This intensive workshop explores multi-point lighting configurations that consistently elevate any location and empower you to produce dramatic, innovative portraits that exceed client expectations. Building upon foundational knowledge from Flash Photography Crash Course, Lighting 101, and Lighting 201, this course investigates diverse multi-point lighting approaches and refines techniques for scene illumination. Begin with light stacking to add dimension to portrait work, then progress to rim lighting, backlighting, and inventive creative applications. Next, explore how motion can enhance environmental portraiture through shutter drag techniques and composite image creation for effects that would be impossible to capture in a single exposure.
These techniques are demonstrated using portable, practical lighting equipment and modifiers. Each lesson includes power translations that specify exact flash settings, allowing you to reproduce identical lighting using any flash or modifier you already own. Follow along as we show you the complete creative process from initial shoot through final post-processing, and learn how to fully materialize your artistic vision using your camera and lighting tools.
The progression continues with Lighting 401, where instruction covers creating natural light effects entirely with flash, including golden hour, soft window light, and direct sunlight effects.
What You'll Accomplish:
- Develop expertise in multi-point off-camera flash configurations for creating dramatic portrait imagery
- Manipulate light using professional-grade modifiers, including softboxes, grids, and color gels
- Execute advanced creative lighting techniques such as silhouette creation, pin lighting, backlighting, rain effects, and diffraction starbursts
- Leverage Adobe Lightroom Classic tools to refine and enhance images produced with advanced lighting methods
Who Should Enroll:
- Photographers with foundational flash knowledge who want to advance their lighting capabilities
- Those seeking to enhance their creative approach when shooting in outdoor and location settings
- Any photographer committed to distinguishing themselves in a competitive marketplace
Software Required:
- Adobe Lightroom Classic 2019
