Find The Light: A Great Way to Create Better Portraits | Mark Wallace

In this episode, Mark Wallace shares one of his favorite lighting exercises, "Find The Light," which you can easily practice at home or in your studio to improve your lighting skills. Watch as Mark uses a tethered camera setup with an external "confidence monitor" for instant feedback, allowing the model to see the images as they are captured. Mark provides a comprehensive walkthrough of the exercise and reveals his results live. Don't miss out on the unexpected final image—this is a video every aspiring photographer should see!

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BOOKMARKS
0:00 Introduction
0:37 The Lighting Setup
1:00 Tethering for confidence
1:43 An overview of the exercise
2:11 Exploring to find the light
3:33 Shooting into the light
4:00 Shooting behind the model
4:55 Finding what works
5:30 Shooting in front of the light
6:10 Shooting for shape
6:30 Changing the depth of field
7:25 Changing to Color
8:17 The "oooh" moment and final image
8:33 Review of the exercise