1. Professional Studio Lighting
Kris baum

2. Setup Mac laptop – Simon
Two cameras & enough lenses & simon’s light meter
Get Camera fixed & sync cables & spare soft box
Shoot to camera is working
Sync cables & Pocket Wizards
Kill spill stands
Morning tea & afternoon tea
Course material prepared – with practical goals.
Music for CD player
Get some interesting props and wallpapers
Prepare lighting diagrams (example lighting scenarios)
Specularity, shadows, light distance, light angle, dropoff rate

3. Lighting Scenarios req’d
High key
Low Key
Hard lighting
Soft lighting
Rembrandt
Butterfly
Side Lighting
Gel Effects
Gobo Effects
Background gradation

4. Structure of the practicals
Explain the theory or technical with course notes
Show demonstration of key aspects with the lights in studio. try making the demo hands on & involve students.
Hand tasks to students for the two groups – with end goals in mind.
Of the two groups made of 3 people
Assistant
Photographer
Model
Each student must produce their own images from each prac with their own camera & their own memory cards in JPG mode.
Students should alternate after producing one lighting scenario
Students are encouraged to get creative, interact with the other student and produce a creatively appealing image / portrait.
Only one image (or one FAVOURITE) should be selected for each prac
Apon finishing prac exercises, students hand over their memory cards and I show the class the selected images on screen – on my 19inch monitor