Lighting portraits - masterclass with celebrity portrait photographer, Rory Lewis*
Thursday 7 November, 10:00am - 4:00pm £99.00 (Lunch not included)
All courses are practical tuition sessions giving you plenty of time to learn the skills taught in a hands-on manner; enabling you to work with professional models on the day and capture amazing photography for your portfolio. Group sizes are kept small so you can get more hands-on time in the practical tutorials. Rory uses fun and practical learning techniques for all his digital photography courses. You will work with professional models to hone your skills and walk away with new photography techniques.
From beginners to intermediate photographers, these sessions cater for the amateur and semi-professional: learn studio flash lighting, develop your understanding of studio technique and test using photographic models.
You will be shown the effect of softboxes, umbrellas, snoots, and beauty dishes alongside how to use reflectors and, both soft and hard lighting to change the mood and effect of a portrait. Learn what a main lights function is: how to use fill lights, back lights and hair lights and be shown how they affect the final image.
* There is a two-page spread in the latest edition of Photography News
Shooting branded content|Masterclass with Jim Marks and the Panasonic S1H Friday 15 November, 11:00am – 3:00pm £50
Join Wex Photo Video and professional filmmaker Jim Marks for a day getting to grips with the new Panasonic LUMIX S1H. This course is not only about the learning how to work with the camera, but also improving your filmmaking skills. Jim is hosting this course at BPS just opposite our Bristol store with a local Mixologist, so there will be plenty of opportunities to capture creative action shots as if you were creating a promotional film for the bar. Jim will introduce you to the many features and recording formats packaged into this compact 6K capable camera, including shooting with V-LOG. Covering the fundamentals of mirrorless cinematography to some more complex shooting techniques, Jim will be on hand to ensure you capture great footage throughout the day.
With an extra focus on working with LOG and LUTS, and a guide to using anamorphic lenses, this course will be suitable for a variety of skillsets.
The secrets of commercial food photography|Christmas edition with Esther Ling (Bristol) Panasonic
Friday 6 December, 11:00am – 3:00pm £50
Join Esther Ling as she explores the secrets of food photography when working commercially, with this Christmas edition of shooting food for advertisement. The methodology behind setting up efficient shoots has been set up over many years to ensure photographers are able to capture mouth-watering images that delight the customer and exaggerate the real product to have maximum engagement.
From potato substituted for ice cream, to painted raw turkeys, images of food have been tampered with throughout the industry for years. Esther will show you the best way to work and help you with gaining portfolio shots for when you work on the real thing and how to ensure you are prepared for working commercially at Christmas. We will have a full set up for you
Wild Arena|Macro moth photography Canon
Tuesday 10 December, 10am - 1pm OR 2pm - 5pm £30
These nocturnal creatures are a great way to learn macro-wildlife photography.
During the workshop, Wild Arena will present and demonstrate the fundamentals of macro photography and capturing stunning shots of wildlife close up.
We will cover a variety of topics including:
- The choice & use of macro lenses
- Keeping things in focus
- The creative use of depth-of-field
- Managing movement in the images with shutter speeds.
You will then have the chance to put these techniques into practice and get up close and capture these intricate insects. The moths will be displayed under photographic lighting and woodland dioramas, creating a real-world look indoors.
The sessions are ideally suited to customers using DSLR/Mirrorless cameras and we usually have some demonstration lenses available to try out on the day if you do not already own one.
With group sizes of a maximum of 12 delegates and the convenient and comfortable setting of Unit13, these days are great value for those photographers wishing to develop their skills in macro and close-up.
