Level: beginners to semi-pro
Do you want to make money shooting lifestyle portraits?
Learn studio flash lighting, develop your understanding of studio technique and test using a photographic model.
You will be shown the effect of soft boxes, umbrellas, snoots, beauty dish and grid sets and how to use reflectors. How to use both soft and hard lighting to change the mood and effect of a portrait. Learn what a main lights function is; and how to use fill lights, back lights and hair lights and be shown how they affect the final image.
A model will be provided for you to shoot with throughout the day, advice on directing the model and posing technique will be given.
The teaching is presented in an easy to understand and relaxed and entertaining manner. You will walk away from this workshop with the skills to develop and improve your studio and portrait technique.
Itinerary
| 10:30am - | Introduction with Light refreshment |
| What equipment is needed | |
| How to set up the studio beginners guide | |
| Learning to use a flash meter for accurate exposure | |
| Camera set up and custom white balance setting | |
| Model poses and composition tips | |
| 3 effective single flash lighting plans (softbox and umbrella) | |
| Soft Lighting | |
| Business advice for headshot, portrait and corporate client | |
| How to use flags and reflectors | |
| How to light a white background | |
| High Key Lighting + exposure technique | |
| Full lenght lighting | |
| Post production technique (Adobe Lightrooms and Photoshop) | |
| 1:00pm - | Lunch |
| 2:00pm - | Low Key lighting |
| Working with shadows and mood | |
| Hard Lighting | |
| Using grid sets (honeycombs), umbrellas beauty dish snoots etc | |
| Multiple Flash Lighting plans | |
| Three point lighting | |
| Broad and short lighting | |
| Kickers hair lights and back lights | |
| Using colour gels | |
| Workflow and post production (Adobe Photoshop Lightrooms) | |
| Business Advice | |
| Q and A | |
| 5:30pm - | Close |
Camera Requirements:
You will need an SLR camera to part take in this course, arrangements can be made to hire cameras if you don’t own one, please ask when booking. If you have a Compact, Hybrid or Bridge camera you can still take part in this course, however your camera will not have all the functions available to SLR owners, we guarantee to show how to get fantastic pictures with all types of cameras.
