A great way for photographers to learn about portraiture and lighting!

PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY DIGIDIRECT CANNINGTON

Do you want to get better at creative lighting in portraiture? Would you like to understand the different portrait lighting techniques and how they can create emotion and mood in your portraits? Then come and join us for an evening that's all about the absolute pleasure of portrait lighting. Whether you're a beginner or a more experienced photographer, you'll pick up great tips and techniques about portrait lighting.

Best of all, this is a hands-on event, so bring your camera and lenses and capture some great portraits as well! Digidirect will have a range of lenses available for you to try.

What's in this for you?

• Learn about lighting types: hard lighting, soft lighting, feathered lighting, wraparound lighting.
• Find out about lighting patterns for beautiful and dramatic portraits: broad lighting, short lighting, loop lighting, Rembrandt lighting, beauty lighting and rim lighting.
• Work with a model, and add great portraits into your portfolio.
• Find out how to pose your portrait models for the light.
• Pick up great lighting and photography tips!

You'll be led by professional photographer and portrait lighting teacher, Seng Mah, through the evening and come away with great captures! It's going to be an evening that's full of fun and, if you're not a portrait photographer yet, it'll make you fall in love with portraiture!

Don't miss out as this event is limited to 10 participants (so that everyone can have hand-on time shooting with our models)!

WHAT TO BRING

• Your interchangeable lens camera (DSLR or mirrorless) with memory card/s and batteries (always bring a fully charged spare).
• Lens/es in the 50mm - 200mm range. Lenses with wide apertures (f/2.8, f/1.8) will be advantageous. If you are a GFX user, lenses 63mm and longer will be suitable.
• Some props if you'd like our models to pose with your prop ideas. Suggestions include: flowers, hats, caps, scarves, books. picture frames and masks.

Note: This workshop is suitable for Fujifilm interchangeable lens cameras, including DSLRs and mirrorless camera

Refund requests: Please note that effective 1 July 2019, Eventbrite will no longer refund the booking fee (which is included in the price of this event). If you request a refund, your money will be refunded less the Eventbrite booking fee -- which is 2.6% of the price of the event).

ABOUT SENG MAH
Seng Mah is the owner of Venture Photography Workshops and Tours, which he has been running since 2009 in Fremantle. He's a photographer, traveller, explorer and educator who has been teaching photography professionally for more than 10 years. He is an Accredited Professional Photographer with the Australian Institute of Professional Photography. His photographs have won awards and been exhibited in Australia and Internationally. Seng is the 2018 WA Professional Documentary Photographer of the Year, and the WA Professional Travel Photographer of the Year finalist in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He's an experienced photographic judge and is a committee member of the WA Photographic Judges Association.