Lumen
A feature-length training video using flash on location, by Damien Lovegrove.
Make the world your portrait studio. Simple, effective techniques for creating beautiful portraits with medium-powered flash, wherever you are.
25 chapters · 2 hours 24 minutes · Full HD
Make the world your portrait studio
Shot in full HD 1080p in real time, so you can see the action from start to finish.
Inside the film
A lifetime of lighting education, in less than 3 hours.
- 25 chapters filled with simple, effective tips and strategies for creating beautiful portraits with medium powered flash units
- Easy to follow and replicable techniques to improve your flash photography
- Any system: knowledge suitable for users of any flash system or camera brand
- For everyone: aimed at photography professionals, enthusiastic hobbyists and students alike
- 2 hour 24 minute runtime, shot in full HD 1080p in real time so you can see the action from start to finish
- Every image includes metadata to enhance your understanding of the settings used
- A wide range of locations including country houses both inside and out, busy city streets, tree lined parks, seafronts and even an abandoned hospital!
- Enthralling content that will leave you wanting more
- A lifetime of lighting education delivered in less than 3 hours
- Directed and presented by one of the most infectious and enthusiastic characters in photography
What Damien uses
Damien's kit list
Camera
- FUJIFILM GFX50S
Lenses
- GF32-64MM F4 R LM WR lens
- GF110MM F2 R LM WR lens
Flash
- Godox AD600BM Flash
- Godox AD200 Pocket Flash
- Godox X1T-F Transmitter
Modifiers for the AD600BM
- Bowens fit 7 inch reflector (18cm) with honeycomb grid
- SMDV speedbox 70 with Bowens S adapter plate and grid
- Pixapro parabolic silver umbrella 105cm
- AD-600 H1200 Handheld – Bowens Mount Flash Head
- AD-600 Handheld – Bowens Mount Flash Head
Modifiers for the AD200
- Standard 5 inch reflector ATO006
- Godox Multi Softbox AD-S7
- Orbis Ring Flash
Accessories
- Universal L plate from Ebay
- Billingham 307 Sage Fibrenyte / Chocolate Leather
- Novo T20 Tripod kit
- Lowel Grand Stand
- Lastolite Jupiter Stand
- Various older lighting stands
- Homemade boom arm using components from Ebay
- Smoke – available from most paintball companies
Reviews
What photographers are saying
Lumen is a masterpiece. It really contains everything a social or portrait photographer needs to know about flash… it’s a bargain and I will be recommending to my contacts without hesitation.
Steve
If you only buy one video on lighting this year it probably should be Lumen. This is one of the best lighting videos currently available.
Murray Laidlaw
Downloaded and watched Lumen (several times) educational, inspirational and excellent way to spark your imagination. A complete must for photographers.
David Edwards
Love the production value! Just like your previous videos, Lumen makes me want to go out and shoot! Lots of energy, contrary to some of the other tutorials out there.
Piet Van den Eynde
About the presenter and photographer
Damien Lovegrove
That's me. I am an eminent portrait photographer and Fujifilm brand ambassador. I have been making professional photographs since 1984.
In my early years, I was a BBC TV cameraman before training as a lighting director. I left the BBC in 1998 to pursue a career as a commercial photographer and then went on to become a world-renowned wedding photographer. I am now an educator, adventurer, writer, and presenter.
I'm inspired by beauty and as I have matured as a photographer I've learned to see beauty in just about everyone and everywhere. It's not what I look at that matters, it is what I see.
Being a good portrait photographer requires key traits like having integrity, fun, respectfulness, and a personable character. It wasn't until I was in my early 30s that I began to gain that all-important confidence needed to hone these skills, and I shot my first portrait in 1996 at the age of 32.
Some of the leading photographers I met early in my career had confidence and craft skills in bucket loads, but somehow they lost the desire or focus to really push themselves to greatness, and they fell by the wayside. It takes continual practice and improvement to get the most from photography and there are many obstacles along the way to overcome.
Flash on location
It's all here in one film.
“If you’re serious about using flash on location – this video is for you. It breaks down all the processes in easy to understand chunks. Whether you are looking for inspiration or technical information it’s all here in this one feature length production.” – Damien