Outdoor Portrait with Flash – Photography Workshop
Prepare your camera and join us for a creative photo walk in Kraków on 20 July. Learn practical outdoor portrait techniques and how to combine ambient light with flash.
Prepare your camera and join us for a photo walk!
On 20 July we will meet in Kraków and set out on a creative walk devoted to outdoor portrait photography with a speedlight. You will learn how to assess a location, frame portraits effectively, hide distracting elements and combine ambient light with flash. Our model, Asia Wołowiec, will help us put these techniques into practice.
During the walk we will discuss close-up, portrait and full-length lighting, choosing flash power for a desired effect, using natural backlight and working with an umbrella.
Programme:
1. Welcome and a short theoretical introduction.
2. Walk to the shooting location:
- choosing and evaluating locations,
- basic shooting principles.
3. Photo session:
- introduction to urban portraiture,
- composition and hiding unwanted elements,
- selecting flash settings,
- combining ambient light and flash.
4. Walk to another location:
- fashion portraits and natural backlight,
- using an umbrella to light a full figure.
5. Workshop summary.
Details
Meeting point: Plac Niepodległości in Kraków. We will work with Reporter 200, Stroboss 60 or V1 and an umbrella modifier.
Kraków, 20 July, 17:30. Duration: approx. 3 hours.
Price: PLN 99
Places limited to a maximum of 8 participants.
Instructor – Adam Laube
Fashion and portrait photographer fascinated by visual arts from an early age. His travels to the UK and Benelux helped him broaden his knowledge and practice photography. As a member of the Quadralite / @quadralite team, he creates his work in Kraków.