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NOTE: THE COST TO ATTEND THIS EVENT IS $359 - REGISTER AT WWW.CAMERASCHOOL.CA - NOT ON MEETUP
Learn the skills. Make amazing images. Welcome to the 'Complete Lighting and Shooting' workshop.
This extensive hands-on learning and shooting experience is designed to take your studio photography to new creative heights. During this six-hour event, you will learn core lighting principles and work with professional and semi-professional studio lighting gear.
This is a skills-transfer workshop. You will learn everything needed to set up and use studio lighting for yourself without the compromise of shooting with continuous light sources. We’ll also provide an extensive set of student notes, including buying advice and tips if you don't have your own lights just yet.
You’ll use your camera to photograph a professional model in multiple genres such as portraiture, fashion, beauty, and athletic. During this event, you will make images that you’ll be proud to have in your photography portfolio. Whether you’re completely new to studio photography or have a bit of experience, this workshop is for you.
All you need to bring is your DSLR or mirrorless camera, lenses, and a desire to learn and take amazing photographs in a studio setting.
This is a six-hour event that includes, but is not limited to:
- Photographing a professional model in several genres with varying lighting setups
(you will be amazed at the high quality results controlled lighting offers)
- Setting up your camera in manual mode for perfect studio results
(no manual mode experience required)
- Understanding core light theory (hard vs soft light)
- Controlling "falloff" as a method of lighting single persons, groups, and affecting the light in your background all at the same time
- Making the right decision about the focal length of the lens for the shot
- Understanding the light modifiers you can use to design the specific lighting for a shot, and then getting hands-on setup experience
- Controlling the strobes (lights) - all about power, metering, controlling exposure
- Demonstration of a tethered workflow to allow real-time image capture on a computer for greater preview ability when shooting live
- How to use a light meter for precise light measurement of the subject
- Use of umbrellas, strip boxes, octaboxes, beauty dishes and more
- Ongoing discussion, tips, and techniques far beyond those mentioned here
- Prior to the event, you will be provided with preparation notes to read in advance
- 2 weeks following the event, you will receive a comprehensive set of student notes including lighting diagrams for all of the workshop setups, extra information about retouching, a buying guide and a gallery featuring images created during the workshop event
- In warm weather seasons, the workshop will also explore shooting with strobes in an outdoor setting to mix natural light and studio light to perfectly balance and control lighting outdoors
- Please note: Masks are optional
Who Should Attend?
If you've ever been curious about how the professionals (and aspiring professionals) truly light their subjects, then this workshop is for you. You'll learn the skills and the techniques to do this all on your own, with advice on which gear to use and why. No previous lighting experience is required.
Seating is limited to a total of EIGHT attendees.
You will need:
- a DSLR or mirrorless camera with interchangeable lens capability and a hot shoe on top of the camera (for the transmitter which we will provide)
- Lenses with a focal length of at least 50mm recommended.
- other focal lengths greater than 85mm or 100mm can be useful as well
- NO flash gear is needed - we provide all of the lighting equipment
***Please note the Canon SL3 and T7 are not flash trigger capable and therefore would not be suitable for this event.
