This weekend intensive workshop is designed to provide you with an advanced understanding of the practical and creative aspects of working on location with small portable lighting equipment.

This workshop is designed for all you Strobist's out there, looking not only to practice your skills in a professional environment but also to pick up additional tips and tricks that take your images to the next level.

We will concentrate on introducing you to the many options available when working with small strobes on location, whether indoors or outside. We'll cover technical concepts with a focus on the practical applications.

The workshop's main goal is to get you shooting as much as possible given practice is essential to advancing your skills. We'll shoot extensively on both Saturday and Sunday.

We'll work both indoors and outside. Extensive Shooting Assignments will be given, designed to give you hands-on practice. You will be working in small groups, specialized equipment will be provided for each group to work with, but you are encouraged to bring any gear you already own. Lighting and equipment demonstrations will be scheduled throughout the 2 days.

We'll meet in the morning to discuss equipment and our goals for the weekend. You'll be working with portable camera flashes (you are welcome to bring your own as well) using light modifiers such as beauty softboxes, umbrellas, bare bulb reflectors, snoots, grids etc...

The following techniques will be demonstrated and discussed, and will also be part of the specific shooting assignment list:

• Manual Mode on Small Strobes (Canon 580ex, Nikon SB800, Vivitar 283 etc...)
• Triggering options for small strobes
• Stands, Mounting Hardware, Light Modifiers, and other essentials on our gear list
• Lighting on a budget - home-made modifiers versus 'professional' solutions
• High Speed Sync - practical assessment
• Using Gels for both creative and corrective purposes
• Using multiple small strobes (Nikon's CLS, ITTL, Canon's ETTL 2)
• Wireless flash photography - practical assessment
• Key-shifting, slow sync modes, multiple exposure modes explained

Additional Lighting Exercises we explore:

• "Bare Bulb" Flash Lighting
• Simple Umbrella Lighting - Shoot Through versus Reflective
• Clamshell Lighting for Portraits, using various light modifiers
• Selective Lighting (using snoots, grids, zoomed flash beam, etc)
• Creative Lighting Techniques (using 'cookies', color gels, density filters)
• Hard versus Soft Light
• Directional versus Broad Light
• Mixing Ambient Light with Flash indoors and outside
• Multiple Exposures with flash

Level:

Intermediate/Advanced/Professional.
Participants are expected to be familiar with their flash's basic operation. It is suggested that you take our On-Camera Flash Workshop before taking this seminar.

Enrollment:

Maximum 15 participants.

Equipment Needed:

Bring your camera (must have manual controls) and at least 1 lens.
Optional: additional lenses, camera flash, tripod and any strobe equipment you wish to use.

We Provide:

Detailed course notes in binder.
All lighting equipment and professional models when shooting in a professional studio/location setting as part of this course.

Early-Bird Discount:

A 10% discount is applied automatically if you register before the Early-Bird Discount deadline date listed in the registration table below.

CAPIC & PPABC Members:

A 5% discount is available to CAPIC and PPABC members when registering online. Please be prepared to show your membership cards on the first day of your workshop.

Group Discount:

A 5% discount will be appplied if 3 or more people register at the same time for the same workshop. (All 3 tuitions must be paid for by one credit card to be considered a group registration.) Please follow the instructions on the online registration page.

In order to provide the best learning environment possible VPW keeps class sizes limited to 12-15 people (depending on the workshop). This is but one reason that we count on you to attend your chosen class, once you have registered for it.

If you must withdraw for any reason please be aware of our refund policy as follows:

For our local workshops, 1 to 5 days in length and our Local 10 Week Courses, VPW requires 15 days written notice (before the workshop start date) of your withdrawal in order to provide a refund. (Email notice is acceptable.)

If you wish to transfer to a different workshop date VPW requires 7 days written notice.

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The Small Strobes and Location Lighting Workshop is taught by the following instructor:

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Please choose your workshop date from the registration table below.