ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

Take a step further into the world of studio photography! 

By the end of this course, you will have advanced your knowledge in studio photography.  This intermediate course will give you the necessary skills and knowledge that will be useful for portraiture, product photography, family, food, and wedding photography. Some of the things you will learn in this workshop are:

• Working with 3 or more lighting setups
• Using gels to create mood and adding colour
• Advanced lighting patterns
• High key vs low key setups

Pre-requisites: You must be 100% comfortable in :

• Shooting in MANUAL 
• Know the basic relationship between shutter speeds, aperture and ISO settings
• Focusing
• White Balance

If your current knowledge in photography does not include these pre-requisites, we highly recommend you attend the Beginner and Intermediate Photography Workshops first. If you are not sure where your knowledge is at the moment, dont worry, please feel free to contact us and we will walk you through it with you. 

HERE'S WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

•Using colour gels

Add a little bit of colour and mood to your photos by incorporating colour and correction gels to your lights and using white balance camera settings creatively to change the look of your standard portraits

•Balancing natural/continuous lights with flash

Learn how to combine and balance both continuous lights with flash in one scene 

•Advanced lighting setups 

key lights and back lights are just the beginning.  Here, you will learn to add hair lights, slash lights, rim lights and Rembrandt lighting

WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU:

• A DSLR or Mirrorless Camera
• Whatever lens you have (zoom lens or prime)
• Memory Cards
• A notebook & pen (should you wish to take notes)
• A cleaning kit (if you have one)
• Pictures you wish to share with the class

WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT?

This workshop is 7 hours in total.  

Do we get hands on?

While this will contain a quick refresher from the Introduction to Studio Portraits Workshop,  as well as a lot of theory, 80% of this workshop will be hands on, with demos, individual and group exercises

What if we get hungry?

Coffee/tea/fresh fruit in the morning will be provided as well as a lunch