Learn to work effectively with studio lighting on our one day Studio Lighting Course, plus get some hands on experience shooting studio portrait photography. Our one day Studio Lighting Course …
Dan Kennedy Shoot, 8 March – Review & Images
Dan Kennedy was the perfect photographer to host our first shoot. He's a highly successful fashion, portrait and commercial photographer who' a really positive, enthusiastic person with loads of …
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Breaking the rules in the studio
Usually, working in the studio is about control. You're controlling the power of lights, fine tuning their position, composing the shot, directing the model. Your final image is all about your subject …
Lighting Technique – Accent Light
Good portrait lighting is as much about lighting the back of your subject, or what's being it, as the front. In most cases it's obviously important that your subject is lit so that you can see who it …
Lighting a Black Studio Background to Give it Some Colour
This sounds counter-intuitive, but you can light a black background and give it some colour. Here’s an example by John Jennings taken on our Studio Lighting Workshop. You might not believe it, …
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One Day Studio Lighting Course
The 36exp one day studio lighting course happened again in early November. As usual we covered everything a photographer needs to know when working with studio lighting. One of our attendees used a …
Rembrandt Lighting
This is a perfect example of Rembrandt Lighting shot by Lee Allison on the 36exp Studio Lighting Course. It's called Rembrandt Lighting because it resembles the directional light used by the Dutch …
Studio Lighting Technique – Using a Softbox for Hair Light
If you would like to cast a nice soft light on the hair of your subject simply use a softbox as a hairlight. This image, created by Reza Mahmood, on our Studio Lighting Course was created using two …
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Combining Movement with Studio Lighting
Most of the time the studio is a controlled environment where lighting ratios and precise positioning rule, but sometimes we need to break those rules and introduce some inventive lighting …
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Shots from our Studio Lighting Workshop
One of the joys of running photography workshops is seeing the great work produced by participants. These images were created by Dagmara Strach in our Studio Lighting Workshop, and they are really …
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Lighting for a Pure White Background, plus Grey and Shadow
Our Studio Lighting Course covers all you need to know about creating a pure white background (as well as a whole host of other studio techniques), but this post should be enough to get …
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Studio Lighting – Basic Lighting Terms
In the spirit of sharing, here are some basic studio lighting terms explained: Main and fill light - The main light is the dominant light in the set up, the fill light is used to light areas not lit …
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Shot from the Studio Lighting Workshop
It's always good to receive images from people who have attended our workshops and see their work. Here is an image from John Hoang taken at our last Studio Lighting Workshop. For this shot we used a …
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