City Lit Pro: headshot photography
Course
In London
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
London
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Start date
Different dates available
This is an accelerated practical course in photographing commercial portraiture.You will work in small groups photographing each other in a variety of ways using studio lights, speedlights (camera flash) available light and a mixture of flash and available light.
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About this course
- Confidently create portraits of people using light as part of the creative process.- Adjust colour and contrast- Shoot with a camera tethered to a computer and use an efficient digital workflow in Lightroom and Capture One- Process digital image files for output to web and print.
Please bring your camera (if you have one) to the classes and you may wish to bring a notebook and pen. The City Lit has a range of Digital SLR cameras (Nikon and Canon), tripods, speedlights (flash guns), lenses and studio lighting which you are welcome to use during the hours of the class. It would be useful to bring a memory stick (or portable hard drive – please note: PC formatted hard drives can be read by Apple mac computers, but not written to.).
Reviews
Subjects
- Flash
- Lighting
Course programme
- Lighting for portraiture using studio lights.
- Lighting using available light.
- Lighting using Speedlights.
- Digital workflow using Adobe Lightroom and Capture One Software.
- Processing of digital images for web and print.
You will be taught using a range of techniques including workshops, short lectures, demonstrations, practical exercises, tutorials, group and individual assistance and hand-outs. Please note the City Lit uses Apple Mac computers in the Photography studio.
Additional information
The City Lit has a very large range of photography and software (Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One) short courses.
City Lit Pro intensive courses include VY400 Headshot photography, VY510 Adobe Photoshop Intensive, VY992 Technical photography skills intensive and VG511 Adobe Creative Cloud intensive.
General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00.
See the course guide for term dates and further details
City Lit Pro: headshot photography