions.
Awesome resources
I would of like to have seen more practical uses of the different types of lighting to see actually what this looks like in everyday use.
There could be more content.
I didn't understand Q2 - not an excuse for getting it wrong but I truly didn't understand the question.
fantastic course
very very basic common sense
Great course now I have a broader understanding of lightning I can't wait to start practicing these techniques
Not an in-depth tutorial of using light to create different effects
Great! Highly recommend to everyone !
Simple but effective
Very good for beginners
Well done, great explanations and examples
Basic, but very good and well explained
This is a very good course.
You should add Spanish subtitles
It's probably addressed in more advanced lessons, but maybe showing some examples of real people with the actual light and camera positions shown.
The basics, very well explained and extremely easy to understand.
Video’s make understanding theorie easy.
Course is not too long and to the point.
It was very easy to follow and well presented, thank you. One small thing as additional information would’ve been appreciated - was the flash on ETTL or was the power being manually adjusted each time.
I have some dificult to understand some pronounce of Ana, maybe if she speaks a little slowly may helps.
Of course it's not new, but it's a very very good recap, funny and clear explained and shown. Very usefull!
curso entretenido para iniciarse en la iluminación
Good and clear basic principles of light and how to achieve the look you want
This is good food for thought. I am comfortable with lighting techniques. However, you presented a different perspective that I need to test.
Good that the content was good but not so serius
Good basics but could be made with more examples.
el idioma me cuesta mucho entender las explicaciones
It was helpful -- not sure if it was worth $30, but since it was free, it was an great value! Thanks!
may be more fast
One of the 4 questions I could not answer because I didn't learn it properly, my bad (diff between short and broad light). And I think it was because in that lesson was a mixture of "how to use daylight and flash" and the pure effect the flash has.
Provide us the technical details information
good
It is good to review the basics
A bit more serious presentation would be better.
very very super easy course. But nice!
Pretty basic info. Nothing wrong with the information, it was broken down for an entry level photographer in mind.
short but on the point
technical aspect is amazing, execution is somehow for kids, profoto is a premium brand, not a play ground. In some situations its funny but there's too much going on with unnecessary things. people don't have time for that, people want quick results, so if you would bring it to the point without playing around i would appreciate more.
Very basic info and concepts, but entertainingly presented.
I have concerns that the last bit for "It's Your Turn Now" where the background was strobing from black to white might not be good for those with epilepsy.
It would be more helpful, when the lighting shapes would not just get named but also the motivation of using them would get explained.
Good short, even after years without English I could successfully complete the test. My 3 photo will follow shortly. Thank you, David.
Easy way to learn about lighting and how to use your flash, worth the money and time.
Very basic information, nothing new. Kind of over-animated. Would recommend this only to a bloody beginner.
good theory but too long
Very little real information for 25 euro! One can find much more on the internet for free. And I wonder if the law of inverse distance actually explains the effect of brighter backgound with longer distance ...
Not worth the price though all info was legit and well explained but 25 Euro is too much in my opinion. I still did enjoy the course a lot and learned.
IT is too basic for me
The explanation was concise and easily understood. It was very helpful with the backup tutorial on practical use.
If I had paid £19 for that I would be very very unhappy. Don't get me wrong I am a big fan of Profoto and have a fair bit of kit, but there are lots of free tutorials on YouTube which match this. It would be good advertising to let them out there free (or maybe to subscribers/users)
XLNT!
Very basic, no real person example, humor is fun but I prefer professional context
Nice little course - easy to understand and grasp concepts!
This team takes the complex, and makes it simple. They also provide humor and that is really appreciated.
A perfect crash course that gives Lighting 101 and a simple but precise breakdown making it easy to remember on set.
Wow, I just learned more about lighting in 10 minutes then I have my whole life!
I like how you made lighting look easy and simple. I also enjoyed the humor in the video. It was entertaining and educational.
I believe 10 was the best. This was a good reminder and easy to understand for someone new at this
Thank you Profoto for this exceptionally well done lighting class!!! Please, please, please offer more courses like this one and with this same instructor. It was so well done and it cleared up concepts for me that I have not understood for YEARS in spite of having taken other lighting courses. It taught things in a different way and clarified/simplified things so much for me. Loved it and will be sharing the course link with others. Kudos to the entire team who created it and who appear in it. Hoping for more classes like this in the future!!!
The instructors did a very good job in explaining the concepts of light.
It was great. I will definitely look closer at your other courses. One thing to mention, I started on my phone and when I got to the course section a next question button didn't appear when I clicked the first answer. I tried a number of things but ultimately had to get on my laptop to finish. fyi I was on a samsung and on chrome. Thanks!
To basic. Could be much more deep in the fundamentals.
Easy to follow along. Very helpful.
The course missed one general comment, which should be included, explaining the changes in the intensity of the light as the distance, direction and shape of the source varies. Other than that, it is helpful for those who know nothing or little about artificial lighting
Easy to understand course with very relevant lighting fundamentals every photographer should know.
missed the penumbra light shape section
Loved the theoretical and the practical explanations and demonstrations. This is my first time watching something from Profoto but it will not be my last.
Excellent. To improve the course, clarify cornerstone 3. At first, you talk about the shape of the light. Round sun, round penumbra. Rectangular light box, rectangular penumbra. But Hanna's illustrations do not talk about shape. She talks about the size of the light source. The two ideas of shape and size are not contradictory, but they are not identical either. So, there is a disconnect. And you ignore the disconnect. You need to make the connection, so the gap goes away.
Very easy to follow basics on lighting
Easy to follow along and very engaging.
The explanations were very clear. I finally understand the inverse square law.
Excellent delivery!! I like the merger of theory and practice. Makes it easier to grasp. Well done!!
i just loved this course just for 2 major reasons..... Covering very complicated topics easily and covering them in a very short period of time.
Which it was a bit more in depth
it's very basic at the moment, but fundamental! it's ironic, smart and very professional. amazing actors!
Don’t hesitate on delivering the theory that David offers. People need this to truly understand and retain the principles. More theory with historical references please!
Great practical stuff for beginners and great everyday reminders for the rest of us
As a beginner, I found the information and lessons to be easy to understand, useful, and presented in an engaging manner. Thank you.
Excellent explanations. Better than I thought it would be.
Very little information for the amount of time.
This was great it cleared up many questions I had about lighting and now i am ready to shoot my first movie scene with these tips. Thank you again.
This course makes understanding light so much easier and simple. Clean and straight to the point just like David!
I really enjoyed this Course
Very nice class! I like the presentation.
Fun, Concise
I think you should have talked about the inverse-square law. Otherwise it makes no sense that the background gets brighter when you put the light source further away from the subject. I already know about all that stuff, but actually there was so much relevant content left out that for me this doesn't qualify as a tutorial on "how light actually works".
not at all useful
This was a very basic training on lighting. Very clear and easy to understand as a first introduction to lightly.
Nice and succinct!. Thank you
Great basics course
This was a great starter course , although i feel like i know photography :) this course was able to enlighten me on new things that i thought i understood but now know better in a different way . thanks Profoto for letting me have this for free :)
Thank you for a great lesson on lighting, it was a nice way to enter your profoto academy of learning.
Photography is my hobby for more than 30 years. Have tried hundreds of scenarios... learned more in 15 minutes by watching these lessons. Congratulations to all of you!
Thank you, I found the information very helpful. You should send a link to all product users upon registration of their purchases about these videos as to add value to your products and enhance the customers enjoyment. Profoto is expensive but is worth it, this needs to known. I purchased the A1 system because of failures in other systems. Performance, innovation and reliability are Profoto.
Very good basic course of lights and flashes.
Good foundational info that is well explained with a sense of humor. I know all that is covered in the course, but I enjoy relearning the basics to expand my understanding and use of light.
I would like to have been able to ask questions about some of the techniques and equipment used.
Very nicely explained, dynamic and humoruous, They break down the concepts and the examples are fantastic.
You are great. I didn't find online courses until your academy. But your products is very expensive, more expensive for me because i am living in turkey(Our currency is low). Can you be sponsor to me :). Please keep going. If i earn money with my photography skills, i promise, i will only use your products.
more various free courese!
Insightful instruction presented in a relaxed manner.
Quick & to the point lighting breakdown.
Coincise, clear, fun
good course but very short
Very well produced, and I liked the practical application demonstrations. It was a little more basic than I expected, so for me was not additive to what I know, however it encourages me to look at other course offerings from Profoto Academy to improve my control of light for portraiture. Thank you!
A little basic. More detail and lighting scenarios would be more helpful.
Very interesting and revealing course. Learned a lot about lighting.
Very brief but straight to-the-point and practical/useful.
Good
You can translate or subtitle this to another languages. This thing can help many other photographers. Thanks.
Very good lesson and provides you the information you need to know
Good length of video, concise, and entertaining.
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great helpful
It was great class for me. Thank you.
Clear, direct, funny and very complete explanation
I've always heard that simplicity j is the best. This is done so simply yet it is the most effective and educative course I've ever been a part of
Simple and amazing way to pass content Congratulations and thank you for giving me this knowledge
It was great.
Very informative course
more detail light 3 Element. because i learned in my school
This was an empowering course for me as a photographer who did not understand lighting dynamics at all, i am empowered...
Loved the ease with which the course was taught. I look forward to registering for more courses.
It is an amazing platform to learn new techniques from the best
You have missed (maybe intentionally) a key concept when talking about the size of the light. It should have been explained as "the APPARENT size of the light source" in respect to the subject. If you had placed the "big" softbox 100 meters away from the subject, it would have become a hard light because the apparent size would be small in respect to the subject. The way you left things to the viewer may lead to the misconception that a large softbox will always produce a soft light. Would you say the Sun makes a hard light because it is a small light source? The Sun is 100 times bigger than the Earth.
It was a very useful course for people without basics.
this is informative
Thanks to your kindly present
Who ever does also cg lighting should know these principles.
I'd appreciate it if you could give me a cheaper lecture.
so that everyone knows...
its use full for beginners
The course is perfectly presented with the explanations of how best to determine distance and placement of light in order to get the best resut
Helpful informations and great presentation.
Thank you.
well i din knew about the names of the light shapes... glad i got every basic thing about lighting crystal clear...
its really amazing information about light
i wish watch all the curses you have
Handy introductory lighting course for beginners, reinforces basic concepts with actual shooting scenarios.
It was a great experience. Flash setting used for this shoot could be fantastic.
This is a very helpful course... I am glad I took the course
Amazing for beginners
Really , it's helpfull lessons to new photographers wish get more experience at photography.
It was really nice session
If you could provide some manual settings too it would be really helpful
Thankyou .
need widen your market to africa
It's great
I love this. As a beginner, lighting is scary & overwhelming to me. But this short simple course covers all the basic lessons I need to know. Thank you so much for this free lesson.
I loved it.
Excellent concepts to understand lighting
Excellent concepts about lighting
Mind=blown away into space dust (Avengers endgame style)
Very informative and useful, Thank you.
Thank you so much for this precious information.
Interesting, shorter than I would have liked. Also the strobe at the end without warning could be dangerous to those with Epilepsy. Overall interesting.
one of the best photography courses I've ever taken,very professional and easy to understand
Great straightforward explanation.
It's very easy and clear to understand all concepts.
It's really useful. The three cornerstones of Lighting helps to produce much more creativity now.
the course provide to us all the basics we need to understand the lighting on photography
Very quick and informative,
really learned something new...
Thanks profoto.
Its Basic in 15 minutes what else would one want
nice, information to the point, examples, practical and theorical, nice
I liked it, it was understood very well, clear and short
Very good
As a beginner it helped me alot to learn how to adjust light and how to fix light. As it is a major challenge for all the beginners like me.
Its precise and impacting
I am really grateful to Profoto Academy for providing this amazing class based on the basic and most helpful fundamentals of lights using for photography. This class contained a full details of basic lighting in photography. It will really help me to grow my lighting experience in future works. Thank you again to Profoto and mentors.
Excellent explanation
Very Educative
It was verY insightful and very well explained
Please provide more free courses like this for helping us to be a broad lightning source between society. It is really a life long help to click better photos. We will keep supporting your courses. Thanky so much.
ThIs short lesson has really inspired me and has teach me a lot.
Give us more free cources..
Like this is... thankyou 💜
Fantastic
This is very helpful information of lights...
I really liked it, it was to short
unfortunately (but its ok, it was free), i would love to learn a little bit more about lighting physics. Anyway, it was helpful to rethink about old knowledge.
I you read this (I hope so) I would love to see a full webinar of light shaping w/ Andrea Belluso.
Thanks for everything Profoto.
never had this foundation knowledge...thanks to the team and providing such courses...love it...
This course is simply amazing..lighting has always been tricky
it was too short, I understand it is a free course, but as it was my first course with you I don't know if the paying course are of this extension.
I did learn, and the way you explain the concepts are very clear.
Give us more free stuff like this :)
This is by far the most explicit and short course in line with lighting. It absolutely changed my perspective in just a few minutes. Very elaborate and explicit yet very easy to comprehend
The course was really amazing
By this course i just got proper details about the light
I found this course very helpful and it was presented in a very easy to understand method. It provided a great learning experience for me. It simplified lighting in a manner better than anything I have previously read on lighting. Thanks to all for a great job.
it is more informative about the lighting techniques. i would like to participate in more courses like these. Thank you Profoto
Thanks all academy .profiting
This course was very helpful to get a basic insight on light and delivers a strong basis to choose the right equipement.
Loved the presentation
makes it easy to understand
This class is very useful for me....
The most clarity, simplified and most in-depth explanation of light. it totally make light so much easier to understand. the difference with what is out there with what is provided by profoto is so much different. it is the next level.
Lecture was easy to understand
I loved the teaching techniques and learning was fun.
Practical sessions amazing.
You covered the simple light theory so well, which otherwise we took for grant. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Great Tutorial
its really good and I appreciate a lot.. but i feel something missing on it.. "light source distance effecting to penumbra as well. long distance short penumbra and short distance long penumbra."
I learnt a lot of things which are basic but still very much important and effective.
It was do amazing
It's usable and practice learn. The thoery simplified
I never knew that these things even exist shocked
The lecture is packed with secrets almost always taken for granted but which are the cornerstone of lighting which in itself is photography.......
No regrets taking this course. I wish I can continue typing to explain how great ful I am for this. God bless.
İnformative a fun video to watch, great job!
The course is full of essential informations that help understand light more.
조아여~큘~~
Was informative but short.
excelente forma de explicar los conceptos
Short but very informative.
It was fun, a lot helpful in understanding the lighting techniques. Surely, is going to help me in my freelancing work.
Thanks.
Short, crisp and great! Small suggestion would be to divide each aspect into a video of their own, making them smaller. Also, makes the content appear more full
it was a good lecture.
It was informative but too basic. I wanted to know more about the various types of modifiers such as umbrellas vs sofboxes and the different types and sizes of each modifier. Also white vs silver and see the contrast in the light between the 2 colors in various applications ( soft box, umbrellas and octabanks. Alsoin different settings such as daylight vs night.
It was a simple and wonderful lecture. I think it is difficult for beginners to shoot the studio, which is why the lighting. You have solved it for sure. It is wonderful.
Please include the loop lighting
its actually good for beginners like me, please do provide all courses for free for students like me
SUPER
Thanks for provide this amazing course, its very helpful to amateur
I love the simplicity in the training. ..really Amazing stuff
good
기초 강의임을 감안했을 때 훌륭했습니다. 하지만 내용이 다소 부족한 면이 잇고 진행이 빨라 조금 더 많은 예시 상황들이 주어졌으면 합니다.
단순화 된 내용이라서 이해하기 쉬웠습니다 .
Good subtitles for better understanding
Great course, i can learn from homr
I'm afraid we're a little short of information, and I wish you'd let me know more about it.
Liked the basic stuff I guess I'll looking into more or your stuff
Explanation with physics is awesome. You could have shown the picture of bouquet captured.
Well the content was really organized very organized , the way those instructors were explaining is really easy and simple + that I felt a bit of sense of humor which was kinda cool
Very Understanding course
Amazing course concentrates on many aspects of lighting. Would love to try it out soon.
very good class. I have 3 year experience in photography, but i never heard about penumbra. For me this is wonderful opportunity heard this class. thank you profoto and David.
Very helpfull and usefull tips.
As I am beginner the tutorial is found quite helpfull, although there should be little more to learn as I was loving while watching this.
I'm a wedding photographer and not a photographer in a studio. I usually use speedlights but I can't understand the importance of lighting and how to use speedlights. I want to tell my photographer friends this program.
Really want to say 'thank you!' I learnt a lot even though I use my phone to take pictures.
This is a great starting point to understand lighting. This has helped me understand what I need to use for my next wedding photography assignment. Thank you for the course.
This course is very good to understand the foundation. For the beginners, I think this is 8-10 points.
Light is the ultimate key to better photography, and here I've learnt some better light techniques..
Its just awesome way of learning the creativity, loved it.
Contenta are neat, Still for any beginner it needs more briefing
I have learnt a great deal about light within few minutes. This is awesome
Very informative, direct and effective. Thank you for taking the time to compile this course
more free course
Awesome examples and very easy to understand
Thanks very much I must say. The class was interacting and nice. Enjoyed the class
Real time behind the scene... :)
Thank you for this "to the point" course that is easy to "digest" and has opened my mind to understanding light much more! Well done Profoto!
Round light is a very interesting change.
Distance is such a Positive way to make a difference
Pemba never entered my thought process.
Harlen Seeliger
The guys are so funny. Educational also, of course.
The course really enhances the technical know how of lighting!
Wonderful introductory course. You make understanding light fun. I also enjoy Profoto Academy Live. Please keep it running; I have learned so much and look forward to learning more.
Good video help me a lot in direction.
Great animations which make it interesting..
It was amazing. Thank you!
BOY! This has been worth the extra hours after work. I love it and i'm so emotional right now.
so use full this cores my beginning photographer
I know these things but your tutorial gives me broader perspective of the same. Thanks for this basic but amazing course .
Awesome
Helpful course, greater understanding of these 3 principles.
It’s not for advanced photographers.
too basic but useful
It changed my knowledge by explaining the why of what i was struggling to do in my photography life. thank you profoto
Really great to the point
Very good and fun way to learn
It was a wonderful learning experience about light, got to know a lot about it. Showed me a way to how to start practicing.
I think this is the best photography lighting course ever!
Big thanks i learnt a lot within few minutes ... when i save up enough to get a camera definitely putting all this in to practice wrote down a lot so i wont forget and i wish this course will still be available then just in case. Thanks again for this wonderful knowledge gained today.
The course was very informative, with precise and pinpoint explanations on all the techniques. However it did not clearly take account of subject placement in relation to the background (distance). Doesn’t that affect the amount of fall off the backdrop picks up as well, especially with the addition of a modifier like Softbox?
Very informatic
It's wonderful to know the physics behind the day to day usage of certain terms, like bouncing the flash. Eager to learn more.
This is very helpfull
The course is so effective ans very easy to understand for all
Kindly tell what is the actual and perfect direction of light in the indoor portraitures which makes a picture attractive ?
This is just awesome.
very informative
Very much like
3 things are very well understood
Thank you
This class has improved my photography skills and I am so greatful for this opportunity
You learn more from this short series that scattered information here and there from youtube! 100% on the point without scrap!
I can easily understand the English spoken by the teachers
Very important lessons and enjoyable to learn because of the way it is presented
I like the practical examples and how you keep the lessons short and straight to the point. The background also helps a lot. And I feel like the pace of the lesson is really good.
This knowledge amazing for me. Thank you profoto.
I request you please give other light course on free of cost because my financial conditions not avil to pay you other lighting course fee so please give me learning opportunities.
Thank you so much for this course, it was very helful understanding how to and what use when it comes to light sources.
It is very educative
Simple, but very handy!
Best.....
It was a great short course, I learned so much in a few minutes
Excellent course
Way to short
It's basic information but very important. Every information about lighting is goes around it. Thank you....
Great content
Very good!!! Basic lessons of lightening but different expanation. Recomend.
I am a professional wedding photographer. I had learned those theories before, but never realised that they are that much easy and fun. That's why i hardly implemented them. The teachers has taught those necessary things and techniques about lighting in very clear way along with practical example and explanation.
Thanks! I have learned again, now i have got the courage to implement those in real life with more confidence
The video was clear and concise with both words explanations and examples
This course is awesome. Thank you Profoto.
I am an amateur photographer as well as designer, this course is really wonderful to see you and teach very well, because they give such a logical example and practical well managed and wonderful
Great course with very easy to understand illustrations.
Super course
Nice .explaining every bit of Direction, distance & shape
Very educative and simply enough to understand
Easy to follow and grasp
no certificate ? too sad
Short, precise and impactful
Punctual information, i'm a newer photographer, i'm continue lerning and this short course showme how to use more efficient the flash lights
This course is really helpful to learning lighting basics.
It is so easy to understand. Short and intersting .
I really like this class was broken down into simple terms with examples
awesome tutorial, i got same answers i didn't know
I thought lighting is the most complex concept in photography but now because of profoto Academy it is broken down and simplified by which anyone can understand the basics of direction , distance and shaping of light.
I' have experience with light but is interesting to have it organized in concept and chapters. I teach in Chile, so is a way to remaind me the basic aspect of ligthing in a more academic way. Faster, more accurate...thanks a lot, I enjoy it.
I enjoyed the course and I think every photographer should go through this at some point in their career.
My name is Franklin, and i want to say you guys are amazing tutors. It was very straight to the point, very easy to understand and the narrator was wonderful, Like i just learnt the basics in minutes. I'm off to create rembrandt and butterfly right now. I wish i could afford to pay for other lessons *crying* it is so worth it. Thank you guys, this is amazing!
This is amazing.
Loved it
easy to understand
Bem simples e didático. Mais do que a aula eu fiquei feliz em descobrir essa academia. É o que acredito que todas as marcas relacionadas deveriam ter e fazer com frequência. Isso venderá vocês e irá desencadear em coisas positivas para todos os lados. Espero ver um dia com legendas em português... Um dos meus sonhos de vida é ver marcas desse nível operando no Brasil.
Perfect duration of the course, very clear explanations.
This course is very helpful especially for those who are beginners in the photography area.
Excellent Teaching, I'M expecting more...
Simple and affective
Its so good
Been studying on youtube but this course clarifies many questions i had
Most of it was good, but the first lesson regarding distance was wrong. When the light was moved closer the background was lighter but the subject was overexposed. It was only when the power of the light was reduced that the background became darker. The erroneous conclusion that was repeated several times was that bringing the light closer makes the background darker. I feel that this will only confuse photographers who are new to lighting.
it is a good and fast course for people who want a quick grababout lighting, but would be better if there was more explanations on light positioning
It's very nice to learn over the web , it's just like sitting in a workshop class ;), Can you bring more live models for showing the variations.
It's easier to capture them on mind
Easy to understand
The technical part was broken down and understandable to a layman. . .it is also very engaging. .. I wasn't bored at all
Simplified technique used to make you understand
It's quite easy to understand. They have shown it very precisely
Very interested in this course
I like the simplicity of the videos, lees is more.
So simple and easy to grasp.
very nice tutorials
That's really good learn something new about light,distance & shadow awesome videos made.
I Really Learned A lot today about lighting one of my weaknesses and cleared out a lot of my confusion
Good Job!
It's to the point and no commercial.
subtitles need
Good info for beginners.
Explained everything in a very simple and understandable way. Learned a lot in those few minutes of videos. Thank you for the course.
Love the course, but some more lighting techniques would be great.
Add some more on this
Just grate for me as a beginner
This course are very helping me to understand lighting method.
What I have learned from the three fundamentals, Distance, Direction and Shape will be my guide in every time I am shooting portraits. The tutorials are have greatly helped me.
Better then any youtube tutorial!
I hate when I learn stuff that I should have known for years. :)
Great course, i really had a very great and new insights to understanding lights
I think it should be explained little more
It's great but just a summarisation at the end would make it even better
No nothing
Super Course. Easily understandable
Good for beginners
You light my mind of lighting
Very simple and easy explanation of the foundation in lighting
Es un curso corto y conciso, eso es bueno para iniciar pronto y experimentar sin un exceso de lectura de teoría
Nice presentation. It's easy to understand.
Good stuff, would appreciate to learn what happens when you place the light behind the subject
Much Informative.
First of all thanks to the Profoto for this course. Since Profoto has the most light shapers in the world, I would kindly suggest to explain more about the light shapers like Beauty Dish, Strip box and how they impact on a subject. Thank you.
Fantastic course on the foundation of lighting. I love it! Thank you Profoto
These type of tutorials are already available online for free also with better demonstration
It is short
It was really good, everything it's helpful and ilustrative in the best way.
it could take a few more minutes illustrating a practical example of the 3 conceps at the same time.
Hi,
I'm a professional photographer so the basic principles explained here are known to me however I did enjoy watching the different parts and I found that the explanations are very clear, concise and very focused.
Very well done, with everything explained very well.
Very visual and memorable. I understood the important 3 points clearly.
It was simple and precise.
Great way to break down the basics and illustrate what they look like.
Is Hannah any relation to Dave Couzens?
Easy, well explained and correct!
I love your Academy live episodes on YouTube, which I regularly watch. This format is more compact and to the point, so is very effective in bringing the basics across. I'm currently doing a photography education and will point my classmates this way. Top job!
A really effective and inspiring way to teach. Things are justified and the examples are understandable. Fantastic !!!
A little too basic
Very educative, shaping the light is one of most important knowledge that you need to master in photography. Well done guys!
Very helpful
teach about more diffrents methos of control the light
No english
good
I dont know how it is in other countries but in my country 25 dol is a really high price.
Interesting & informative.
Well done; succinct with clear explanations.
Hands down one of the BEST straight forward lessons on lighting!!
Needed more examples with pictures taken
Way too short
The course is lovely!
I am very pleased and feel lucky to enrolled for profoto academy. Please make this available and easier for people who want to change their life with Photography.
I am willing to attend a professional course in photography. Hope to find help and your guideness.
I really wanted to hate these tutorials. I have bought and seen so many that I guess I'm just jaded at this point. That was until now. I'm amazed at how concepts that I have been trying to wrap my head around for quite some time, were explained in away that now I finally understand. Thank you so much for creating quality content. By doing so, you are elevating the level of photographer who take the time to learn. Very much appreciated.
Excellent introduction to the fundamental foundations of understanding and working with light.
Practical demonstrations and quizzing yourself on the main ideas helps to reinforce your understanding of the course material.
i loved this segment. looks so simple and really inspiring
So easy and straight forward
Nothing, short time great lesson
Its just too basic:)
Pls add some interior lighting tips.
I learned a great deal. Now I need to put it into practice and learn for myself how to implement what I learned. Great class!
Very simple break down of lighting, easy to understand.
Even for a free course it seemed to me that it was too short and basic
These videos are a wonderful educational tool. You should quiz us harder and maybe supply a PDF with terminology explained. I love that I can replay the videos if I practice a technique and am not sure I can get it correct
I have told many people about these courses (I work in a Camera/media/lighting store - Camera Electronic, Perth, Western Australia). I also love the 100% discount offers. Although you are giving something for free, I believe it generates sales for Profoto, as a follow-on effect.
Very Easy to Understand, Good Job~~
Entertaining and excellent production values, but I felt that the inverse Square law should have been explained.
Can you guys get me contact details of you photographer hannah
This brief course is full of practical information and good advice.
I liked that the course was the theory and then you showed the actual results you will get changing one of the 3 cornerstones of light. The course was easy to follow and a good length!
Sin duda unos cursos muy interesantes. Felicidades
Amazing course
Content was great but I had some problems with the video freezing and the audio continuing.
Interessante
Short and to the point, thank you.
ストリートポートレート
Nice intro, explaining the Penumbra was new info, thank you!
good
Very good training.
meh
Subtitles are hard to read.
It was very useful knowledge to make movie!
well, I wish your prices wasn't that high. Way too expensive for me. unless you would offer a package price for all your courses, like other online courses. I wasn't able to find a way to use all the courses for a fraction of the individual courses. it would be nice for instance to have a 50% discount for people like me who would be interested to take all the courses and pay at once. And even better if divided into a monthly payment. Thanks
This information was pretty basic and added nothing to knowledge.
I really enjoyed the format, and the presentation. However, the content, for the price, is a bit too steep, in my opinion. The concept of the inverse square law was barely touched upon.
There are plenty of resources on basic lighting available on the web and most of them provide greater detail.
Other than that, the video was very enjoyable.
Thank you.
I learned a lot.
I want a subtitle in question.
It's easy to understand what kind of effect we can create with using lights with 3 method. Also english of David and Hanna is easy to listen, so I can relax watching the class (I am Japanese).
I am very happy to join
The course was wonderful
Yes
Well done, easy to understand and useful for all levels of photographer.
It's always great to get down to basics in order to lay a solid foundation to build your lighting technique knowledge upon!
very helpfull .
I'm very happy to know the foundation of photography. As you said that it's hard to find proper one through internet. But, I want to know more detail and advance.
pls, I want to know the something exercise of photography. eg) foundation of drawing is sketch.
I'm looking forward to new course of foundation.
The course was brief, educational, but I was hoping for more information on who to use the PROFOTO A1
Please Japanese.
very great explanations and examples
Even being a very basic light course was extremely clear and well done at all levels. Very pleasant to watch and make me curious about more advanced courses at Profoto academy.
Good course , ideal for starters
All this was very good basic information. Very suitable for starting photographers and brought in an easy to understand manner. Inviting to want to see more.
all most good.but im japnese, more slowly is beter.
Really 25EUR for this? You should give your courses in addition to your gear. At least when I have to wait 4 month until B10 will be available in Germany!
I could understand that I remembered quality of the light only in a law learned by experience scientifically some other time and was very good.
本アンケート設問や、小テストなど完全に日本語化出来ていない部分が残念。
Clear and excellent!
I think this is the first time anyone has ever explained how to setup a light from Rembrandt lighting. I knew what it looked like and I knew it was from a higher light, but how one was to determine the placement of that light easily, I didn't know.
可能なら質問、小テストも日本語にして欲しい。
Great intro into lighting. The concepts discussed were beautifully explained Thank you!
I would like to have the video file
Great short intro course.
Very well presented with the basic fundamentals of lighting clearly explained in a novel and entertaining way making it easy to remember. I was, perhaps, expecting a little more.
I dreaded using artificial light such as flashes for years. I always found speed lights extremely confusing to use. Then I recently stumbled upon Profoto and it changed everything! From their easy-to-use A1's to their informative academy classes, they have actually made lighting FUN to learn and easy use!
So easy to understand, very very fine explanations
(I assume this comment is to make future courses better, not to make a great testimonial ;)) From what I've seen, I'm a fan of your courses. David (I hope he's name is David, right?) is a really great teacher. I highly appreciate the attention you guys put into the details of the video. Those "gif videos", moving captions, black screen when David is talking about switching light off - I think it really makes a difference. The only thing I didn't like was sadly the light in the video itself. It wasn't Profoto as I understand it. That's from a technical POV. Moving on to other -much more important- aspect of educational videos - their educational value: I think the content was 9/10. Very well described. All important. Easy to understand. Not boring at all, even though I knew every single piece of advice here. Maybe the only thing I was missing was the practical tips on when I should use the butterfly, Rembrandt, short or board? Those setups surely make a picture FEEL differently. But which one should I use when? That being said I'd surely recommend this course to any beginner photographer I know. Thank you for doing such a great work.
THANK YOU!!!
too short
Some important info, but the content was sort of kitchie. Glad I got the course for free, had I paid for it, I would not have felt as though I'd gotten my money's worth.
Easy way of learning the differences of how light effects the image.
Sometimes it is so easy to make it right and this video will help a lot.
Very easy to follow. Basic and logical instructions. Provided in an accessible way providing me with a sense of possibilities.
good
It was short and concise - So much wasted time watching other videos really makes you appreciate a well made and thought out tutorial!
This demonstrated and explained the impact of portrait and background lighting. I'll now know how to act quicker in resolving common lighting issues on any shoots. Great for the beginner in this field!
I wanted not only single light source, but multiple lights for studio portrait.
It’s almost a very good short course. Two problems: 1) The explanation of making the background darker or lighter is rather confusing because it just refers to the light being nearer or further, without making it clear TO WHAT - in other words, what this is really about (inverse square law) is the fact that moving the light further from BOTH the model and the background means that their RELATIVE distances get closer to each other and therefore the background is getting RELATIVELY better lit.
Issue number 2: CONTRAST. Many of these courses state that contrast is lower on the model’s face when the light is nearer to the model, and more contrasty when it is further away. I think you might have covered this.
Otherwise great. Love Anders, so helpful!
Loved the course and excited to purchase more soon.
I have taken courses now from both David and Hannah. David is a bit of a comic, which I like because it makes the course a bit of fun on top of educational. Hannah is just very descriptive and lots of knowledge. Really like the chemistry between them. Great stuff
Great job guys, you made learning the basics fun and entertaining.
David's style of teaching and charisma are great. However the knowledge in this course is very basic. I mean it says so in the title but I was expecting a little bit more for 25$. Still very enjoyable.
Fabulous!! Easy and basic. Perfect!
Well explained and concise content for a beginner. Thanks for doing this and the other classes on academy!
It's clear with simple demonstration. Easy to understand
Greatly condensed fundamentals of lightning in an enjoyable way!
Very basic
Great class! It was a perfect blend of information and entertainment.
After 20 years of professional photography it never hurts to love the basics. With the lessons herein are the touchstones to opening secrets to painting with light. Excellent! Thank you!
I think this was great for any one that is starting.
Very good so far. I'm feeling more comfortable using flash photography.
Bien aimer,les instructions sont claires nette et précises.
This course gives some basic information, but it's done way to goofy
great overview !
Very enjoyable
Easy to understand- well presented
Expecting a detailed overview on types of light shapes.. overall its a nice course
You guys Rock and the professionalism of the course is top draw. Loved it! but I must say honestly that if I had'nt been spoilt by you and had paid £19 I would have been very upset.
A practical course, well planned and very simple to understand and practice.
Entertaining and informative.
Very nice and easy to understand lection, presented with an humorous attitude. like it!
Such helpful, practical and straightforward advice. The course makes lighting concepts much less overwhelming.
These are the basics every photographer needs to know.
People never learn the basics. Amazing videos
A little longer to reinforce what is being taught. I did learn a lot. So maybe this shorter version is better. Short bursts of knowledge maybe a better way.
Very informative course. Great for Beginners. Light essentials. :-)
Nice job. Quick, simple, easy to understand and a useful break down of lighting principles.
they gave it to me and it was very good but if I bought it I would like it to have more information and to be longer
The courses by Profoto is always enjoyable and easy to understand
It was great learning this course, and it was completely helpful and I would recommend this to my fellow photographer friends for sure. Thank you Profoto team.
Presentation is quite goofy but there are some good tips
it was too short and not enough information but it was good for someone too beginner
Looks like it is created for a beginner, but the humor is great and so is the edit of the video!
Explained the concept so that it is easy for a layman to understand
Very informative. Exposed me to new nuisances of photography. More detailed.
It was a little simple, but it was also free ))
hope give us some code sell for the courses .
The course is basic, easy to follow and well thought out.
Very informative. Nothing else. Thank you.
Really easy to understand and apply.
Very simple and pratical
excellent presentation and awesome practical session
So easy to learn and so interesting ,no bullshit and funny way to see results on the go, very very professional!
exellent
will be better if the settings of the flash and camera is displayed on the screen just to have idea what's is going on the sample shots
The coarse was simple but straight forward; I liked it!
it was well done. the essentials well explained.
Very concise way of explaining light for photography
Very good content and perfectly articulated & presented.
Always good to come-back to the basics. Thanks for this course very clear for non initiate or pro photographers.
Easy do understand and very helpful.
I feel that content was great however the cost does not match the length and overall complexity. IE: I was hoping for more content on angles and brightness of the subject not just the background.
A great video... and thank you for publishing these. I think they left out a couple basics. It's the size of the light-source -in relation to- the subject. The sun is a huge light source, but still creates harsh shadows. Same can be true of a softbox too far away, or a speedlite next to the face. And they didn't discuss the use of shutter speed on background lighting. Thanks!
very basic, but well produced, not terribly useful for an experienced photographer
A back to basic approach to do great lighting. Love it.
I have been a shooter for over 30yrs, it's always nice to relearn something you take fore-granted because you know it all ready.
Excellent and succinct!
Seems way too simple. Light is such a powerful tool. I don't think this intro gave it justice.
Surprisingly well done for such a short intro. Presented topics well and in a way that made the concepts clear.
Key principles to keep always in mind
A cheaper course will encourage more photographer to learn from profoto.
The information with regard to the Penumbra which I tend to like to have a wider and softer Penumbra when taking Portraits and such, I have been literally shooting photography for years and never knew that was what it was called. Now I do.
The course itself is fine but the website usability is not efficient and hard to navigate on my phone. An app for Profoto Academy would be great. Until then, I can not recommend this product.
love this course just doing refresher..
Liked the examples with ken
Test
Lots of important information!Learned with ease.
For me, it was basically review as I already knew all of the information that was presented in the video. However, I must say it was one of the best presentations of the information I have seen: short and concise. I am interested in checking out your other offerings that may actually be of more use to me.
Great .... for beginners
I presume people who buy Profoto equipment know that already ?!
You made a big deal about being scientific and telling the foundations better than others on YouTube, but the content was light. Pun intended.
For example, bringing a light closer to the background does not make the background darker unless something else changes, such as needed power to illuminate the foreground.
Great tutorial, engaging teaching style and the course is packed full of practical information, to the point simple explanations. Highly recommended.
It was very informative
Your courses are way too expensive
When you get to the point as a photographer where you invest in Profoto gear, I kind of think you should know those basics. And if so, 25 (okay I got this one for free now) is a (sorry) waist of money
Very simple and helped with the basics of lighting without being overwhelming like most educational resources.
I loved how the instructor broker it down in easy to use terms and methods. I fully understand how to use light effectively.
It is a necessary course to understand the fundamentals of lighting, and understand that the material is not indispensable, but the way to use it. Without a doubt, it is the principle to start
very well explained and easy to understand even for beginners
There is only one point for improvement from my perspective:
Aren't there lots of beautiful Swedish girls out there, who could be convinced to stand in for this awesome guy Ken ???
I think that Ken has deserved to go on holidays .... :-)
A little too basic.
show actual photos with the examples of the lighting being taught.
Too short but effective.
There should be little more in basic course
A nice introduction to the basics of lighting.
Good for absolute beginner but pretty basic.
Clear and concise information well presented.
A good place to reinforce the basics
Very informative, but I did not understand the question about the background light in the quiz with the short light as the answer.
Excellent Session. The most like session.
Very well done. Clear and concise.
I knew that Profoto makes cutting edge light systems, what I am just recently realizing is they also provide unparalleled education and top notch customer service. Thank you Profoto.
Très bien, rapide, fun, on ne perd pas son temps et bien expliqué
Its very expensive for the content
Its a great course for beginners
mycket lätt att förstå trots att jag inte är jätte duktig på engelska. längden är lagom långa på avsnitten! lätt att förstå och ta till sig!
Well done! You made lighting feel easy and not overwhelming. Your lighthearted banter made it fun and easy to remember.
Great synopsis of the there characters of light and a fun and very inspiring teaching of how to use these in your own work.
Great for beginners but there isn't anything included even an intermediate photographer can take away with. I work in the photo industry and was given a card from the MFR with a free promo code only good for this course, I'd be offended if I thought anyone from Profoto thought I could use information from this particular course and am very surprised I was not given a promo code I could use on one of your most advanced courses where I could have possibly learned something and in turn recommended a piece of Profoto gear (or lighting technique) I wouldn't have otherwise.
Academy should be free to Profoto customers
I found this course instructive and funny, as an introductional lession must be :)
I understanded the basic lighting method. Thank you!
NO
This course took the over thinking of how to use light .on youtube many people make it hard to understand.
Absolutely brilliant! So simple and yet so helpful to understand the basic foundations that underpin effective portrait photography. Considerably more helpful than watching hours of general lighting videos on YouTube.
Its Needs to be in More details with actuals subjects + too much of intro + very expensive
A very useful and practical course on the foundations of lighting
the course is amazing, easy to follow and very interesting.
the level of this training is far too basic: nothing about the amount of light, settings of the flashmeter, principes of basic three points of light, etc., no documentation, and A1 isn’t adapted, Im’ very disappointed, its’ very expensive!
Very clear and interesting
It’s a very useful course but a little bit expensive for just few minutes of real lessons
Tydlig och enkelt förklarat.
2ND COURSE GRATE JOB
It would be good to have other languages like French or Spanish.
This is nicely explained.
General speaking , I like the way of illustration, because it is simple and clear. However, regarding the point of distance, I feel it should be explained a bit more deeply. She says further means brighter, but without saying that it is necessary to adjust either the power of the flash or the aperture in order to get a correct exposure. Also it has something to do with the distance between the model and the background.
Is it possible to let the videos automatically start playing without pressing the start/triangle?
The second question did not make sense to me. Maybe it because I am dyslectic or just stupid... :-)
The information is great but I wish it didn't have to be purchased and here is why.
From a marketing perspective, these video can be promoted at:
"proper lighting techniques" using Profoto.
Now, this will inspire more people to want to utilize your gear, in order to replicate the same results.
Yes, it can be done with other lights but the object is to get more people to purchase more of the Profoto line of equipment.
Now, this course is about $25 US dollars.
If I was a student at a local college, I wouldn't purchase this video because I don't have the money to spend it. So out of 100 people, let's say that only 5 people purchased the video and now, Profoto made
$125 from the sale of this video.
Now, if the video was free; all 100 students would watch this video. Out of all the 100 student, 50 students fall in love with the Profoto A1.
Out of the 50 students, 8 students purchase the
Profoto A1 and now Profoto made about $8,000 US dollars in sales, off of that free video and 12 students other students will purchase a Profoto A1 in the near future. You could possibly make about $20,000 off of the video, if you play your cards right.
Think about this too.
If you make these videos free and only available online and at the Profoto website; just imagine how much traffic will be generated to the Profoto website?
The object is to bring people to your website so that they are forced to watch these videos at Profoto.
This will result in informing new customers of what you all offer and will help increase sale.
Also, if you are providing these videos free, I would literally be seeing first hand that all these images were produced by the Profoto equipment and will cause me to be loyal to the brand.
How do I know this work?
It is because I went to Youtube and type Profoto. I saw the video of Andrea Belluso and it was because of him that I purchased a set of D2's and an Air Remote for my Nikon Camera. I visit that page religiously to keep me inspired and to continue my growth: both creative and technical.
It was because of those videos, that I was able to troubleshoot errors that people were having with their A1's at ShutterFest 2018.
Also, thank you all for sending Andrea Belluso to Houston, TX.
I was able to meet him, his wife, his brother in law, and Rose Whitaker; at the workshop held by the Houston Camera Exchange and by Profoto.
All of this because of the Youtube videos that had Andrea Belluso.
I've been doing marketing for 15 years and what I do for another company, those principles can be applied to the Profoto brand and it will generate a lot more sales. Email me at: joelruizinc@gmail.com
if you all would like to speak more about it.
Chinese subtitle, Chinese subtitle, Chinese subtitle
I like that course
I think although this was advertised as a basic course, it was too rudimentary. Well produced, but lacking in depth detail for the price.
Seems a bit short.
The content of this class was almost identical to the talk that David made at the A1 launch event. I hoped it would go beyond that.
this is like a beginner's crash course. Dont really think profoto customers are the right target group. for me it was very disappointing and a waste of money.