Silhouettes of photography equipment and people in a dark studio setting.photography workshops in guelph and surrounding areas

 

Stage 2 Studio Workshop

 

 

About this workshop

 

Fashion photo series with model in black top and jeans against dark blue background. portrait photographer in guelph and surrounding areas

Step into the world of studio photography!


Level up your studio photography by mastering light, from continuous sources to flash and creative colour gels. Learn metering, ratios, advanced lighting patterns, and how to confidently pose and direct your models.


  • Understanding Light
  • Continuous light vs flash
  • Metering light and Ratios
  • Advanced Lighting patterns
  • Using Gels and colour to enhance your creativity
  • Posing & directing models
Book Here

 

Pre-requisites: You must be comfortable in the following.

 

Studio portrait series of person in black coat and cap against dark red background. Commercial Photographer in Guelph and surrounding areas

 

  • Shooting in MANUAL
  • Know the basic relationship between shutter speeds, aperture and ISO settings
  • Focusing
  • White Balance
  • Metering Types
  • If your current knowledge in photography does not include these pre-requisites, we highly recommend you attend the Beginner and Intermediate Photography Workshops first.

 

Dramatic portrait series in dark lighting showing close-up facial features against black background. portrait photographer in guelph and sur
Meet the Photographer

Here's what you'll learn

• Lighting Patterns (Learn basic lighting patters, such as butterfly (beauty) lighting, split, side and feathered lighting)


• Types of light (Explore the differences between soft and specular light)


• Posing and directing models (Learn how to work with models.  How to pose, direct, the "do's and don'ts", understanding body types and which poses to choose from.)


• Different types of light modifiers (Know the differences between, umbrellas, softboxes, beauty dishes, octas and many more kinds of light modifiers. )


• Metering (Learn how to measure light using light meters and why we use the light meter)


• Reflectors (The uses for reflectors.  why, when, how and which reflector to use).

Book Here
Professional photography studio setup with various lighting equipment and softboxes.Commercial Photographer in Guelph and surrounding areas

What to bring with you


  • Your camera, regardless of brand and model (DSLR or Mirrorless)
  • Spare batteries and a charger
  • At lease 2 memory cards
  • A kit lens (preferably a zoom lens that has a range of 18mm to 55mm
  • A telephoto or portrait lens (eg. 70-200mm)
  • 5 pictures you'd like critiqued and discussed
  • Food (coffee/tea and bagels along with lunch (a selection of vegan, gluten free and non vegan options will be provided and included in the price.  If you wish to bring your own lunch, please feel free to do so at your cost)
  • A cleaning kit (if you have one)
Book Here

What to expect


This workshop is 7 hours in total.  


DO WE GET HANDS ON?

While this will contain a quick refresher from the Stage 1 Studio workshop as well as a lot of theory, 90% 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


WHAT ABOUT AFTERWARDS?

Once this workshop is done, you will then have access to advanced level studio workshops as well as a mentorship program where you will receive guidance for 2 months following the workshop.

Book Here