Workshop: Studio Lighting Introduction

The next studio lighting workshop will run in early 2019. Please register your interest now and we can set a date for the next workshop.

10.30am-4.30pm at Courtenay Studios, 37 Courtenay Place, Wellington.
Workshop places limited to 4. ( Will run with 3.)

Please contact  James Gilberd  now to register your interest in this workshop. Numbers are restricted to 4 people on each workshop, so you get plenty of opportunity to get your hands on the lighting gear, and to make sure we get to cover what interests you. This is a practical workshop, not merely a demonstration!

Cost: $200.00 including GST ($173.90 + GST)
A deposit of $60.00 is required to confirm your place on this workshop. See Conditions

Please book early to avoid missing out on a place. Also, if the timing doesn't suit you, please email me anyway. We have run this same workshop over two weeknights as an alternative. The workshop can also be run on demand for special interest groups.
Workshop outline:
  • The workshop will cover safe operation of studio flash lighting; monoblocs and quad packs (but most of the professional lighting techniques covered also apply to continuous light sources such as LEDs and fluorescents)
  • Use of various lighting modifiers and shaping tools: bowls, barndoors, honeycomb, snoot, softbox, reflectors, absorbers
  • Light metering and exposure control, lighting ratios, histograms
  • Use of cameras in the studio environment, tethered shooting
  • Lighting for products & still life - the very basics only
  • Lighting techniques for portraiture (the main focus of this workshop)
  • Working with models, directing, working with portrait subjects
  • Making better use of on-camera flash
  • Plenty of hands-on time to experiment & take your own shots
  • Answering various questions you have, where possible in a practical way.

The studio lighting workshop tutored by James Gilberd - is aimed at people with a basic to intermediate knowledge of photography who are looking to become more professional and potentially earn an income from their photography, or who want to extend their creativity.

Understanding lighting concepts will also improve your general photography, indoors or out, through gaining a deeper understanding of how light works in photography. Potentially, once you get the concept of using lighting to improve your photographs, the understanding can be applied to any other location, making the whole outside world your studio.

If you're not a photographer, but maybe an art director or designer, you can better get to understand the photography and lighting side of things. You might find this workshop very helpful.

Bring along your own digital SLR camera. Tripods available. Notes provided.
(If you're using a mirrorless camera, we need to ensure it can trigger the flash - i.e. it has a standard hot shoe or flash sync. terminal. If not, you can use our spare camera.)