Studio Lighting Workshop | San Francisco

In-depth Level

Portrait Lighting & Posing II

Shooting Painterly Portraits

with Simple Studio Setup

Lighting Equipment Provided

Highlights

Learn the basics of studio lighting and build your a portable studio anywhere.

Create dramatic portraits with simple studio setup.

Lighting equipment provided. You just need to bring your cameras and lenses (50mm, 85mm or 24-70mm).

Build the Three-point Light System step by step:

The key light
The fill light
Separating the subject from the background with a background or hair light

Create major light patterns and make subjects with different face features look good:

Butterfly or Paramount Lighting
Loop Lighting
Rembrandt Lighting
Split Lighting
Rim Lighting
Short or Broad Lighting

Creating soft vs hard light.

Learn to create both high-key & low-key portraitures.

Understand the effect of size of softboxes on the quality of light

Learn to edit your work in Lightroom (the basics) and Photoshop (the details). Please bring your laptop computers that have Lightroom Classic and Photoshop installed. Attendees are expected to have basic computer knowledge, basic Lightroom and Photoshop skills.

The model's outfits will be provided by Photosprouts.

Please note that there will be no classroom session in this workshop, all the knowledge that we share is through practical demonstrations.

Easy-to-follow Lighting Workbook provided. The cost of the setup will be listed.

For understanding the science of light, please sign up for Portrait Lighting & Posing I Workshop(prerequisite).

Small class size (maximum 6 attendees).

Quick Facts

Workshop time:

10:00pm-5:00pm

Location

535 Mission Street, 14th Floor, San Francisco

Studio Lighting

Length of workshop

7 hours

Lighting equipment provided

Pricing

$450/person

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FAQ

What is the prerequisite?
- The Beginner & Intermediate I & II Photography Workshops OR ability to use the manual mode of your camera: Attendees are required to adjust the exposure in the manual mode VERY proficiently.
- Portrait Lighting & Posing I
Do I need to bring my own camera?

Attendees are expected to bring their own cameras & lenses for this workshop.
What equipment will be provided?
- Triggers
- Studio strobes
- Softboxes & Umbrellas
- Reflectors
- Backdrop
What lenses should I bring for this workshop?
Recommended lenses for this workshop:
- 85mm F1.2, F1.4, F1.8
- 50mm F1.2, F1.4, F1.8
- 70-200mm F2.8, F4
- 24-70mm F2.8, F4
- 24-105mm F4
- 18-135mm F3.5-5.6
- 28-70mm F3.5-5.6
Do I need to bring my own computer?

Yes, you will need to bring your own laptop computer that has Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop intalled.

Class Date

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What will you learn?

1a. Studio Lighting Essentials

Mounting a strobe or a flash to the softbox
Accessories that you need to buy for building a home studio, and their costs
Building the three-point light system step by step
Positioning the modifiers
Seeing light by studying the catchlights
"Feathering" the light to make it even softer
Creating artistic, low-key portraitures

1b. Creating different light patterns

Butterfly (Paramount) and Clamshell
Loop
Split
Rambrant
Split
Rim

(can you identify which photo corresponds to which light pattern?)

2. Understanding the effects of adding a "grid" to the softbox

Dramatic portrait with one-light setup

With and without a grid.

3. High Key Photos

Creating your own window light
Understanding the difference between small, medium and large softboxes in terms of light quality
Using any resources available in your house as a modifier if you don't own a large softbox. What is the softbox that has been used in the below photo? The answer is the discount code to this class (big hunt: check out your bathroom)