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WORKSHOP : 2-day On Location Lighting in London by Bert Stephani
On September the 7th and 8th Bert Stephani will be giving a 2-day Portrait Lighting workshop in London, England.
The Workshop:
On Monday, we’ll start out by going over the basics of light. We’re going to learn to recognize good light and shape bad light into good light.
In the afternoon we are going to learn how to MAKE the light with small flashes and mix ambient light with flash.
Bert will also discuss equipment choices and will squeeze in lots of tricks of the trade. With lots of real life examples and mini-shoots, we’ll make the theoretical part easy to digest.On Tuesday, you’ll get the chance to put everything you’ve learned into practice on a location shooting day. You’ll get some fun assignments, that you will work on in small groups under Bert’s guidance.
You don’t need any experience with flash, tons of expensive gear or a degree in photography to benefit from this workshop. The motivation to improve your photography, is all you need.
The main focus on the workshop days will be lighting, but you can ask any questions you like, from technical to the business of photography.BONUS:
Those attending will get the chance to win a California Sunbounce Micro-Mini (rrp £120) during the workshop
Everyone who comes will also receive a small pack of colour correction gels big enough to fit their hotshoe flashes
2x 1/4 CTO (Lee 206)
2x 1/2 CTO (Lee 205)
1x Fluor 5700k (Lee 241)
1x Fluor 4300k (Lee 242)
1x Fluor 3600k (Lee 243)Workshop Location:
The workshop will be held in the heart of Richmond in the Parkshot Richmond Adult Community College (RACC) building – about 2 minutes walk from Richmond station and is also easily accessible by road, tube and bus.
The first day will be in one or 2 of the college’s rooms and we will also have run of the corridors and the gardens too if required. The second day we’ll be exploring different locations in a walking distance in and around Richmond†. On both days the workshop we will gather at 09:30 and start at 10:00 and aim to finish at around 18:00.
Directions and other information and forms will be emailed to each participant prior to the Workshop† Final location to be booked. We’ll update this page once finalised
Workshop Pricing:
To celebrate first classes with Bert in the UK, this workshop is temporarily offered at the introductory price of 220GBP*.
We may have some models and a make-up artist lined up for our practical day. If they come then they will be with us on a TFCD basis, so it’ll be courteous to supply to them some polished images for their portfolio to thank them for their time
* All prices include UK VATIf you wish to book your place on this workshop, please use the Registration/Payment link below.
Bert Stephani is an internationally known professional photographer, mostly known for his creative portraiture, commercial work and his lighting style. He’s also a passionate teacher who’s frequently asked to conduct workshops, seminars and lectures in Belgium and the rest of Europe. Bert doesn’t believe in ’secrets’ and is always willing to share everything he knows in his workshops
Bert became known initially for his ’Confessions of a Photographer’ videos on youtube where he takes us on portrait shoots and talks openly about technique and the processes going through his head when he’s working.
Since then he also started the LIME project with his friend Pieter Van Impe and the mission behind lime being:
Learn, Inspire, Motivate, Experience (L.I.M.E.) A resource for photographers, by photographers.
Their ethos is very much about sharing their experience with other photographers and don’t believe in keeping ’trade secrets’
Here’s a sample of Bert and a Sunbounce Micro-Mini in action: If there are no more places and you wish to be notified in case someone drops out,
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Picture of my dad
A couple of days back I posted about the abstract picture I made for Signature, the hairdresser shop in Woking, Surrey.
I’ve been snowed under at the moment and so my dad offered to frame the picture for me, which he does now and again if I’m flat out.
It also gave me a chance to drop off a picture I’d made for him to say thanks for helping me out over the last few months and because, well, he’s my dad and that’s reason enough
)His picture was one he took from the tiller of a scooner sailing at full tilt.
He likes his sailingHe dropped round the picture last night and we chatted for a bit. We talked a bit about the Workshop I’ve recently arranged for Bert Stephani and how it’s about lighting.
Dad used to be a keen film snapper when my brother and I were young (lots of family albums), but I was trying to explain layered lighting and how it’s controlled.I could see the slightly vacant expression coming back at me, so I decided a practical was in order to explain what I was twittering on about
So I sat him down, set up my folding backdrop, one light stand, flash and umbrella and gave him a 5 minute demonstration.
He quite liked the results and I also got some cool shots of him for prosperity.
So, here’s my dad being a good sport while his youngest got all wide eyed and rattled on at 100mph.The look you only get from a father to their crazy son:
I sent it to him and he emailed back thanking me, but asked who the wrinkly old man in the picture was.
Comedian😉Commissioned Abstract Picture
I received a commission a few weeks back to create an abstract picture for a hairdresser in Woking, Surrey.
I did an abstract for a shop last year and the people who set up this shop in Woking really liked it and asked if I’d do one for them in the same style.The brief was that they wanted an image of the shop to be manipulated into an abstract image, but still recognisable. They also wanted it in bright bright colours to stand out against the stark white walls of the shop.
I spent about an hour taking the shots of the shop (night time) and had to use a couple of strobes to throw light across the sign in order to make the sign stand out.
Once post production was complete I did a selection of 18 images which the client shorlisted to 3 possibles.
3 sample prints were made and the final pickedI printed the picture last week on my Epson 9880 and left it to dry for a few days.
It measures in at 64″x36″ printed and 60″x32″ once on the frameOnce dried it was mounted on a gallery wrap frame and is now waiting for the client to pick up.
Here’s the image:
To see it in the flesh you can visit the shop
Signature
Wych Hill,
Woking,
Surrey
GU22 0EU
t: 01483 715225Bert Stephani Workshop to take place in Richmond RACC
I visited a couple of locations for the workshop and one was booked 🙂
The venue for Day 1 will be held in the heart of Richmond in the Parkshot Richmond Adult Community College (RACC) building which is about 2 minutes walk from Richmond station and is also easily accessible by road, tube and bus.
We will have pretty much the run of the college, but we’ll be based in 1 room and we can use the corridors and the gardens if required (depends on what Bert wants to do)
The second day we’ll be exploring different locations in a walking distance in and around Richmond.
On both days the workshop we will gather at 09:30, start at 10:00 and aim to finish at around 18:00
Directions, other information and forms will be emailed to each participant prior to the WorkshopFinal location to be booked. We’ll update the main Event Page if there is more information
