Why This Workshop Is
Different
From Most Others
First
of all, I don't pack the room. There are great workshops out there
where the body count is upwards from 60 - 70 - 100 or more. At
Lighting Essentials workshops I want to always keep it between
8 and 10 attendees. It is so important that everyone get the chance
to shoot, and learn, and get into the creation of the shot. I
am a doer, not a lecturer when it comes to teaching lighting. Be
prepared to get your hands dirty, so to speak.
Simple Tools: Great Light
I love shiny new equipment. I like the way a lens smells when you take it out of the box. And new strobes... wow. Bright, shiny boxes... what's not to love. I love them.
But I don't NEED them to make great images. They make life easier, they are powerful and they are costly. I don't NEED them to make images. I need light. Sunlight, strobe light, hot light, flashlight, worklights... I don't care. Each has a way of creating light that I can work with. The photograph doesn't care what light you use, it cares about how well you make the photograph.
And that takes knowing how to light, knowing how light works, and knowing how to modify light to do what you want it to do.
We will explore the concepts of lighting, and the hands-on creation of lighting. From a simple natural light headshot, to a glamour shot with only one strobe, to a multi-strobed shot with several lights... we will do it from the position of power. No guessing and 'chimping' to find out what works. You know what works, now you can finesse it into what you want. See it in your head, light it in your head and then produce the photograph you wanted all along.
Less Me, More You - Less Bluster, More Shooting
If you have ever attended a workshop where the presenter went on and on about how cool it was being them. And who they shot when. And all the cool people they hang out with... you are gonna be shocked at this one. We talk about light. We do light. We make light... pictures... we shoot. We light some more and we shoot some more. If you want to talk about me, we go out afterwards and you buy me a Corona. I'll tell you all you want to know and more... but when you are paying me to learn to light... we're gonna learn to light!
There are models there for you to shoot with. You shoot them, not me. Well, I may take a shot or two, but only for demonstration purposes... not for long. I want you to learn to pose the model, direct her in the light. Then take images that you can use in your portfolio or simply to study and learn from.