Workshops

For the last three weeks we have been having workshop sessions with Tim. They have all been to help us expand our knowledge and skills with lighting that will benefit our photography that can make photographs extraordinary and different.

Week One: In our first week of workshop sessions, Tim brought us outside of Uni to show us how we can change the lighting by using a fill in flash that can be connected to the camera or hand help to be placed near the subject if need be. A reflector was also used so that the light from the flash is even on both sides so that it results in equal light on the subject. The fill in flash is useful for shoots when on location because it can change the light without needing any soft boxes or any other studio light.
Week Two: During the second session Tim took us a bit further outside Uni for a contrast in the image and also using a different lighting technique. This time we used a soft box light outside. It was interesting to see the difference from using a soft box light and a fill in flash from the previous week because of how different the light produces. The soft box initially made the background in the image look quite dark but brought out the subject really well.
Week Three: This session we had to recreate the lighting in a photograph of a model stood on a staircase in one of the building at Uni. We had to decide the equipment that was used and decide what would be best to impersonate this image. We used the DSLR, Elinchrom studio light, beauty dish and reflector. Overall the image we created was not far off as the original photograph had actually been edited on lightroom, that made most of the shadows a lot brighter.

Overall I have learned a fair deal from these workshops and I have found them very useful and will definitely use these in the near future to experiment and expand my work.