Mastering Light 2010 at the Palace Theater in Danbury, CT | A Raw Photo Design Workshop
Lighting is not easy. Executing technically perfect lighting is a huge challenge in itself, but for wedding and portrait photographers that shoot “real people” (not models), have limited time and budget with unpredictable shooting situations it is understandable why many photographers are anxious about it. You asked for it, and we delivered the first workshop of 2010, Mastering Light.
We love teaching, we love meeting new people, and the best part was leaving yesterday feeling completely inspired and energized. We are so thankful that we get to do what we love and a huge bonus is that we got to spend the day with some super RAD photographers! We started the day off with me covering the importance of lighting and why it has been such a critical element to the growth and success of our business. Eric took everyone through an extremely deep dive into covering the gear, including what we use, why we use it, and when we use it, which we followed with shooting and a critique. The day was very intensive (we even worked through lunch), and I think it was very obvious to everyone how passionate, technical, and self admittedly a little geeky Eric is when it comes to off-camera lighting. I personally wish that we had video rolling to show you everyone’s faces when Eric started covering The Inverse Square Law, but I have to say, once shooting began it was so amazing to see all of the technical concepts just click for everyone.
Thank you to Jeff and Lindsey for being our awesome models! A big thank you also to the Palace Theater in Danbury, for giving us full rein to shoot in your venue for our workshop! You will see in the images below that I shot available light all day and used very little post processing to hopefully demonstrate the dramatic impact that lighting has on Eric’s images below. Let us know what you think!
Jeff getting ready for his big jump…
Great post sweetie…I’m not to happy about you giving away my secret pocket wizard rubber band holders…
killer workshop. you guys rock. thank you.
Ditto…Awesomeness…..
What an incredible workshop! Thanks so much for all the knowledge you guys gave me. I am truly inspired and ready to rock out my next wedding! Eric and Amber have raised the bar in wedding photography.
Bob
so cool – will definitely make it up to the next one. hopefully spring? summer??
I love the following:
1) Eric laughing
2) The stall shot (my fav)
3) Jump shot
Can’t wait for next Sunday!!!
I love the second shot and the ones on the couch, so beautiful! glad it was a success!
Eric and Amber,
I can’t tell you how inspiring this workshop was for me. Not so much as a photographer or in the way I now look at lighting. You two have inspired me to pursue a dream I’ve had of becoming a romance novel cover model. I now have three hours experience in front of a camera and I’m ready to take the plunge.
such an awesome and inspiring day. thanks so much for hosting and sharing your knowledge!
a – you’re super amazing.
b – this looks like so much fun.
c – jump shots kick butt!
your trichotomy of lighting awesomeness keeps me up at nite.
if i’m in your contact list…label me as ‘big fan’.
Release some new dates already!!!!! These are awesome! I love seeing you guys in action
Ohhh and good luck Jeff with your new modeling career!
Eric, your lighting is fantastic. I might have to make a trip up to Connecticut for your next lighting workshop.
That last shot is killer!
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