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Hack Your Light

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Overview

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Hack Your Light is part of our special week-long event Lighting Toolkit.

Join award-winning photographer Chuck Arlund for an introduction to innovative lighting methods that result in breathtaking, dynamic images.

Chuck’s methods will enrich the work of a wide variety of photographers, whether you’re a natural light photographer trying to incorporate off camera lighting into your work, a studio photographer wanting to work on location, or a beginner looking to take your work to the next level.

As Chuck guides you through ways to make a photograph you’ve mentally envisioned into a reality, he’ll give you the confidence you need to fearlessly approach approach lighting not as an exact science, but as an art.

Syllabus

  • 9:00 am - Lighting Basics & High Light Portraits
  • White into Black
  • Simple Portrait
  • Making a Window
  • What Makes a Fashion Portrait?
  • Fashion Portrait Part 1
  • Fashion Portrait Part 2
  • DIY Lighting Modifiers
  • Shoot: Band Part 1
  • Shoot: Band Part 2
  • Thanks + Credits
  • Reverse Engineering Part 1
  • Reverse Engineering Part 2
  • Hipstamatic Shoot

Taught by

Chuck Arlund

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