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Rockin’ LED Lighting for Music Photography, Advanced Photoshoot with Jeremy Saffer

November 23, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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Class Summary

Date & Time:

November 23, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Location:
Hunt's Photo Waltham
Featuring:
Go behind the lens, tubes, and mind of twenty-year rock and celebrity portrait photographer Jeremy Saffer and get a glimpse into the world of music photography using LED lighting.
Co/Guest Instructor:
Rock & Celebrity Photographer Jeremy Saffer
Class size:
Up to 15 attendees
What to Bring:
  • Your camera (digital if you could please)
  • Any lenses you want to use
  • Feel free to bring snacks and water. There will be snacks on hand, but if you have any dietary restrictions please let us know
  • Bring an extra camera battery and freshly formatted memory cards
  • Anything you want to take notes with
  • As always, bring your enthusiasm and creative thoughts!
Recommended Prerequisites:
Having a basic understanding of photography, camera settings, and being familiar with your camera is important. Students must be able to operate their camera?s menu navigation and button system on their own. Knowledge of photography basics & understanding of the exposure triangle required. Students do not need any prior lighting experience
Misc:
Who Should Take This Workshop?
Days 2 and 3 of Jeremy’s workshops will consist primarily of photographers building lighting scenes and shooting. If you have taken any of Jeremy’s past classes on LED Lighting, that should give you enough background to take this class. If you have not taken any of Jeremy’s classes in the past, we recommend starting by taking Day 1 as well! (The three day option below will be best!)
ABOUT OUR WEEKEND OF WORKSHOPS WITH JEREMY SAFFER- This workshop is day 2 of our weekend workshops with Jeremy.  Friday is Dark Beauty: LED lighting for dramatic gothic portraits, Saturday is LED Lighting for Cosplay, and Sunday is Rockin’ LED- Lighting for Music Photography! If you would like to sign up for all three days at a discounted rate, make sure to choose the Three Day Option!

If you are sick or feeling unwell, STAY HOME! We will gladly give you a partial credit towards a future workshop. Also, please note: We are requiring that ANY ATTENDEE with a cough MUST wear a mask for the health and safety of the attendees, instructors, and models.

Important Notes:
Video Recording is not permitted but taking BTS photos are fine
Policies:
Refund / Cancellation Policy

Refund Policy – Special Workshop

Certain special workshops, such as this one, are non-refundable. If you need to cancel more than 10 days prior, you can receive a 50% credit towards a class in the future. We do not offer credits within 10 days of the 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.

Go behind the lens, lights, tubes, and mind of twenty-year rock and celebrity portrait photographer Jeremy Saffer and get a glimpse into the world of music, celebrity, and entertainment photography using LED and Tube lighting in this workshop where we will work with and photograph bands and musicians!

In this workshop, the emphasis will be on photographing musicians and bands. Attendees will work to develop their technique for lighting both the individual and the group in order to create depth, emotion, and impactful imagery.

Who Should Take This Workshop?
Days 2 and 3 of Jeremy’s workshops will consist primarily of photographers building lighting scenes and shooting. If you have taken any of Jeremy’s past classes on LED Lighting, that should give you enough background to take this class. If you have not taken any of Jeremy’s classes in the past, we recommend starting by taking Day 1 as well! (The three day option below will be best!)
What Gear Will We Learn?
We will be using Nanlite Tubes, COB LED Lighting, light modifiers and more. We will cover white balance and color within those lights.
We will also work with the Nanlite app to control the lights wirelessly, in order for you to have a more fluid understanding of how to light scenes.
ABOUT OUR WEEKEND OF WORKSHOPS WITH JEREMY SAFFER- This workshop is day 2 of our weekend workshops with Jeremy.  Friday is Dark Beauty: LED lighting for dramatic gothic portraits, Saturday is LED Lighting for Cosplay, and Sunday is Rockin’ LED- Lighting for Music Photography! If you would like to sign up for all three days at a discounted rate, make sure to choose the Three Day Option!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Anyone with an interest in portrait photography and lighting will gain much from this program. Music photographers looking to get into music portraiture. Any photographers who want the chance to photograph a band using professional lighting in a studio setting.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
Having a basic understanding of photography, camera settings, and being familiar with your camera is important but students do not need any prior lighting experience.

About Jeremy Saffer: Since 2004, photographer Jeremy Saffer has been making figures from the world of music, movies, and pop culture look iconic. Rightfully regarded as one of the most stylish and likable visual artists in contemporary media, he has crafted a recognizable, unique and fantastical range of styles that continue to dazzle in fresh and creative ways.
Utilizing his natural gift for alternative flair, it is Jeremy’s calling card to develop images and looks for clients that truly make the subject matter shine with star appeal and majestic imagery. For these reasons plus his likable, knowledgable personality, his portfolio extends to the covers and inside the pages of international publications such as Kerrang, Revolver, Metal Hammer, Alternative Press, Guitar World, Outburn, and countless other publications.
For a look at the caliber of entertainer who trusts Jeremy with their iconic imagery, you can look to the likes of hard rock and metal legends from Alice Cooper, Metallica, Slayer, Korn and Megadeth to contemporary heavyweights Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, Ghost, Bring Me The Horizon and more, movie and TV legends from A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Walking Dead, Hellraiser, A Clockwork Orange’s Malcolm McDowell and many, many more.
Saffer has been enlisted by both publications and the talent themselves, providing eye-popping album covers for the likes of Killswitch Engage and A Day To Remember, producing multiple A-list print series projects and gaining millions of YouTube views from music videos he has directed with In This Moment, Buckcherry, members of Rob Zombie and New Years Day and more.
On top of this elite tier talent list, for the past 10+ years, Jeremy has held seminars and workshops all across the United States encouraging droves of budding photographers and helping tomorrow’s visual artists develop a style of their own.
As you would expect for someone with such a dynamic and interesting style, Saffer extends to fine art photography with a litany of impactful and cinematic shots and scenes in his archive. His international back catalogue also includes hundreds of models and settings being used across a multitude of books, galleries, displays and art prints that have been sold all over the world.
The wealth of vision from his storied and unique career can be found in Jeremy’s latest project, The Daughters Of Darkness. A fearless and provocative hybrid of his iconic music photography and penchant for fine art, the project explores beauty within the macabre and features tributes to his love of black metal, doom and fantastical imagery. Daring to take his art into the furthest reaches of his imagination, this is sure to be a milestone in a career that continues to impress and expand into bold and brave new horizons.

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