PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS
At R6 Studio in Kettering we offer various workshops throughout the year for complete beginners to more experienced photographers. Our workshops are run by seasoned photographers in small groups, ensuring you get plenty of support and hands on experience. We also offer 1:1 tuition if you would prefer this.
Time: 10am - 2pm
Price: £129 pp
Capacity: Max 5 persons
Sunday 16th February 2025
Lighting basics: An introduction to the essential concepts of studio lighting.
Course overview:
This course is ideal for beginners to hobbyist photographers who want to learn how to use studio lighting. There will be plenty of hands on experience, in addition to some theory, and we will have Hannah, a professional model, available to shoot with during the workshop.
Course content includes:
Camera settings - how to set your camera when using studio strobes
Studio lights - different lights and the modifiers available
How to set and place lights - how placement affects the light
Working with a model - how to work with a model
Creating a scene - how to use backdrops and props
What you need to set up a home studio - basic equipment needs
Time: 11am - 3pm
Price: £129 pp
Capacity: Max 4 persons
Saturday 22nd March 2025
Lighting styles: A more comprehensive overview of different light setups within a studio, and some you can use at home. Guest trainer John Duder
Course overview:
John is an experienced photographer and trainer who will go through various lighting set ups with our amazing model Kym. This course is suitable for anyone who wants to extend their knowledge on lighting set ups.
Course contents includes:
Setup 1: Natural light in the studio environment – this places emphasis on creative use of wide apertures and careful composition to show the model in context, without cluttering the frame.
Setup 2: High-key art nude on the white backdrop – giving images that are ideal for conversion to monochrome.
Setup 3: Strong sidelight – allowing a mysterious and dramatic approach to art nudes, and gives the drama that works so well with Kym’s body art.
Setup 4: IKEA LED lamps – with the advent of pretty LED lamps to fit standard light sockets, there’s a vogue for using them as a major feature in creative images, combined with flash. If you use these in combination with flash, the problem is that there are big differences in brightness and colour of such lamps and studio flash units or speedlights!
Setup 5: low-key art nudes with coloured LED floodlights – I’ve shied away from using gels for many years, and only recently tried them out properly. I hope that you’ll enjoy using them the way I have set them up, to give contrasting colours on different sides of the model. LED flood lights have a wider range of colours to offer, and are cheap to buy.
Setup 6: Toplight - this gives a moody and highly directional light for a dramatic low-key effect using a standard reflector with a honeycomb grid.
1:1 Tuition on camera basics or studio lighting
Overview:
We are happy to support and guide you on any aspect of studio photography. We can tailor a 2 hour course to suit your specific needs and requests, so please get in touch to discuss this further and confirm availability.
Price: £75 without a model (if you want to bring one) and £150 with a model. Please email: info@r6photography.co.uk
Course contents can include any of the following:
Camera basics and getting into manual mode, how to use strobe lights, different lighting modifiers and what they do, high key lighting, low key lighting, headshot lighting, creative lighting, working with a model, what you need for a home set up and much more.
“My first time in a studio and what an amazing experience it was! I have been photographing for 3 months. Neil is absolutely superb. Nothing was too much for him! He helped me with all the lighting set ups, explained everything thoroughly, helped me with inspiration. I couldn’t have asked for me. Offered refreshments. He is very welcoming, polite, respectful, kind. If anyone is considering hiring this studio then do it, you will not be disappointed. I can’t wait to come back again. Thankyou again for everything.”
