Intro to Studio Photography — By a Beginner for Beginners
Go from no studio experience to being able to control light in a few hours
(Update: Part 2 is up: Shooting Blade Runner inspired portraits using colour gels)
Recently I purchased an off-camera flash and started experimenting with studio lighting. I have shot natural light for a couple of years and like many others I was quite intimidated to try off-camera flash photography but I decided to take the leap. It’s so much fun, and I couldn't not believe how easy it was! I wish I had tried it sooner. It might be cliché but the concept of going from “taking a photo” to “making a photo” is really something different. Working with studio lights where you are able to fully control the light and therefore the image, is truly incredible — I almost feel like I’m falling in love with photography all over again.
This is the first post in a series where I’ll document my learning process to not only accelerate my own learning, but to invite others to follow along and hopefully learn something as well. I got started by learning from so many other photographers* openly sharing their knowledge online, so I’m thinking this as a way to give back to the community. These posts will contain behind the scenes kind of stuff like the lighting setups, post-processing before…
