Advanced Portrait Lighting Techniques

INSTRUCTOR: Grant Leighton
DATE: TBA
PRICE: TBA
LOCATION: Denver, CO
STUDENT LEVEL: High-Intermediate and Advanced

In this workshop, instructor Grant Leighton will teach the “tricks of the trade” used by the world’s top portrait photographers. This a hands-on shooting workshop.

Topics covered in this workshop:

• Constructing and using multiple light setups
• Using hot lights
• Using strobes
• Using ambient light
• Understanding color temperature
• Combining light sources
• Balancing daylight with electronic flash
• Using gels
• Extreme lighting angles and ratios
• Matching your lighting to your subject
• Creating the mood and setting the theme using light
• Composing with light

Students must posses a basic knowledge of lighting and equipment to take this workshop.