The Art of Finding Light: Photography for the artist in you (Udemy.com)

This course is aimed very strongly at photography beginners and I truly liked the no nonsense, practical tips and exercises. It's nice to have the art history origins of photography styles, but with that said, I would have liked to have seen more photo examples in general, and I think the course would have been made more compelling by specifically using more side-by-side comparisons.

As a beginner in photography, at the beginning of this course you wonder if you made a good choice, you don't really understand why you only see paintings, you have expectations to see photographs in order to understand something, you start thinking that it would be better to get your money back. After the first two parts, I left the course... I came back after 2-3 days, I followed very carefully what Adam said, and the course became more and more interesting. In fact, if we only see paintings, we start thinking more intensely about how we can get better photos. If we saw a photo as an example, we might say it's easy, I know, I can do it, but when you go out to take pictures, you don't know anything anymore. Thank you Adam!

Il corso è molto adatto per coloro i quali voglio approcciare la composizione fotografica a partire dagli effetti che l'illuminazione ha sul soggetto, per capire come luce sia essa frontale, laterale, incidente e riflessa creino l'immagine. Capire la luce è capire ciò che si vuole riprendere e ciò che si vuole coumicare. Ottimo corso per iniziare a sperimentare scatti "diversi" dove la luce essenziale componente pittorica sia forza creativa.

Adam Marelli’s insight on the subject really motivates me to keep watching even though I has not actually learned more than what I have already known about light. I expect that in the following sections, he will again formulate a working method for us to learn how to capture light in our photo. Review after I completed viewing this online video: Light is a fundamental element in photography but hard one to master. You can read about different types of light in photography book and one of the best book on the topic is Ian Plank's Chasing the Light. However, Adam Marelli nails this topic in the most simple way to understand the topic than most of books that I read. He lays out the workflow or the process for us to learn about lightings from painting masterpiece like Vermeer. I also like that what we learned from his teaching on Figure and Ground is an input to this video. I really believe him when he said that Figure and Ground and Lighting in a photo accounts for 90 percent while the rest of elements are just the icing on the cake. I took off 1/2 point because it took Marelli almost 1/2 length of the video to show us how to improve on only three types of lighting in photography (front, back and side lighting). Also, the deduction is that he seems to promote taking the shot at the most ideal time of the day; the workflow and the assignment focus to mimic vermeer's lighting strategy: bringing the shot inside where we can leverage lighting from one side. However, I hope that whoever reviews my comment here should not mistake this is a negative comment. I believe that understanding of Vermeer's light is just the beginning for more complex case studies on lighting in photography. And again, I really like the Assignments.

The analysis and the videos are based mostly on picture, even though they are masters of picture, it would be great to see some examples on how the instructure gets the pictures using the different orientations of light. Intersting information, but, I'm not sure my photos will improve much after knowing it.

I like the idea of taking the same photo at different times of the day to find out how light actually responds specifically with my camera. When I did this exercise, we were still in winter and I did not find any huge difference from one picture to the next. I am not sure if part of it was because we were in winter or if it was my camera automatically making the adjustment to get a proper exposure. I tend to think it was the exposure in my camera. I am not too concerned by this though, but I have been waiting for longer days so that I am more able to use the natural light for my picture taking exercises.

The using of famous artwork and the analyzing of why this "art works" was my great take away from this course. I appreciate the methodical building of information to give a comprehensive view of the critical importance of light that have been present in paintings of great masters for centuries. The assignments bring it home and are worth the effort to cement tried and true principles. I feel Adam is on a quest to help you truly "see", My understanding is literally enlightened, by all he has taught with his unique presentation of finding light first by using great artists' examples and then his own photographic examples. He makes you feel you really can implement it all in your own photography anywhere in the world with any subject. A confidence booster and realistic challenge - you bet! He cares that you get it. Highly Recommended.

Very consistent instructor with solid speech. The flow of lessons escalates from the art spectrum to the photography. Simple and to the point examples. The photography examples can be found in the 7th part which was kind of disappointing. I was expecting more extend to the photography part than to the artistic but in general is a good way for amateurs to learn the fundamental mechanisms of the light. The most impressive element is the artistic approach.

Adam presents in a way that very straight-forward and easy to understand. I have found this course on light fascinating. He gives concrete and practical advice/exercises that help the act of "reading" light to become second nature. I am a novice, and I find that having foundational, logical knowledge about lighting that can be studied, practiced, and applied makes me feel empowered. Hoping for less crossing of the fingers that I get a good photo, and if I don't get a good photo...just maybe I will start to understand why.

I feel like I've learnt a lot from Adam's videos. His knowledge of and passion for photography really comes through in his approach to teaching. His lessons incorporate the techniques and conventions of traditional and renaissance paintings and he does this in a way that is clear and approachable. Along with these theoretical explanations he provides some really useful hands on tips for everyday shooting. Can't wait for the next course!