Basic Studio Lighting Workshop

This one day workshop is designed to introduce studio lighting to photographers who have never been in the studio.

The workshop covers:

• different types of studio lighting equipment
• light meters and how to use them
• inverse square law and how to apply it
• quality of light and using light modifiers (umbrellas, soft boxes, grids)
• controlling light and darkness
• using reflectors
• one and two light setups
• tethered shooting (optional)

We will begin with on-camera flash and images like this:

and progress through various lighting setups and modifiers to develop images similar to the following:

In addition to photographing people, we will look at small product shots like this:

What to bring

• DSLR or camera with manual mode
• lenses in the 50 to 200mm range
• laptop and card reader (optional)

Workshops will be held at:

Studio 12 Loft
126 James Street North, 2nd floor
Hamilton, Ontario