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Lighting workshop

April 19, 2010

A few weeks ago, I attended an awesome lighting workshop taught by James Frederico of the The Feds Studio. He demystified flash photography for us and laid out what kinds of lighting equipment we need to take our photography to the next level. The workshop lasted all day but the hours just flew by! I highly recommend it, and it’s a really good workshop if you’ve never taken your flash off your camera before. Now I really want to buy some lighting equipment and play with it but that will have to wait.

James explaining what equipment we need to “make it work.”
James explaining what equipment we need

We had a model who was really, really nice in letting us blind her with our flashes repeatedly! My eyes hurt after the workshop, so I can just imagine how bad hers felt!
model posting

Here’s a shot of what it looks like when you gel your flash. The background is ultra blue but the model looks completely normal.
flash photography using gels

Side lighting.
boston lifestyle photographer using side lighting

A behind the scenes look of the workshop. We were only using one flash to light up the scene. Here’s Jaclyn Lombardo in action.
lighting workshop in action

2 Responses to “Lighting workshop”

  1. Thanks for having me. All of you are the reason I was there. I had a great time and got to meet all of you :)
    If you ever need anything feel free to contact us.

    xoxo
    The Feds

  2. This looks like a fantastic workshop! I totally know NOTHING about lighting, and have been relying on trusting ambient light for all my photos. Would love to learn about off camera flash!

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