This semester at Vancouver Photo Workshops I’ve started teaching an 8 week on & off camera, one light flash class. The opening 2 weeks have been great, filled with a lot of information and some hands on testing of different gear. Last night we had our night field trip and Scott & Shelley we kind [...]

Happy Canada Day everyone! At VPW, we are celebrating with yet another major event announcement. Yes, we are extremely busy these days lining up some amazing and rare workshop opportunities for you! On July 24th, we are hosting acclaimed Photograper Martin Prihoda for his Presentation: Big Light Far Away! Martin Prihoda is a Canadian born [...]

Don Giannatti will visit Vancouver Photo Workshops in a couple of weeks. His workshop, ‘Learn How To Light’ is scheduled for July 16th and 17th, 2011. This will be Don’s first ever workshop in Vancouver, and we are delighted he has chosen to offer it with us. Don has made a name for himself teaching [...]

I am nearing the end of my condensed 6 week intermediate class (crunched into 3 weeks), and on Monday night the weather and timing were on our side. This is one of the best times to take classes with VPW. Most of our classes are in the evening, so in the summer that means daylight, and in [...]

Hello everyone, our popular instructor Wayne Hoecherl is currently teaching his 10 week long Creative Lighting for Editorial and Fashion Course. Below are a few images from one of his recent classes. Some amazing lighting setups, great models and motivated students resulted in some amazing images. I’ve added a few behind-the-scenes images shot by one [...]

Hello everybody, WOW – that was a fund class on Monday night. Wayne Hoecherl was teaching his Creative Lighting 10 week Course and that night was planned for working with a Super Hero theme. Once you see the images you can likely image how much fun this shoot really was. Wayne is a master of [...]

Hello everyone, Took my Intermediate Digital SLR Photography Class out to shoot some models downtown last week. The theme of the night was using small flashes at night which can yield some really creative results. Below are some images we shot that night, complete with ‘strobist style’ diagrams so you can learn more about how [...]

So, it’s time to admit that I, Rachelle Fox, am a Lightroom addict. There’s no use trying to hide it anymore. I’ve lured many a photographer friend into using Lightroom 2 and I find myself using it more and more everyday. Does this mean I have abandoned Photoshop? No, but I find that I spend [...]

VPW hosted its first ever Small Strobes and Location Lighting Workshop this past weekend. LOTS of fun was had by all, as you can see in the following ‘behind-the-scenes-shots”. Enjoy the following images: Practicing the popular “key-shifting’ technique by the window. This image was shot wide angle so that you can see the flashes going [...]

Here are a few snaps from the Location Lighting Workshop VPW hosted last Sunday. Syx Langmann graciously took teaching the workshop over, so that I could spent some time with my new family… The Workshop was held at the Ironworks studios, a perfect location to practice all aspects of location lighting such as mixed color temperature lighting, [...]