coffee-shop class #9: lighting within the camera frame

“lighting within the frame” opens up a whole new case of flash flavor to photography.

you will not wan to miss this next coffee-shop class! we'll go over the techniques as taught by john michael cooper at the image-x ’08 workshop a few days ago. after spending a day picking his brain, learning some new lighting techniques, i am excited to share them with you.... alt-f has given me the two thumbs permission to teach this special class!

part 1: we'll cover the basics of using a continuous light sources, such as a video light, modeling lights, or even a simple flash light, to light the subject with ease in ANY conditions with minimal equipment. folks, this is the strobist philosophy we totally subscribe to! we’ll start with something simple as i explain the technique employed to create my image of the “queen of hearts” here:


then, we’ll take one step further with a simple technique of light painting (as scene down below) and talk about creative options to lighting different people at different times and paint them into a single composite. my snap shot below was taken aside john while explaining his technique of lightpainting. this is really HIS idea for the shot, but i using it to explain what we’ll be doing.


part 2: we'll explore the post-processing in photoshop to merge the series of photographs into one stellar image in less than 10 minutes. we’ll go over briefly some CS3 creative tools the boutwell's totally rad actions that are paramount to our post-processing “look.”

who: those wanting to step outside the box and light within

when: wednesday, october 15, 2008 from 5:30 - 7:00 pm

where: Ink! Coffee, 1590 little raven street in denver, 80202. for those who like to get lost explore, here's the map.

why: to teach and learn and have fun, plus an opportunity to network with other denver photographers

cost: *free,* as always.

what to bring: (optional) camera, tripod, video light, flash light/tissue paper, or small softbox with strobe with a modeling light.

RSVP: in the comments section of the blog below. class size limited to 10 due to the size of the coffee shop & technical nature of the material.

homework: have a look at some of john’s visionary work from new orleans to get an idea of some of the techniques we'll be employing.
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if you are lost, call r. j. kern of kern-photo at 303.474.0983.