Lighting 101:
Speedlight for Beginners
Course Opens: September 3, 2012
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Course summary – Learning to use a speedlight is often intimidating but it doesn’t have to be. This course will give you the tools you need to shoot with on camera TTL flash like a pro, both indoors and out.
course fee:
$300/person for full participation
maximum registrants:
Registration is limited to 30 participants.
what we cover:
- overview of the properties of light
- flash modes
- metering modes
- white balance
- understanding exposure when working with flash
- balancing flash with ambient light
- focusing with flash
- bouncing flash
- flash modifiers
- fill flash
- flash sync speed
what you get:
- weekly lessons and assignments
- detailed, personalized guidance and critique from the instructor and one TA each week.
- opportunities for peer interaction and critique
what you need: All participants must have a mastery of technical basics (exposure, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, etc). Participants need not shoot in manual regularly but must be comfortable doing so. You will need a camera, lens and a speedlight that has TTL capabilities (Canon or Nikon is recommended).
course instructor:
Sarah Phillips is professional photographer who specializes in on location family, child and newborn photography in addition to weddings. She lives on Boston’s North Shore with her husband and three children. www.sarahphillipsphoto.com
teaching assistants:
I am just finishing up this workshop and I thought it was fantastic, pitched at exactly the right level for what I needed. The big question for me was how do I make flash fit in with the rest of the exposure triangle and this was thoroughly covered. Sarah’s feedback and answers to questions was so thorough and detailed, it was so helpful.
I don’t feel like I’m a total flash convert, I still prefer natural light, but I feel I now have the knowledge to know how to use my flash well when I have no other option, and that’s exactly what I wanted to get out of this workshop.
Thank you to Sarah and the TAs for all your hard work!
If you aren’t a fan of using flash because you always think that your picture will look flashy than this is the right workshop for you. In here you will learn to control your flash in TTL mode. Flash exposure compensation, bouncing, how to control your ambient light and flash output. It’s in here too.
Sarah P, Lisa H, Jessica G and April N our teachers and assistants explain everything in detail. I wasn’t in love with my flash before this workshop but now I am totally in love with it.
Flash gives you so much opportunities in every light condition.
Thank you Sarah and the TAs for all your support.
Lighting 101 has given me a better understanding of how flash works, and how to change your camera settings and use accessories to control it. I definitely still have to practice everything so it comes a little more naturally, much as I did when I learned how to shoot manual. But now, I feel like I have a foundation on which to build.
I liked the fact that some homework assignments could be inanimate objects. That helped me focus on what I was supposed to be doing in the assignment, instead of also having to worry about composition, whether my kiddo was going to pose when/where I wanted, whether she’d stay put for multiple shots while I changed settings, etc.
I think this is a great addition to CM’s fabulous lineup of classes!
Lighting 101 has been a great excuse to get my Speedlight out of the box and start using it. Previously I was very intimidated to use my Speedlight, enough so to not even want to experiment with it. Now that Sarah has talked me through the basics of how flash works and how ambient light effects exposure I now feel confident enough to continue experimenting and being excited about it. I would highly recommend this workshop if you have a Speedlight gathering dust, after all’s been said it’s not that complicated! Lisa H, Jessica G and April N were a valuable asset to have on board for additional insight and advice, great workshop!
Love natural light but hate when there isn’t enough? This workshop will help set you free from that frustration as Sarah patiently teaches how to use on-camera flash to supplement available light or even provide all the light, if needed. Sarah’s effective, pragmatic teaching style, along with the weekly lessons and assignments, build basic lighting concepts and skills in a non-intimidating and achievable manner for speed light newbies. During the workshop, Sarah and her teaching assistants answer all speed light questions, critique assignments and submitted student images and provide support for achieving foundational success with speed light use both indoors and outside. If you need a kick start to understanding on-camera flash lighting and using it effectively to supplement your natural light shooting, this is the class for you!