David Solow
28-Dec-2011, 05:36
Hi all,
Do any of you know of any excellent workshops in studio portrait work (H&S and full body)? I don't plan on doing my own processing, so I am most interested in a workshop that focuses on lighting, camera adjustments (tilt, swing, rise, fall, etc.), and working with models.
I am comfortable with my camera and use the camera adjustments all the time when shooting architecture. For studio portrait work, I use an MT 3000 with a Cooke 229mm lens about 90% of the time. I really haven't used the camera adjustments much for the studio portrait work. My studio has no natural light, so I shoot with strobes or continuous lighting. I use strobes about 90% of the time. And with strobes, I use them at their lowest settings with ND filters over the lights about 90% of the time, so I can use the Cooke wide open (f/4.5) for the most dramatic soft focus.
I have taken three excellent workshops in lighting and working with models already, and they were very informative. However, these workshops were geared toward the digital photographer. Now, I am looking for a LF version of this. I have already signed up for one week-long workshop, The Portrait and the View Camera, at ICP in New York in January, but I'm looking to take more.
Thanks in advance for your help,
David
Do any of you know of any excellent workshops in studio portrait work (H&S and full body)? I don't plan on doing my own processing, so I am most interested in a workshop that focuses on lighting, camera adjustments (tilt, swing, rise, fall, etc.), and working with models.
I am comfortable with my camera and use the camera adjustments all the time when shooting architecture. For studio portrait work, I use an MT 3000 with a Cooke 229mm lens about 90% of the time. I really haven't used the camera adjustments much for the studio portrait work. My studio has no natural light, so I shoot with strobes or continuous lighting. I use strobes about 90% of the time. And with strobes, I use them at their lowest settings with ND filters over the lights about 90% of the time, so I can use the Cooke wide open (f/4.5) for the most dramatic soft focus.
I have taken three excellent workshops in lighting and working with models already, and they were very informative. However, these workshops were geared toward the digital photographer. Now, I am looking for a LF version of this. I have already signed up for one week-long workshop, The Portrait and the View Camera, at ICP in New York in January, but I'm looking to take more.
Thanks in advance for your help,
David