Shots from the July Fashion Photography Workshop on Hampstead Heath
Here we have some shots from Rossella Vanon’s July Fashion Photography Workshop on Hampstead Heath. The images are by workshop attendee Lukasz Piech – www.lukaszpiech.pl Not much commentary needed on the photography here, just great.
Rembrandt Lighting
This is a perfect example of Rembrandt Lighting shot by Lee Allison on the 36exp Studio Lighting Course. It’s called Rembrandt Lighting because it resembles the directional light used by the Dutch master. If you look up some of his paintings you will see why. What is Rembrandt Lighting? Basically it is a fairly directional...
Studio Lighting Technique – Using a Softbox for Hair Light
If you would like to cast a nice soft light on the hair of your subject simply use a softbox as a hairlight. This image, created by Reza Mahmood, on our Studio Lighting Course was created using two softboxes. One was placed to light our model’s face, at approximately 45 degrees to the model, left of camera. A second...
Spring – Shots from the 36exp Fashion Photography Workshop
It’s taken a while to get round to posting these, but here we have some lovely shots by Kevin Thornhill from our last Location Fashion Photography Workshop with Rossella Vanon. Rossella is doing another Fashion Workshop for us, on 30 June, this time in the studio. All credit to Kevin Thornhill for getting these shots. He’s...
Some Images from the Portrait Photography Workshop
The first ever 36exp Portrait Photography Workshop with Rossella Vanon took place in Hyde Park on Saturday 9th June. Thankfully the weather held out and participants shot some great images. The series shown here are by Konrad Baranowski, and we think they speak for themselves really. Lovely.
Combining Movement and Flash
Here is a great image by one of our workshop attendees, Kathi Archery, taken on the Flash Photography Workshop. The combination of flash and movement is interesting. We created this shot by first setting the camera to manual mode with a shutter speed of 1/3 sec. The next step is to set a combination of...
Combining Movement with Studio Lighting
Most of the time the studio is a controlled environment where lighting ratios and precise positioning rule, but sometimes we need to break those rules and introduce some inventive lighting techniques. One of our favourite creative studio lighting techniques is to introduce movement. The burst from a studio light is somewhere around 1/1000 sec, which...
How to blur the background in a photo
Here is a very nice photo by one of our workshop attendees, Michael Huckfield. To create a photo with a blurred background like this one is quite simple, with these 5 steps: 1. Set your camera to aperture priority. 2. Choose the largest aperture you can (the smallest f number). 3. Set your lens to its longest...
Speedlight Workshop – Some Photos
Our last speedlight workshop happened on a rainy Saturday, no problem there then, just extra creativity needed! We managed to stay warm(ish) and dry, and workshop attendees were able to coax the best out of their speedlights, despite the rain. The following photos from the speedlight workshop are by David Spink www.davidspinkphotography.com. They show that flash lighting need...
Portrait Photography Tips
Some simple portrait photography tips to improve your portrait photography skills: Focal length – Try to use a longer focal length, i.e. stand back and zoom in, this is more flattering. Above 50mm is OK, 85mm is ideal. You should be able to do this on both compact and SLR cameras. The background – Pay attention to...