Video · YouTube
Create High Contrast Portraits: Exploring Photography with Mark Wallace
By Adorama
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- 12 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2019
About this lesson
Demonstrates a simple two-light setup for high-contrast black-and-white portraits, with the lighting diagram, camera settings and the look it produces.
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