The transition into digital capture has presented many changes to professional photography. Sure it's easier, faster, and in some ways even better than shooting film, but it also requires the photographer to be more accurate and precise with lighting. This 36 minute video DVD is aimed at the professional photographer looking for easy to understand fact-based info on entering the world of digital capture portraiture. If you're looking for a super solid foundation to build your digital portrait work on, this is it!


In this DVD, we will be showing you the basics of portrait lighting for digital capture ranging from types of strobe units and types of light modifiers that work best in the digital world, to a great basic portrait lighting setup you can use to get really great looking digital capture portraits - right away. We take a "step-by-step" approach by working with one light at a time, then combining two lights, three and finally blending all 4 traditonal lights together in one perfectly lit and exposed portrait.

Make your photo lighting smooth and easy with the right info and plenty of example images.

ShootSmarter.com - Digital Portraiture Lighting: level TWO
Whether your creating a great looking classic portrait for display on someone's mantle, or using high key to capture the personality of an 8 year old, lighting is everything . Now, with the transition from shooting color negative films to shooting digitally becoming more of the rule than the exception, photographers need to pay even more attention to light quality than they ever have before. Using an elegant classic portrait set up, a "power couple" portrait, a business-like headshot, and a fun high key set up for kids, world class photographer Will Crockett shows you every step on how to choose, use, and not abuse your light quality for excellence in digital capture with plenty of example photos and pro level tips along the way.

Learn 5 pro lighting portrait set ups that you can use right away.
If you would like to download the final version of the example images from this video, just click the link in the chapter description, then open it on your computer to see the fine image quality that you can expect using these techniques.

ShootSmarter.com - Digital Portraiture Lighting: level THREE
Digital Portrait Lighting level THREE shows you the classic and contemporary portrait setups you need to be successful in today's marketplace. Christopher Grey reveals his technique of adapting film-based lighting into modern digital workflow and shares the tips you need from a master photographer to create your own digital lighting style.

Shootsmarter University is proud to present the third volume in our DigiLight DVD collection with a talented photographer whom we believe is the best digital lighting instructor in the photographic world - author, speaker and hands-on instructor Chris Grey.
His easy going style and deep appreciation for photographic quality make Chris the obvious choice as the premium learning resource if you would like to gain the lighting skills needed in this digital age. Take a look at the type of "real life" lighting info is packed into this 62 minute DVD...