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Flash! Creative Portraits with Speedlights- Hunt’s Photo, Melrose

January 14, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Class Summary

Date & Time:

January 14, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Location:
Hunt's Photo Melrose
Featuring:
Learn how to use your speedlight to create beautiful portraits
Skill Level:
Rebecca Wade and Paul Nelson
Class size:
10 attendees
What to Bring:
  • A standard zoom lens is a good starting point
  • You are welcome to bring your own flash and light modifier (soft box, etc), or you may use what we have
  • You will not need a tripod
  • Feel free to bring snacks and water.
  • Bring an extra camera battery and memory cards.
  • As always, bring your enthusiasm and creative thoughts!
Recommended Prerequisites:
Working knowledge of your camera; We also recommend having some of the knowledge from our Beginner Photography class; Having a flash helps!
Policies:
Refund / Cancellation Policy

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For classes, walks, & workshops, cancellations and postponement can be made up to 48-hours prior to the scheduled time. Refunds cannot be granted for cancellations placed less than 72-hours/3-days before a class or walk, but you can receive a 75% credit toward a future class, walk, or workshop.

For all cancellations, you must contact classes@huntsphoto.com prior to the event. If you register for a class and do not show up, your payment will be forfeited..

Speedlights are a powerful tool with such great possibilities that you can use on and off the camera. Unfortunately, they can be a finicky tool, difficult to understand.
But they don’t need to be! With a little bit of know-how, you can create excellent portraits ANYWHERE using your speedlight!
In this Creating Portraits with Speedlights Session, we’ll discuss, demonstrate, and then practice with models how to set up a great portrait anywhere using the simplest of tools and methods. In this workshop, we will specifically be working with speedlights/flash off the camera using triggers.
Most importantly, attendees will be guiding the setup (and take down) of all the gear. Attendees are also encouraged to bring their own gear, but we will begin with gear that anyone can use, including:
-A Variety of brands of Speedlights
-Off-Camera Triggers
-Lightmeters
-Softboxes, Reflectors, and other Diffusers
Layout of the day:
9am- Introductions, brief presentation/discussion on exposure & speedlights, camera setup
10am- Begin creating setups
11-3pm- Photographing with models. We will have about 3 hours in three setups.
2pm- Takeaways from the day

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