Lighting – Gotta Have Light

Calender of Classes & Registration

101 Fill Flash – Flash on Camera, Flash off Camera.  

  • Adjusting, Ticks of the Trade, Making is look better
  • DSLR Recommended

Have you ever sat holding your camera and thought?

  • How to get more, much more out of the Cameras Flash.
  • Working with Flash Compensation… what does that mean?
  • Can I make my Flash More Powerful
  • When they say “Bounce your Flash”  do they mean bounce like a basketball?
  • Balancing Ambient Exposure & Fill Flash should they be allowed to mix?
  • What color is my flash? (no not the black casing… the color of light)
  • What does flash do the color balance of my picture?
  • I wonder how a Studio Flash works?

Answers to these questions and much more if you join me for a enchanted evening by the flash of speed light.

Really, this class is all about how to use your camera’s flash.  How to adjust it and how to make better pictures with your flash.  There will be demonstrations and an opportunity to use your camera

201 White Balance (Color Balance, AWB, Color Temp)

  • Errrr What is wrong with the color in your pictures….
  • Pictures Looking a bit yellow or green or blue ?
  • Understanding & Correcting White Balance in your camera is the cornerstone of getting good looking images.
  • Color Bracketing
  • Kelvin Color Temperature
  • Learn to Use the Best White Balance
  • Learn to set a Custom White Balance
  • Daylight vs. Tungsten vs. Florescent vs. Cloudy Day vs. Shade vs. Custom vs. AUTO
  • DSLR Recommended

301 Natural Light Portraits in the Park

  • Portraits with Natural light.
  • We will use a local park. Location is TBD. It will be close to the studio. You will be notified with Location and Directions Prior to the Big Day (class)
  • We will focus on getting great pictures with natural light.  We will explore Back Lighting, Front Lighting, Taking pictures in the Shade.  What is the difference between soft light and hard light?
  • Take your Camera we will take real Live pictures!
  • DSLR Recommended

401 Studio Lights – So how do you use them there Big Fancy Lights?

  • See the lights I use in the studio.
  • See How they work
  • Learn about the lights, controlling them and the use of light modifiers, umbrellas, Soft Boxes,  Grid Spots.
  • Demo lights
  • Intro to Lighting Ratios
  • Hot lights (continuous light source) vs Stobe (Flash) light – Benefits and Limitations of each.
  • Radio Remotes explained & Demonstrated
  • Slave Triggers explained and demonstrated
  • DSLR Recommended