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Lighting Techniques for Studio Portraiture – Chester Photographic Academy Evening
Lighting Techniques for Studio Portraiture – Chester Photographic Academy Evening
This Lighting Techniques for Studio Portraiture – Chester Photographic Academy Evening event is for all photography enthusiasts who are wanting to learn about photographic lighting. During the evenings workshop you will be using mains studio lights and off camera flash. Learning about lighting, and how it works, is the single most important skill to have when when it comes to your portrait photography. Working with our Welshot Models you will try you hand at Rembrandt, butterfly, side and split lighting. You will be using grids, modifiers and getting creative, learning to see (and shoot) in black and white and working with coloured gels. This studio mains and off camera flash photography workshop will be taking place at The Chester Crowne Plaza.
You Will Learn
- How to use your camera settings and functions
- How to use Off Camera Flash
- How to use Studio Mains Flash
- How to balance ambient light and flash photography while using gels
- How to work with, and pose a model
- How to use coloured gels in your portraiture photography
- Which modifiers you should have in your kit for on location shoots and working with gels
- How to shoot portraiture on location – and use your environment to your advantage.
- How to compose your images
- How to shoot full length portraiture using gels – and not just head shots.
- How to think creatively
- What Welshot can do for you and your photography
Beginner to photography? We’re here for you.
Whether you are a beginner to photography, a photographer who would like to try a new genre, learn a new technique or skill, or, a more advanced photographer who wants to build their image portfolio, you will be made welcome, and we would love to help you get the best out of your camera.
The Welshot Team will be at hand throughout this Lighting Techniques for Studio Portraiture – Chester Photographic Academy Evening event to assist and help you get the best from your camera, so you can leave at the end of this session with memory cards full of beautiful photographs and great memories having learned a thing or three about photography and your camera.
Event Schedule
Before 18:30 – Please wait in the lounge area of the Crowne Plaza
18:30 – Doors Open – Welcome
18:35 – Photography starts
20:00 – Supper (Included)
20:30 – Photography resumes
22:00 – Finish
Please Bring
- Camera and lenses suitable for this event – Standard zoom (18 – 55mm) 50mm / Any lens up to 100mm
- Spare Batteries and Memory Card
- A list of ideas, help, questions etc that you would like to discuss with Welshot Team Leaders.
Please Note
- Delegate numbers are limited to TEN places at this Welshot Academy Evening
- Supper is included in the cost of this event.
- This event is discounted to £60.00 at checkout if you are a Welshot Academy Member. To become a Welshot Member and receive some great benefits check this link.
- Voucher spaces are limited – Bookings made using a voucher/coupon code are non-transferable and non-refundable.
- In accordance with our Terms of Service – We may need to make changes to this event – We will do all we can to inform you as soon as possible.
