***Registered Attendees will receive a Gift Card to Samy’s Camera for the ticket price they paid for the workshop!***
Session 1 — Speedlights Off Camera – 10:30am-1pm
We’ll start by moving the speedlight off the camera, and placing it deliberately to shape the light and control how the subject is rendered. We’ll cover manual and TTL power control, basic light modifiers, and how to freeze motion — all while keeping the results looking natural rather than “flash-lit.” We’ll work with a single Profoto speedlight and a pop-up diffuser or small reflector, photographing an actress in Samy’s Fourth Floor classroom.
Session 2 — Strobe Lighting Fundamentals – 2pm-4:30pm
Move up to working with a full-size Profoto strobe. Using a single light and reflectors, we’ll work through the core variables that define how studio light behaves: light quality (soft vs. hard), direction (front, side, and back), and contrast (managing the relationship between highlights and shadows). We’ll also cover exposure guidelines, working distance and perspective, and how to achieve a convincing natural-light feel from an artificial source. We’ll photograph an actress through several setups, and demonstrate how to direct talent for more engaging, authentic portraits. All questions will be addressed with live demonstrations.
There will be a live online review and editing session on Zoom on Monday October 5th at 7pm.
Instructor Bio: George is an ex-East-Coast-based advertising photographer, with over 30 years’ experience of providing services to Corporate and Editorial clients. Projects have included providing photography for annual reports, advertising and marketing materials, and magazine features shot on locations around the world. A life-long advocate for photographers’ rights, he has served on both the national and the LA board of directors of the American Photographic Artists and currently leads the Los Angeles Digital Imaging Group. George is also a photography educator who has taught at UCLA Extension (2007 Instructor of the Year), Samy’s Camera, and one-on-one. Every summer George leads travel photography workshops in Bali, Indonesia. In August 2011 George was recognized as one of the 13 Best Workshop Instructors, nationwide, by PDN Magazine, the Bible of the commercial photography industry. In July 2018 Digital Photo Pro Magazine profiled him and his specialized lighting of dancers and acrobats, in a feature article that can be read here (https://www.digitalphotopro.com/profiles/the-art-of-movement)
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