Introduction to studio lighting for creative portraiture
Dave Hutt, instructor
A three-hour hands-on workshop
Wednesday, September 21, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Workshop information
The workshop has been designed so participants will leave with a basic understanding of how to measure and control lighting, set up studio lights to create a variety of lighting styles and have enough information to be able to start taking creative studio portraits. Demonstrations and lecture include:
- Exploring light quality by looking at direct and indirect lighting sources using grid reflectors, beauty dishes, umbrellas, octobanks and softboxes
- Metering to measure and control lighting ratios between main and fill lights
- Setting up and working in a typical portrait studio—using main, fill, background and hair lights
- Sculpting with light to create close-up, head and shoulder, 3/4 length and full-length portraits
- Exploring lighting techniques used to create “Rembrandt,” glamour and fashion, and editorial style lighting
- Creating low-key, medium and high-key backgrounds
Workshop venue
Dave Hutt’s portrait studio is located in southwest Portland (near Washington Square).
Workshop format
There will be some lecture about setting up your digital camera, covering the principles of lighting and how to set-up a portrait studio without breaking the bank. Most of the workshop will be spent with Dave demonstrating how to create a variety of lighting styles with some hands-on opportunities for participants to manipulate and meter studio lighting while working with a live model.
Each participant will leave with a handbook for future reference.
About the workshop leader
Dave Hutt has been in professional photography since his apprenticeship in 1973. Since that time, he has owned or managed studios and color labs throughout the west. An award-winning photographer, he now devotes his career to photography education.
He is a founding partner in DMD Digital Dental Photography, a photographic training and consulting firm, and lectures to groups and schools around the United States on lighting, dental and medical, and forensic photography. He is a 1975 graduate of the University of Wyoming.
About the workshop
Enrollment. Participation is limited to eight students.
Prerequisites. This workshop is open to anyone with a basic understanding of how to use their camera and a desire to learn the fundamentals of studio lighting. To participate in the hands-on opportunitites, you’ll need to bring your dSLR camera.
Workshop tuition. The workshop tuition is $155 per person and includes a $10 non-refundable registration fee. Once your registration has been completed, we’ll send out additional information relevant to the workshop.
Withdrawal, Cancellation and Refund Policy. We rely on your attendance to make important arrangements so, if for any reason, you need to withdraw, please notify us in writing 14 days or more before the first day of the workshop. At that time, we will refund your deposit, minus the non-refundable registration fee. Registrations cancelled after that will be eligible for a refund (less the non-refundable registration fee and a $15 cancellation fee) only if a replacement can be found. If notification or cancellation is made seven days or less prior to the first day of the workshop, you will not be eligible for a refund.
NCP is not responsible for a participant’s cancellation due to a medical emergency, death in the family or acts of war.
In the event NCP cancels a workshop due to inadequate enrollment, all fees and deposits will be refunded in full, or if you prefer they may be transferred to another workshop within 12 months. However, NCP is not responsible for reimbursement of non-refundable airline tickets in the event of workshop cancellation. We strongly recommend you purchase travel insurance.
There are no exceptions to our Withdrawal, Cancellation and Refund Policy.
Waiting lists. When a workshop fills, we start a waiting list. There is no charge to be on the waiting list. If space becomes available, we contact the first person on the list. That person then has 24 hours to register before we move to the next person. If a space becomes available within 14 days of the start of a workshop, the registrar may call all persons on the waiting list and the space will be given to whoever completes their registration first.