Elective: Introduction to Studio Photography
Saturdays
Photoworks Studio
10/4/25
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10/25/25
Date
10:00 AM
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1:00 PM
Time
Price
$350
Duration
4
About the Course
Start learning studio lighting techniques with lighting guru and bestselling author Frank Van Riper. He will provide all lighting equipment—both large and small—to help you learn how to create amazing effects even in a windowless room. This class is all about light, controlling the light and reductive lighting where light is removed.
Basic knowledge of flash required.
What Will You Learn?
Start learning studio lighting techniques with lighting guru and bestselling author Frank Van Riper. He will provide all lighting equipment--both large and small--to help you learn how to create amazing effects even in a windowless room.
Class Content:
· Demonstration and exercises to learn how to be in total control of your lighting
· Use a variety of light sources – from remotely-triggered strobes, to small strategically placed flash units, reflectors, etc.
· Reductive lighting – removing, not adding light sources to achieve the desired lighting effect
· Directional lighting to emphasize shape and contour
· Working with gels
Equipment Needed:
DSLR, mirrorless or film camera
Your Instructor
Frank Van Riper
Frank is an award-winning documentary and fine art photographer, journalist and author whose work has been published internationally.
He has lectured widely, including at the Maine Photographic Workshops and the Smithsonian Resident Associate program. In 2007 he was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award from the University of Maine at Machias for his “outstanding career in journalism and photography” and in 2011 was inducted into the City College of New York Communications Alumni Hall of Fame.
At Photoworks he teaches a myriad of classes, including: Lighting Basics, Glen Echo Park at Night, La Faccia - Photographing the Face, and Photographing Artwork.
Gvrphoto.com
"I teach the way I cook: hands-on. The manual will teach you the basics, but I am there to help you get the most out of your camera by showing you how it’s done. Then (here’s where the magic happens) you take control of your camera, newly confident, and make photos you never thought possible."