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The in-depth knowledge of lighting might not be the key to a successful career in video, television and photography, but there can not be success without it.

Lighting is unquestionably the most important skill necessary to advance a career in the production business.

The easy to learn illustrated tutorials throughout this site include fundamental and advanced lighting techniques, the type of work that you see everyday on broadcasting television and in commercial productions. These are the types of skills necessary to get the better clients and the more profitable assignments. Most tutorials are documented from actual broadcasting assignments.

Nino Giannotti, the creator of EFPlighting.com is an award winning veteran with 38 years of experience as a photographer, cinematographer and TV cameraman/director of photography. Credits include every major show in television and his work can be see everyday on ESPN and other national networks.

EFPlighting.com is the best training program available today. Unlike books or videos, EFPlighting.com is continuously updated and expanded with new tutorials for every area of production.

In addition to all the important skills that you'll be learning on EFPlighting.com, any single one of the do-it-yourself tips demonstrated in these tutorials will pay for your membership cost many and many times.

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Digital Backgrounds

Projected backgrounds (coming soon)

Create your own affordable lighting kit

Correct lighting placement and compositions

Nino's lighting techniques demonstrated on EFPlighting.com goes back all the way to the 15th century when renaissance artist like DaVinci and Caravaggio created the Chiaroscuro technique. In this chapter you'll learn how and why this is one of the most effective of all lighting techniques.

What light work best for you? In this chapter Nino explains and demonstrates how to use all the different light options available today with new material continuously added to as new products are introduced on the market.

Backgrounds can make the difference between good and bad photography. In this chapter you will learn about the different background options, how to use them effectively and creatively. You will also learn how to create the type of backgrounds that you've seen for years in TV shows like ESPN Classic Sport Century, a program that has created a new standard of quality for interviews.