Studio Portraiture Basics serves as a follow-on to Introduction to Studio Lighting. This course will cover simple portrait lighting and posing techniques to help you get more impressive portraits. We will cover how to create various portrait lighting styles, proper use of your light meter for maximum accuracy, and how to choose and use light modifiers to get the look you want. We will be using studio flash (strobe) lighting, but we will cover how you can do many of these techniques with continuous (hot ) lights. Students should have a basic understanding of studio lights and how to use a light meter before taking this class. All camera formats are welcome, but as a prerequisite, they must be capable of synchronizing with electronic flash units. If you have any questions, please contact the instructor prior to registering. 

About the instructor:

Scott Davis is an internationally recognized platinum printer and published author. He shoots portraiture and the human figure in the studio with large format cameras. He has been practicing the craft of fine art photography for over 15 years. He received formal training at Maryland Institute College of Art, the Center for Alternative Photography in New York and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. His work has been exhibited nationally and locally, and published in magazines including Metropolitan Home and Creative Image Maker. 

A $25 discount will be offered to anyone signing up for both Intro to Studio Lighting and Studio Portraiture Basics.