In this shot we see a single flash gun on this child portrait.

But thats what you can do with a flash gun and there are some more far better examples of the use of flash guns especially with fashion photography. But this post is about studio lighting and I wanted you to think outside of the box before you get fixed on studio lighting.

these videos I found from a comment made on one of our websites and blogs and want ed to realy show these as they do offer the basics of simple lighting.

ONE LIGHT

This is the follow up video that gives you the ONE TWO and THREE lights.

One of the things that I do spot most of the time is no hair lighting  with it is needed and this has a BIG effect on the way that the pictures looks and hte model asn they pull them away from the backgrounds and to add some Drama and Contrast.

Of course as a creative person, Lighting and  aspects of your lighting will effect the way the image is portrayed and using different lighting for different styles of photography is  important as well.

This photo is a reverced lighting application, the  more higher power light is 45 /45 to the rear and the gun is balnaced for even lighting on the front of the subject about 20 degrees off centre and  just slightly under the level with the eyes for those catch lights and of course to remove the shadowing under the nose.
When It comes to models with Dark hair you  tend to have to go up a few stops over those with light hair where you would have to come down a few stops, but with curls, and you can see you need to take a medium basis for the light as often the thiner areas of hair will burn out as the light shines through the hair itself.

Either way the best way to learn is with geting out there and playing with the lights and really working the difference in the power and position of the lights to add or remove shadows.
If you want to try something simple with your flash gun, take a sunjects  photos with the flash pointing directly up and then turn your camer upside down and see the change in the contrast and lighting and how it falls across the face and where the shadows fall.

Today and for many years a lot of people have looked at moving into photography as a business or as a second income which has come about because of a photography hobby and interest.

Within our photography as a business workshops, we look at photography as a business more as an individual basis, this is due to the vast areas of photography that one may wish to move into.

• Business- underling importance
• Company formation
• Business presentation and targeting
• Marketing your business
• Requirements
• Funding
• Business plan

Being able to use a camera is one thing, running a photography business is another.

Many photographers fall into a legal nightmare within the first few months of opening their photography business. One clear problem is dealing with contracts and the legal issues that you may come across.

The other important parts of running a photography business is marketing your skills and business in the correct manor for the intended market, some things work and something’s don’t; it better to be ahead than to fail trying.

photography business

Many new photographers move into business with the wrong ideas, this can be fed from a interest in the subject and then maybe a friend asking for them to shoot a few pictures. The photographer then puts an advertisement or website together with out thinking of the legal problems they have caused themselves; in fact there are many website’s that make the photographers liable or offer more than they intend to.

Photography business basics

Selecting the right business model to work from is essential as you can lose your home and all your assets if you get it wrong. During the workshop, we look at the various options available and how to safe guard yourself against common problems that most photographers come up against.

As the needs and aspirations of photographers differ greatly, our business workshops are a one to one service, this ensures that the advice given is targeted directly at your needs and ongoing requirements.
Set over a few weeks, we first look at your business idea and then look at your target market to carry out a feasibility study. This is to understand you and your business as a basic foundation of our advice and test to see your requirements for basic business planning.

We then look at your skills,and business model and make suggestions giving you feedback. we then offer advice and help you with your next step.

The follow step will be your presentation and marketing, this may be advertising or online website, where we can help you with this to ensure you are aware of the requirements that you need to have and make.

We look at your contracts and provide sample contracts for you to use. Following this we provide some support for you after you start your business if you happen to become stuck.

We do cover other areas that we have not mentioned in this run down of our photography business workshop, such as funding grants, VAT and taxes, company formation, etc etc. for more information click here to view the GTWCMT business services website. This is a link to the CEO of national photographers other business website, which offers services to you as part of a complete service.

Interesting links:-

External – What it takes to be a wedding photographer.

Being stuck in this rutt can often lead to photographers missing out on jobs just because people think that their work is out dated and you can see the difference between newer photographers and older photographers as well as the changes in advertising and what actually sells.

This course is a combination of theory and practical work to get your photography to think out side of the box.

The aim of the course is to bring you back to basics, using the rule of thirds and breaking those rules to give you more outstanding results.

Take a new and fresh look at subjects by going far from your comfort zone and tackling new assignments and having your work critiqued as well as hands on work with one of our photographers.

The photography training is firstly an assessment of your work and critique of your work, you can then resubmit your work based on the critique that was given.
We will ask you to complete a task to see how out side the box and comfort zone you can go and then the remainder of the photography training course is hands on real photography with a professional photographer.

Our courses are meant to challenge you, but they are relaxed and informal so that you enjoy being told your photography stinks.. only joking.. but its a laid back more casual form of training rather than being at school, and is also a more one to one from of training.

The aim of the course:

• Look differently at approaches to taking a image
• take a image differently
• retrain your way of thinking and habit
• show you a different way of working
• Give you tips and advice on altering images
• Hands on work as well as assignments to gain an understanding of how you shoot and how to improve.

This photography training course is targeted at photographers that are already established and wish to redevelop their photography skills. This is NOT a film to digital Photography course (see basic photography training for learning digital photography).

We offer more tailored courses based on the two types of learners

New to Photography Training

New to Digital Photography Training

The photography courses are based on standard learning, if you have problems you can have the course extended and we will carry out a more personal structure for your extension.

The New to photography course:

• How a camera works and terminology
• What the settings do
• How to frame an image
• How lighting effects an image
• Buying a camera
• Workflow for digital cameras and basic image editing.

Basic photography training for family photos

This photography training course is targeted at people who haven’t touched a camera in some time and want to learn a little bit of information on what digital cameras are, and how to make the most out of them.
We cover training on Point and shoot cameras as well as SLR (d) cameras, the limitations of digital cameras and how to carry out some basic photographic editing on your computer or laptop.

Course Structure

The course is a mixture of media and information. We will send you over some information, which is general reading material, which should point you in the right direction as a start.
The next step is about buying a camera if you don’t already have one, how they work what they do and what the different modes do etc..and what a camera cant do. so this is the technical part.
Your next part is a technical assessment of your photo’s, this will show where your going right and wrong, this is call a critique. You then take what we say and try again.
There is then some videos to watch and learn from. This will give you an insight to professional photography and image taking.
You will again try out your photography skills and see how you get on.

The final part of the course is a hands on day shoot and review with one of our photographers, you can ask questions and have them answered over the 6 hour time period and we will review your images as we go.

For some who fail to grasp some of the concepts this course, the photography training may actually be longer.The course is delivered online and can be also face to face if required.

The New to Digital photography course:

• How a camera works and terminology
• What the settings do
• Digital limitations over film
• How lighting effects an image
• Buying a digital camera and what mega pixels mean
• Workflow for digital cameras and basic image editing.

This photography training course is targeted at photographers who are moving from film camera to digital cameras. There is a difference between the two types of cameras and the menus can seen that bit to much with about 20 settings to do one thing and combinations. Digital photography is pretty simple once you grasp the basis of how the camera works apposed to film and understanding its limits and differences.

Course Structure

The course is more hands on than our basic photography training course in that we will provide you with information on the cameras, the technical limits and how to do the things that you do with your film camera on a digital camera.

We will go through a shoot (random) and walk you though so that you can see the differences and ask the questions as you need to. In basic form this photography course and digital photography training is a bit like having a friend that knows about digital and film cameras that you can ask all the questions that you want and we will show you.

we have digital SLR cameras that you can use if you haven’t bought your own digital camera yet and are holding back on taking the step toward digital photography.
This one to one time with a photographer and a digital cameras can give you a greater insight into using a digital SLR camera, how its work, its limits and how to make the most out of it.

This course is held over a 7 hour day (plus one hour for lunch)

For some who fail to grasp some of the concepts of this course, the camera training may be longer.

• One to one – Personal photography training on a range of subjects
• Web based – Online photography training, giving you resources over the Internet with links, emails and videos, with online feedback.
• Assignments to get you on the right path and test you.
• Workshops on real photo shoots working with professional photographers.

Work with us to learn more and discover hidden photography skills that professionals use.

Many professional photographers have come to us to look towards changing or developing their photography skill set. With photographers becoming stuck in a rut with the same patterns of shoot and sets, thinking outside of the box and retraining in photography can give a new life to their photography business and develop their skills in other areas and perspective.

Training for wedding photography

No matter if you are a new photographer or a established photographer moving to the wedding market, nothing can prepare you for the demands of wedding photography. Our Wedding Photography training has many steps to get you into the swing of wedding photography, know the formats and the poses to use and how to manage work-flow. If you meet the mark, you could come with us on a live wedding shoot to learn and watch with our photographers on real live weddings.

Training For boudoir photography

Boudoir photography can be taken in two formats, art and modern. Our Boudoir photography course shows the poses, the lighting and what works with models as well as some tricks to make the most of your photos. This photography training course is based on a theory and a live shoot in our boudoir set or location sets with models.

Training for Event Photography

You dont really need training for Event photography, just a frim understanding and knowledge of the kit you require to make the most out of your event and provide for your customers.

Training for Lighting

Photography is painting with light, and learning to use light to your advantage  to pain your pictures add drama and contrast to your pictures is all in the lighting.. You have heard about the golden hour?  We go through a range of lighting techniques to put you in control of your lighting.

Learn photography basics

Picking up a camera and getting average shots may not be what you are aiming for and peoples feet and heads may get cut off or you just want to improve your photography skills.. We offer photography courses for the learner and their point and shoot camera and a follow up advanced  photography course.

Online Video and editorials Photography training

With todays busy life styles and busy photographers, its important to offer flexible training for photography. We offer a range courses and photography tutorials online with videos, editorials and articles as well as online support for you to learn with.

On this new website we will be allowing those looking for photography training to enter into the website for online training where you can undertake an online photography training course. Not only will we be offering online training through videos and assignments but there will also be one to one photography training as well as group training days where you can learn all about photography.

Our Photography training courses will be carried out by a real trainer who is also a photographer  and has many years of training people and designing courses.

Our Photographic Training Courses  will cover a wide area of photography and go from the beginning (learner) stage to the more advanced levels of training such as creative lighting and even some tricks on photo-shop.

Here is a quick list of  the photography training courses we will be offering.

• Photography basics (P&S)
• Photography Basics (P&S+)
• Wedding Photography training
• Boudoir Photography training
• Stock Photography training
• Portrait Photography training
• Fashion Photography training
• Creative Lighting
• Marketing your photography business and Website

We hope you will enjoy the new website and the new features that we will be adding to this photography training website.