Studio Lighting 3 : Developing a Personal Style

Advanced Studio Lighting

Course Objective

Learn to develop your lighting skills with an individual style. Students will study examples of currents trends in lighting. Specific techniques will be discussed, analyzed and demonstrated including a variety of more advanced equipment such as flash tailoring devises, speed lights, ring light, incandescent lights, kinoflows and mixing types of light for effect. This weekend long course will also cover the use of strobes, ring flash, incandescent, tungsten, Kino Flos and HMI.

Prerequisite: Studio Lighting 2 or a working knowledge of studio equipment and procedure

Itinerary

DAY 1: 9am-6pm

• Learn the ins and outs of lighting and shooting the perfect head shot
• Review the various types of lighting equipment from Studio Lighting 2
• In-depth discussion and analysis of the current trends and techniques used to achieve specific lighting affects

DAY 2: 9am-6 pm

• Hone the skills needed to light and shoot a full body shot
• Hands on learning as we set-up studio lights to shoot models in various fashion situations
• Practice with lighting equipment provided to create different moods

DAY 3: 9am-4 pm

• Shooting in motion
• The use of smoke machines and other lighting effects to create dramatic images of people ( Models provided)
• One on One image reviews

Studio

Bathhouse Studios
540 East 11th Street
New York, NY 10009

Directions

Subway

• Cross-town(8th Av/Williamsburg area): L Train to 1st Ave. stop. You’ll be on14th St. & 1st Ave. Walk East one block to Ave. A and hang a right. Walk down A ‘till you hit 11th St. Take a left down 11th & we are on the South (right) side closer to Avenue B.
• North/South : N, R Train (Brooklyn/Queens), 4, 5, 6 Train (Brooklyn/Bronx) To 14th St & Union Sq (East) stop. Walk east on 14th St. to Ave A. Take right on A (south) till you hit 11th St. Take left on 11th . We are on the
  South (right) side closer to Avenue B.

Parking

• Nice, LLC – 212.475.5262
  311 E 11th St btw 1st & 2nd Aves
  New York, NY (Please call for pricing)

Cost per person

$1899 per person

Limited to: 12 participants

Terms and Conditions

Included:

• Quest workshop fee
• All Lighting equipment
• Use of Studio
• Models
• Reviews
• All lectures

Not included:

• Flights for out-of-state attendees
• Lodging
• Lunch

Rob Van Petten

Rob Van Petten shoots fashion and lifestyle for advertising. His pictures are a dynamic play of models in motion against a strong colorful background. Metal texture, modern architecture, cosmic lighting and computer manipulation all contribute to the effects in these images. The use of light energizes the images beyond just illuminating the scene.

TBD

Gear to Bring

We recommend you bring the following gear with you.

Camera Gear

• Digital SLR with back up camera that will fit your lenses
• Battery charger
• A few extra batteries
• Memory cards (bring plenty!!!)
• Sensor cleaning supplies

Lenses

• 12-24mm or 17-35mm
• 28-105mm lens or similar
• 70-200mm lens
• Lens hoods for all lenses
• Fish-eye lens (if you have one, very creative lens!)
• Lensbaby if you have one www.lensbabies.com or else you can try ours!

Computer / Digital Acessories

• Laptop with charger and Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom (not mandatory)
• Storage device, such as an EPSON P5000, or portable hard drives like
• lacie hard drives www.lacie.com
• Card Reader
• All cables for drives, computer, card readers, storage devices, etc.

Other

• lightweight tripod (carbon fiber)
• Lint-free cloth to clean lenses and blower ball for dust