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Ab Sesay currently resides in the NY area and enjoys working on productions both large and small with ideas that are simple and complex.
As a multidisciplinary commercial advertising photographer, and creative producer/director who blends the ability to analyze ideas, technology, and resources to educate those interested in upping their lighting game on how to get to the next level.
He is also the brand manager for Sekonic Light Meters, Executive Producer and Creative Director for the Mac Group, and independent producer/photographer developing lighting education for Adorama TV (Level Up Lighting Show), Sekonic, and Fujifilm.
Ab's Website: absesay.com
Ab's Instagram: instagram.com/absesay_photo
Ab's TikTok: instagram.com/absesay_photo
Ab's "Level Up" Series on AdoramaTV: youtube.com/watch?v=LKrnu3vNbKs&list=PLwm6LvGc5xq0eNSTZ_gbOJkecAAELuh6F
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0:00 Mastering One Light
1:32:27 Mastering Hard Light
2:36:09 Do Lighting Patterns Matter? What They Solve & Why You Should Care
-Mastering One Light
How can you use a single light shaper in different ways to create various styles of light? Join Ab Sesay on this in-person demo where he gives his expertise and shares his insights on understanding feathering light, the direction of light, and the intensity of light.
-Mastering Hard Light
In this live demo, Photographer and Creative Producer Ab Sesay will demonstrate how to make hard light work for you. Eliminate your fears of hard shadows or specular highlights and learn to embrace the beauty of hard light through proper positioning of the light, posing of your subject, and color grading to give your images unique results. We will also discuss using different hard light shapers and creative techniques to maximize the results you get from them.
-Do Lighting Patterns Matter?
You’ve probably seen countless videos on “Portrait Lighting Patterns,” but do they still matter in modern photography—and more importantly, do you know why you’re using them?
In this live lighting tutorial, Ab Sesay goes beyond the textbook definitions to show you how classic lighting patterns like Loop, Butterfly, Rembrandt, and Split still shape the mood, story, and style of your portraits.
This isn’t just a slideshow of diagrams. It’s a real-world demo packed with:
• The visual impact of each lighting pattern—and when to break the rules.
• How to adapt each pattern for fashion, beauty, and cinematic portraiture.
• Creative combinations using modifiers, gels, and fill light to sculpt and stylize your images.
With clear breakdowns, live setups, and practical tips, you’ll leave understanding how to see lighting patterns—and use them with purpose.
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Ab Sesay currently resides in the NY area and enjoys working on productions both large and small with ideas that are simple and complex.
As a multidisciplinary commercial advertising photographer, and creative producer/director who blends the ability to analyze ideas, technology, and resources to educate those interested in upping their lighting game on how to get to the next level.
He is also the brand manager for Sekonic Light Meters, Executive Producer and Creative Director for the Mac Group, and independent producer/photographer developing lighting education for Adorama TV (Level Up Lighting Show), Sekonic, and Fujifilm.
Ab's Website: absesay.com
Ab's Instagram: instagram.com/absesay_photo
Ab's TikTok: instagram.com/absesay_photo
Ab's "Level Up" Series on AdoramaTV: youtube.com/watch?v=LKrnu3vNbKs&list=PLwm6LvGc5xq0eNSTZ_gbOJkecAAELuh6F
Model Dshani
instagram.com/dshanibernard?igsh=MWkxdzI5N21xN3VjMA==
0:00 Mastering One Light
1:32:27 Mastering Hard Light
2:36:09 Do Lighting Patterns Matter? What They Solve & Why You Should Care
-Mastering One Light
How can you use a single light shaper in different ways to create various styles of light? Join Ab Sesay on this in-person demo where he gives his expertise and shares his insights on understanding feathering light, the direction of light, and the intensity of light.
-Mastering Hard Light
In this live demo, Photographer and Creative Producer Ab Sesay will demonstrate how to make hard light work for you. Eliminate your fears of hard shadows or specular highlights and learn to embrace the beauty of hard light through proper positioning of the light, posing of your subject, and color grading to give your images unique results. We will also discuss using different hard light shapers and creative techniques to maximize the results you get from them.
-Do Lighting Patterns Matter?
You’ve probably seen countless videos on “Portrait Lighting Patterns,” but do they still matter in modern photography—and more importantly, do you know why you’re using them?
In this live lighting tutorial, Ab Sesay goes beyond the textbook definitions to show you how classic lighting patterns like Loop, Butterfly, Rembrandt, and Split still shape the mood, story, and style of your portraits.
This isn’t just a slideshow of diagrams. It’s a real-world demo packed with:
• The visual impact of each lighting pattern—and when to break the rules.
• How to adapt each pattern for fashion, beauty, and cinematic portraiture.
• Creative combinations using modifiers, gels, and fill light to sculpt and stylize your images.
With clear breakdowns, live setups, and practical tips, you’ll leave understanding how to see lighting patterns—and use them with purpose.
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🎉Join Our Discord Server - Share work, Chat, Ask Questions & more
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