Tag: Karl

Free Download Karl Taylor Photography – Shooting Car Trails
Content Source:https://visualeducation.com/class/shooting-car-trails/
Genre / Category:Photography
File Size :92MB
In this photography class, Karl spent some time doing long exposures and photographing light trails in front of the Eiffel Tower.  Experimenting with long exposure photography at night can yield some lovely results. The final image is spectacular, and is easier than you think.  In this class, Karl explains how to photograph car trails, the equipment you’ll need, which camera settings to use and when the best time for night photography is.

Free Download Karl Taylor Photography – Photographing Wrapped and Packaged Food
Content Source:https://visualeducation.com/class/photographing-wrapped-packaged-food/
Genre / Category:Photography
File Size :1.5GB
We’ve often been asked to produce a class on how to shoot food in its packaging. With this live workshop, we meet that demand! And now you can watch the replay.  Shooting food products in their packaging can present various problems, especially when you’re working with glossy, high-shine surfaces. In this workshop, Karl explains the simple physics you need to understand in order to solve those problems.  You’ll learn how to use a softbox as a background, how to create a pure white background and base, and how to use polarising filters and films to remove unwanted reflections.  The techniques demonstrated here are useful for all photographers, especially those with an interest in product, packshot, and e-commerce photography.  Other classes that Karl refers to in this workshop include Angles of Incidence and Reflection and Polarising Light in Studio Photography.

Free Download Karl Taylor Photography – Photographing White Products on a White Background
Content Source:https://visualeducation.com/class/photographing-white-products-white-background/
Genre / Category:Photography
File Size :1.2GB
Getting white-on-white right can be tricky. In this live photography workshop, now available to watch as a replay, Karl identifies the main challenges and demonstrates simple techniques for overcoming them.  He begins by explaining ‘pure white’ and how it is identified in the RGB decimal code. This magic number becomes crucial later as he works to separate white subject from white background. He also discusses matt and gloss surfaces and the different ways they reflect light.  As he lights a white jacket on a mannequin, Karl shows how to use flags to prevent background light spilling onto the subject. Lighting the jacket itself, he shows the dangers of over-exposure, and how to use flagging and feathering to get the right lighting ratio to make the subject stand out from the background.  Moving on to a white teacup and saucer, the challenges of shooting a glossy product become clear. Karl explains how image-forming reflections work and why they cause the edges of glossy products to become indistinguishable from. Then he demonstrates an ingeniously simple DIY fix.

Free Download Karl Taylor Photography – Photographing Furniture
Content Source:https://visualeducation.com/class/photographing-furniture/
Genre / Category:Photography
File Size :1.5GB
In this live photography workshop, now available to watch as a replay, Karl shoots two antique chairs.

Free Download Karl Taylor Photography – Creative Product Photography with Speedlights
Content Source:https://visualeducation.com/class/live-workshop-creative-product-photography-with-speedlites/
Genre / Category:Photography
File Size :1.7GB
Compared with studio lights, speedlights are more affordable and more portable. But getting high-quality results out of them typically also requires more effort, as Karl proves in this live photoshoot, now available to watch as a replay.  Setting himself quite a challenge, Karl limits himself to three speedlights as he photographs two paintbrushes with paint dripping off them, plus a tin of paint in the background.  In this video, you’ll learn how to use speedlights for product photography, including how to achieve gradient lighting by using a homemade scrim, mirrors, and white reflectors.  You’ll also see Karl apply his understanding of angles of incidence and reflection to position his lights correctly.  As he works, he answers audience questions about scrim placement, the benefits of using a histogram, why he opted for a black background rather than a white one, and more.  He wraps up the show with some quick post-production to polish up the final shot.  This class is a great lesson in the importance of modifying and controlling light, regardless of the source. As Karl explains, light is light – it’s what you do with that matters.