Building and Using a Window Light Studio with Joseph Meehan Aug 28-29, 2010 Nov 13-14, 2010

© Palm Beach Photographic Centre

Members: $295 • Non-members: $345 • Model Fee: $45

Prerequisites: None

Space Limited to 12 participants.

Description

Before there was strobe lighting there was window light and some of the most outstanding studio pictures ever made right up to the present day have been the result of using the natural light available at every window and skylight. In this three-day hand-on course, professional photographer Joseph Meehan will cover the basic principles of studio lighting using a single window light source. He will show how different forms of reflectors, diffusion panels, scrims, gobos and background choices can be employed to produce different looks for such applications as: model headshots, formal portraits, glamour settings and full length figure compositions as well as different types of product shots.
 
Participants will receive information for purchasing or building their own window light studio equipment as well as how to determine lighting ratios, how to produce different level of contrast, how to use fill light vs. a gobo, key metering techniques for correct exposures and how to obtain very accurate white balance results. A digital SLR with a moderate telephoto zoom lens is recommended along with a tripod.

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Biography

JOSEPH MEEHAN has been a professional photographer, writer and teacher for over 35 years. Hundreds of his photographs have appeared in books and magazines all over the world and the New York Times has characterized his style as “alive with color and sparkling with light.” Meehan was the Senior Technical Editor of Photo District News for over a decade and has authored over 500 articles in US and British magazines. He is the former editor of the Photography Yearbook and has written 25 books on photographic technique several of which have been published in multiple languages.

You can visit his website at www.josephmeehan.com