Professional Development // Photography Workshops & Training // Industry Events //

light workshop 1
lightworkshop 2

Bite Size Studio Lighting // Modular Portrait Workshop Series //
STARTS NOV 13

This Studio Workshop Series is aimed at photographers who have solid camera skills (confident working in manual exposure) but who don’t have experience with artificial flash or LED studio lighting. Participants do not need to have their own lighting equipment. They will get hands-on experience with a variety of simple and affordable studio monoblocs (LED & flash) and a variety of modifiers. For Session 6 (coming in 2024) it would be helpful to have a basic speedlight. These sessions are designed as modular units, offering photographers small bite-sized practical sessions in small groups to extend their studio knowledge and confidence. You can book into all of them, or just the ones you need to brush up your skills.

Sessions are run in a small boutique studio at Cog Creative Space in Norwood. Spaces are very limited, with 5 people max per session.

Cost $100 + GST per session / $400 for all 5 sessions

Session 1 :: Studio Lighting Basics

MON NOV 13th 2023

6-8pm + 1 hour open studio

MAX 5 students

$100 + GST

Start with the foundations of artificial lighting – a solid understanding of lighting principles will support your photography across all aspects of your work.

Get your head around ::

exposure / light quality / inverse square law / WHS / light stands / flash sync / Light Positioning / 5 basic lighting styles

Session 2 :: Studio Light Modifiers

MON NOV 20th 2023

6-8pm + 1 hour open studio

MAX 5 students

$100 + GST

Learn about what impact the various modifiers have on a 1-light setup. Why would you choose to light with a lantern rather than a softbox? What impact does modifier size have on the image?

Get your head around ::

Softboxes / Umbrellas / Beauty Dishes / Octaboxes / Lanterns / Grids / Snoots / Barndoors / Scrims

Session 3 :: Lighting with 2 Lights

MON NOV 27th 2023

6-8pm + 1 hour open studio

MAX 5 students

$100 + GST

Learn about building your lighting up from the basics. We will look at what impact fill, background & rim / kicker lights can make on the basic setup. How 2 lights can create professional portraits.

Get your head around ::

Lighting ratios / Low Key lighting / Fill light style / Rim light style / Using Reflectors

workshops4
workshops5
workshops1

Session 4 :: Multiple Lights

MON DEC 4th 2023

6-8pm + 1 hour open studio

MAX 5 students

$100 + GST

Learn about using more than 2 lights in your setups. This session is really about creating more highly crafted setups including main, fill, background and rim lights in various ways.

Get your head around ::

Multiple light setups / High-key lighting / Controlling background tone / Multiple lighting ratios across the set

Session 5 :: Using Colour

MON DEC 18th 2023

6-8pm + 1 hour open studio

MAX 5 students

$100 + GST

Learn about using colour gels on your lights to change the feeling in your images (using Jake Hicks gel packs) We will also look at using RGB LED lights and background paper rolls.

Get your head around ::

Colour Theory / Traditional colour gels / Different gel palettes / RBG LEDs / subject vs background colour

All Sessions :: Bulk Booking

VARIOUS MONDAYS

6-8pm + 1 hour open studio

MAX 5 students

$400 + GST

Keen to do all 5 sessions? This is a perfect introduction to using lighting confidently in the studio. The best value confidence boost as you take your photography to the next level!

Get your head around ::

Flash concepts / LEDs / controlling light contrast, exposure & quality / lighting ratios & styles / colour

About your presenter :: Sam Oster

Gray Creative Marketing Portfolio Cover Page


Questions?

Contact Sam on 0414 939768 or email us

"When I was a student doing my photography major at University (Bachelor of Visual Arts), I was very idealistic about 'pure' photography. I thought studio lighting was fake and didn't want anything to do with it. Trying to make a living as a working photographer, I quickly realised how wrong I was. I am now a lighting convert, and have spent decades learning and applying controlled lighting in both studio and environmental shoots. As a stills photographer in film & television, I observed how lighting could craft a mood, tell a story, and describe the subject and its relationship to 3-dimensional space. For the past 30 years I have worked both commercially and creatively, working in the performing arts as well as commercial photography. Along the way I've also taught photography (Tafe SA, University of South Australia, Centre for Creative Photography). I value the journey of discovery that both teaching and learning offer, and I get inspired working with others to explore the photographic image. Alongside my freelance work I also run a studio space. I often see how people who hire the studios struggle with lighting and it reminds me to value my hard-earned relationship with light - I want to inspire and educate others to take control of light and start using it confidently in their work".

SamOster10373-square