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Fill Light - The How & Why

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Workshop - Fill Light – The How & Why

May 02, 2019 in Workshops

For this workshop we will be focusing on the how & why of using a fill light.

Fill can be provided from a reflector, card or an additional light but it’s placement and use is important to have create shape and control shadows.

We will work through multiple lighting setups using fill including negative fill. It’s an open question workshop so ask away and bring your cameras and note pads.

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Setups to take away and use.

Photography Workshop - Two Lights A Practical Workshop

September 23, 2018 in Workshops

This coming Wednesday 26th Sep I am running another of my workshops at the studio. For this one we will be looking at a number of two light setups that you can take away and use in your own portraits and work.

My workshops are all practical with plenty of tips and information given and you get plenty of time to shoot as well as ask questions.

Start Time is 7:15pm and it runs till 10:15pm.

Booking and further information can be found on the button below.

I look forward to seeing you at the workshop.

Rick

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A couple of images that were shot using 2 lights.

A two light setup. Key light a speedlite with a MagMod magbeam and a colder fill from camera left with a strip gridded strip box.

Two studio lights with gridded strip boxes. The grids give control of the light preventing it spill on to the background.

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In My Bag... Studio - The Studio Lights

September 20, 2018 in Gear, The Craft

When I started in photography years ago I used speedlites ( still do ) and whilst great due to portability they lack power for a studio environment. My first speedlites were Younnuo YN460’s and whilst they spat out light, in all honesty they were garbage. I later moved to YN 560’s and they were not much better, so I picked up a set of Canon 430EXii which a far better light than any of the YN units.

I ran the Canon 430EX II’s for a few years and added a Canon 600EX-RT later. The location kit has change some and that will be covered in another post.

Next came the studio lights. For a few years I rented local studios for clients work before opening mine so I have experience with a fair few brands (Bowens, Profoto, Various others).