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Studio Lighting for e-commerce & Commercial Portraits
12 Feb 2022 @ 11:00 - 15:00
$125.00

Workshop
- Title
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Studio Lighting for e-commerce & Commercial Portraits
- Trainer
- Colin Hawkins
- Details
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Colin Hawkins is a professional, freelance commercial photographer who runs a busy studio in the UK has been supplying images of models & corporate portraits to clients for over 20 years that have been commissioned for use in promotion, catalogues, magazines, adverts and on the web.
This 4-hour workshop gives a hands-on opportunity to enhance your photographic skills in studio lighting techniques for photographing models & people in a studio environment & will mainly concentrate on:
Lighting for e-commerce fashion
Simple lighting for commercial portraits
Some creative portrait lighting techniquesAre you thinking of buying some lights to photograph people?
The choice & range of equipment is possibly overwhelming so perhaps watch & then learn if these will be the right sort of lights or the necessary equipment that would be suitable for what you would like to achieve & get hands-on experience using this type of equipment before you buy.This workshop is especially aimed at small businesses and individuals who have little or no experience of photographing people using studio lighting but would like to learn a variety of lighting techniques in a very simple way without spending a fortune on lighting equipment that might not be suitable.
The workshop is limited in numbers to ensure individual help and attention. Participants will also experience the skills and techniques learnt by others in the group.
- About
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This workshop gives a hands-on opportunity to enhance your photographic skills in studio lighting techniques for photographing models & people in a studio environment &... more
This workshop gives a hands-on opportunity to enhance your photographic skills in studio lighting techniques for photographing models & people in a studio environment & will mainly concentrate on simple lighting techniques for e-commerce fashion & for creative commercial portraits....less
Basics
- Date
- 12 Feb 2022
- Time
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11:00 - 15:00
- Cost
- $125.00
- Duration
- 4 Hours
- Maximum Capacity
- 12
- Event Category:
- Advanced, All Workshops, Intermediate, Workshop
Organizer
- Xposure International Photography Festival
- Phone:
- +971 6 512 3411
- Email:
- info@xposure.ae
- View Organizer Website
Venue
- Xposure International Photography Festival
- Sharjah 61110, United Arab Emirates + Google Map
- Website
- View Venue Website
- Module 1
- Pre-shoot decision making. How the person/model needs to be perceived from a client brief. Lighting & background choice
- Module 2
- E-commerce fashion lighting Camera control and settings, angles, viewpoint, exposure and colour correction. How to shoot using tether capture with Adobe Lightroom. How to light a model for e-commerce - lighting positions with light shaping and modifying tools in a studio set-up. Control and balance of light sources to achieve different looks.
- Module 3
- Commercial portrait lighting Camera control and settings, angles, viewpoint, exposure and colour correction. How to shoot using tether capture with Adobe Lightroom. How to creatively light a person for a portrait using various lighting positions with light shaping and modifying tools in a studio set-up. Control and balance of light sources to achieve different looks.
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- What do I need to bring?
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Individuals will participate in the workshop and are encouraged to bring:
Their own camera (DSLR),... see info
Individuals will participate in the workshop and are encouraged to bring:
- Their own camera (DSLR), lenses & cards.
- Working knowledge of manual control of the camera is advised.
- If possible a laptop (with Adobe Lightroom or similar capture software installed )
- USB cable to link & tether between the laptop & camera.
One laptop & USB cable (but that may depend on your camera tether ability) will be provided if necessary & but please bring a USB memory stick if you want to take your images away.