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Photoparents
Natural Light Lovers
The comprehensive guide to understanding, predicting and wielding light like a painter.
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Light makes photography.Embrace light. Admire it. Love it.But above all, know light.Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography - George Eastman
Natural Light lovers
Everything you need to know about Natural light - inside and out. How to predict it, see it and use it for outstanding effect in your images
KEY COURSE INFO:
what you learn:
This course will teach you everything you may need to know about using natural light in your photography - outside and indoors.
- Learn to recognise its creative, storytelling and compositional potential.
- Learn to predict how it behaves in indoor and outdoor spaces
- Learn exactly what it takes to create the kind of light effects you've been admiring from other photographers and how to recreate them
Get ready to capture images that make people ask 'how did you do that?'
Many ways with stunning backlight
Truly beautiful indoor light
Creative light effects with natural light
Indoor portraits with a difference
Haze and volumetric light
Taming hard harsh light
What our students have said:
The amount of times I'd look at someboedy elses photo and thought - wow, I could never. Turns out I can, I just needed to be shown the difference light makes.
Sarah, Photoparents Member
"The section on backlight alone was worth it. I used to fight it. Now it's my favourite thing to seek out on a sunny afternoon with the kids in the garden."
Stephanie, Photoparents Member
"Ania is the rare teacher who doesn't just show you pretty photos and call it a lesson. She explains the why, which means I can apply it myself instead of recreating someone else's image."
Rachel, Photoparents member
What you’ll Learn:
The four dimensions
of LIGHT in every photograph
QUANTITY
Why your eyes lie to you about how much light you have - and the simple framework to stop guessing and start knowing.
QUALITY
Hard vs soft, direct vs scattered. How to read any light and understand what it will do to your subject before you press the shutter.
direction
Front, side, back, overhead - and why direction is the single most transformative variable in your toolkit. The potato theory will be your new best friend
colour
From the physics of golden hour to custom white balance in mixed light. Plus how to use colour as a creative mood tool, not just a correction.
I want you to be able to confidently step into any space — indoor and outdoor — and see the light and all its potential. And I want you to know how to use this potential, how to spot opportunities and create them. I can always spot a photographer who understands light because it makes ALL THE difference.
From the course Introduction
Ania Wilk Lawton, Course creator and Founder of Photoparents
Built for the
serious parent photographer.
FROM THE COURSE INTRODUCTION
"Light is not just a tool in photography.
Light is photography."
It took me a long time to write this course. The problem is that without light, there is no photography - which means you've already been learning about it this whole time. This course isn't about starting from scratch. It's about making you stop guessing and start predicting. Every space you walk into, every window you pass, every overcast afternoon - you'll know exactly what you're working with and exactly what you can make of it.
PhotoParents
Natural Light Lovers
Photoparents Natural Light Lovers is available as part of the Photoparents Membership - along with access to the full course library, weekly assignments, Camera Clubs, and a community of 200+ parent photographers at a similar stage to you.
Monthly and annual membership options:
£
32
MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP
Rolling membership, cancel anytime
£
269
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP
30% off compared to monthly membership
PLUS - exclusive for annual members only:
All the learning resources, all the community, all the support, all the personal help. Virtually failproof
Frequently asked questions
To make the most of this course, it's best of you're not a complete photography novice and have at least some understanding of key photography terms and camera terminology. If you don't, you'll still get loads from the course, but you won't be able to apply everything without having control of your camera.
No. The course is a part of our membership offering - we can support you best in that way, ensure you have all necessary resources available to you and that you can connect with a likeminded peer group - all the things we KNOW to greatly increase your chances of actually completing the course, rather than just downloading and forgetting about it. But the membership doesn't tie you down - you can cancel anytime, even after 1 month if tthat's what you want.
- A camera with manual controls - get in touch if you’re not sure if yours is up to the job. These days, most cameras beyond the simplest of point-and-shoot ones ( does anyone even buy these anymore?) tend to do just that.
- Ability to spend approximately 2-4h per week ( not necessarily in one go) on your photography practice. We suggest spending at least 15min daily for best results
- Access to the internet ( that’s a given but we had to mention it )
- A child / children you can practice your photography on
You will have access to the self-paced version of the course immediately after you join as a member and log into our learning space. Beyond that, all our courses get regularily scheduled Live, instructor led runs. You can will be able to see available live run courses schedule for the upcoming months from your membership area but if you've only just missed out on a scheduled course or need help before the next one is run, we can help too - just get in touch.
We currently have 13 courses in our range (with more on the way) and the cover a really wide range of core and additional photography skills:
- Core Photography skills : Clickstarter ( free), Photoparents Fundamentals and Photoparents Advanced
- Creative photography : Natural Light Photography, Flash Photography, Let's Play (creative photography techniques), Black and white Photography
- Editing skills : Photo editing skills, Essential and Creative Photoshop
- Photography FOR kids: Mini clickers - Photography course
- Wait, there's more! - Video skills for Parents, Smartphone photography, Action Cam Photography ( part1),
Beyond the straight up courses, you will also have access to our brilliant Camera club - with weekly tutorials and assignments, topical clubs, downloadable, printable materials and more!
Cancel anytime directly from your own member's account. No fuss, no explaining your reasons. To be clear, we hope you won't want to cancel but if you do - it's easy. You just need to cancel before your next billing period and it'll be all done.