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Lighting is everything in the world of photography. Without it there's nothing to see! And, as the quality of your lighting goes up, so does the quality and look of your pictures. In this course – by photo/video expert Matt Vanacoro – you learn about all the different kinds of lighting tools, techniques and theory that insure that your work will always look its best.

Matt starts this course with some lighting basics. Here you learn the terminology and the some of the basics about strobe, continuous and flash technologies. Next there's a dedicated section on flash use, where you get the info on built-in, on-camera and external systems all the way to complex, multi-strobe setups.

Next, is a series of tutorials on continuous lighting techniques. Matt focuses in on many of the different types of studio lighting with all their myriad configurations. You get to see how a professional photographer uses angles, shadows and color temperature to enhance the subject matter and to also create moods.

It doesn't matter if you use a high-end DSLR or a smartphone! Just sit back, watch and learn as Matt Vanacoro "enlightens" you with his lighting techniques for still and video photographers.