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Portrait and Beauty Lighting

Course Overview:

Look at any magazine, hair shoot or ad campaign and you will see the use of stunning portrait and beauty lighting techniques.

This course is designed to teach you how to light and shoot this ever-popular style of shot. The course is aimed at complete beginners through to advanced amateurs, and is a practical hand’s on course.

A model will be provided for you to practise with, and advice on directing the model and posing technique will be given.

Learn to work with studio lights safely and confidently. You will learn the effect of soft boxes, umbrellas, snoots, beauty dish and grid sets and how to use gold, silver and white fill in reflectors.

You will be shown how to use both soft and hard lighting to change the mood and effect of a portrait, and how make up is adapted for studio lighting conditions.

Learn how to use a light meter to measure the studio lights for optimum exposures, and how to shoot a portrait or beauty shot with single or multiple lighting plans.

Learn what a main lights function is; and how to use fill lights, back lights and hair lights and be shown how they affect the final image.

You’ll be advised on the correct lenses and aperture settings for creating sharp portrait and beauty photos.

The teaching is presented in an easy to understand and relaxed and entertaining manner. You will walk away from this course with the skills to develop and improve your studio and portrait technique.

Key Learning:

  • Half day course
  • For both Film and Digital photographers
  • How to use a light meter
  • Soft lighting
  • Hard lighting
  • Setting up your SLR camera for studio lighting
  • Colour temperature settings for studio flash
  • Using Beauty dish
  • Using Grid sets
  • Learn how to use fill in reflectors
  • Hands on practical learning
  • Work with a professional model
  • Advising model to apply make up

Camera Requirements:

You must have an SLR camera to part take in this course, arrangements can be made to hire cameras if you don’t own one, please ask when booking.

A good understanding of how to use your camera in manual mode is essential for this course. If you need to learn how to use your digital camera please see detail about digital camera training.

Booking Your Place:

Places on this course are limited to 6-8 people. This course is priced at £99 per person. A booking deposit £50 is required to secure your place, them remainder is due on the day.

To book you place please either call 020 7241 2816 or email info@studiotime.org