101 Photography Light Workshop

This intensive workshop will get you up to speed with lighting while giving you plenty of hands-on practice with professional studio equipment - all under the expert guidance of our experienced photographers!

We will open with a theoretical session where you will learn all about studio equipment (using professional studio light) and how it works, technically and artistically. You will learn which modifiers do what and how each is best used to achieve different lighting effects and patterns.

The final part of the workshop is all about you. You get to implement what you have learnt to shape, control and set up the light in a simple yet effective way.

Course Summary:

• Theory:

1. Sources, Quality and Direction of the light.
2. Light shaping & modifiers.
3. The inverse square law.
4. Light meter.
5. Camera & light settings.

•  Practical Live shooting with models:

1. Main light and reflector.
2. Main and fill light.
3. Main, fill & rim light.
4. High key setup.
5. Lowkey setup.
6. 4 lights setup.
7. 5 lights setup.

What to Bring:

• Your DSLR or mirrorless camera (fully charged)
• Empty SD/CF card
• Portrait lens/es
• A notebook and pen

Workshop:

• 6 hours / one or 2 days
• Flexible hours "Fit for Purpose"
• Languages spoken: English and Arabic
• The workshop will take place in a fully equipped photography studio

Career Path

Photography, Lighting and work flow