The principals and techniques you learn in this class will apply universally to all lighting situations and will help you whether you are using natural light indoors or out.

This is an exciting all day workshop for those who either want to begin learning, or brush up on the fundamentals of photography lighting with a concentration on outdoor and natural lighting.

Using a combination of theory and practical exercises, each student will bring their camera to the class, set up and meter lights, and take pictures of professional models.  This course will be meeting outdoors and will be rescheduled if the weather appears to be unsuitable for outdoor photography. 

Module 1- Lighting Physics 101

Once you understand how light behaves and how to control it, you will no longer neet to memorize complicated lighting setups.  This section will cover color and white balancing outdoor light, plus the four critical principals for managing light!

Module 2-Light Metering and Contrast

Learn how to use a light meter as well as some alternate techniques for using upir camera's light meter.  We will cover ways to ensure that you stay within your camera's dynamic range, and improve contrast in your images.

Module 3- Outdoor Flash Photography

Covers the interesting subject of using flash photography outdoors,
how it differs from natural light and the different
techniques that can be used with flash as either your fill light, or the keylight.

Module 4-  Outdoor Portrait Lighting techniques

Learn several different basic portrait lighting techniques using the available and additive lighting using modifiers.  Learn what light to seek, what light to avoid, and how to manage bad light in situations where you can't avoid it.