If you’ve ever wanted to take the next step in your photography and start creating images that truly make an impact, you need to learn how to control light, both in the studio and on location. Knowing how to use studio lighting effectively for portraits, food or product photography is an essential element of every serious photographer’s skillset. For many people however, professional studio lighting and lighting techniques can seem a bit overwhelming, especially if you’ve never used them before. If that sounds familiar, this workshop is for you.

On this 5 hour practical workshop I cover all the basics of lighting to provide the necessary understanding of lighting techniques for you to feel comfortable in hiring a studio on your own, or to shoot on location with studio style lights, with the confidence to create your own professionally lit photographs.

Introduction to Studio Lighting

What’s covered

Light Theory - Understanding the “Inverse Square Law”
Directional Lighting - understanding light and shadow
Balancing flash and ambient light
Use of light modifiers
Using “Flags” and “Reflectors”
How to use a Light Meter
Using Gels for creative effect
Using a Grey Card
Classic lighting techniques like “Rembrandt”, “clamshell”, and “butterfly”
Shooting “Tethered” directly to a laptop for instant review

Diagram explaining the inverse square law in photography

This is a hands on, practical workshop where participants will learn how to set up lights in a working photographic studio. Spaces on the workshop are limited to no more than 4 people and participants will take turns in fulfilling the roles of photographer, model, and lighting assistant.

Studio Lighting Workshop Details

This 5 hour workshop is aimed at both beginner and intermediate level photographers who want to learn, or improve their photographic lighting skills. No previous studio experience is necessary although an understanding of exposure and operation of your camera in Manual Mode is a prerequisite. If you are not fully confident in using your camera in full Manual Mode, you can book a 1-2-1 session here.

Studio Lighting Workshops are suitable for individuals or small groups, but in order to get the most out of a session, groups are limited in size to no more than four people.

Sessions start at 10:00 and last approximately five hours, with a short break for lunch (which is not provided, so please bring your own packed lunch or purchase something from one of the nearby shops on Green Lanes).

If you want a longer session, that’s no problem, simply get in touch and arrange a session that suits your requirements.

Location

Sessions take place at Green Lens Studios,

4A Atterbury Road, London, N4 1SF

Getting to the Studio

National Rail:
Harringay Station (0.2 km - 2 min walk)
Harringay Green Lanes (0.4 km)

Tube:
Manor House Station (0.6 km)

Finsbury Park Station (1.6 km)

Bus Routes:
29 (Trafalger Square – Wood Green)
67 (Aldgate – Wood Green)
141 (London Bridge – Palmers Green)
341 (County Hall – Northumberland Park)
W5 (Archway – Haringey)

Learn Location and Studio Lighting

Green Lens studios offers two very different environments to shoot in, which means that Workshop participants have the opportunity to apply lighting techniques learned in the studio to a location or lifestyle type environment. This is a great way to learn how to balance flash with ambient light.

The morning session will introduce participants to shooting in a studio to learn the basic techniques and theory of lighting. After lunch participants will have a chance to put their skills into practice by lighting a lifestyle shoot in a space above the studio.

Cost

£175.00 pp

Payment must be made in full in advance.

Requirements

Participants must bring a DSLR or Mirrorless camera with full manual control, memory card and fully charged battery.

Capture One Tuition

I use Capture One Pro for my workflow as I find it is by far the best post processing software on the market. If you are unfamiliar with this software, a free 30 day trial can be downloaded here. I am able to provide an introduction to Capture One workshop as a personal tuition session for 1-2 people. Sessions take place either at clients' home or office or in a cafe location in central London.

Lifestyle area above the studio

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