Video Tutorials
Underlighting, Smoke, and Backlit Horror: What This Night Shoot Tutorial Taught Me About Atmospheric Lighting
Halloween shoots are not my usual territory. My week typically involves a beauty brand’s new serum, a corporate headshot marathon, or a fashion editorial where the biggest drama is a wardrobe change. But atmospheric night lighting outdoors, with practical effects and monstrous characters? That’s a completely different problem set, and one I have embarrassingly little experience solving. When I stumbled across JP Morgan’s advanced night lighting tutorial from The Slanted Lens, I watched it three times, then opened my lighting journal and started sketching.