SUMMER SCHOOL 2019 CLASS TWO

LESSONS FROM THE ARCHIVES

SUMMER SCHOOL 2019 CLASS TWO

While putting the Lighting Book together (free for subscribers to “In The Frame”) I found some tech sheets and thought I may share them here. Some of these techniques are of an older style, but the information is spot on and you can modify the tools to get something YOU want.

Light is light – and there is over 100 pages of ideas and info in the book.

Now to the Tech Sheets I found.

First up is a tech sheet for doing a beautifully lit headshot with a spray light. 

Click on image and “save link as” to download the JPG.

Next up is shooting with a small flash to create some flare.

Click on image and “save link as” to download the JPG.

This tech sheet covers shooting with a hard light and blending ambient exposure.

Click on image and “save link as” to download the JPG.

DECONSTRUCTING AN IMAGE
(speedlights and sun)

This is a PDF on using small flashes to create your own light in full sun.

This is a PDF file, so click and save to your computer.

DECONSTRUCTING AN IMAGE
(speedlights for a natural look)

This is a PDF on using small flashes to create a natural light feel to a portrait

This is a PDF file, so click and save to your computer.

DECONSTRUCING AN IMAGE
(speedlights on location)

This tutorial is on using small strobes to light up subjects in the desert.

This a PDF file, so click and save to your computer.

“I think that its a society that has totally lost its bearings on the terms of what its values are, and so its put all its value into celebrity. There is such a lack of spiritual self confidence perhaps that the achievers seem to have to be the kind of holy cows that people worship.”

— Editor, Vanity Fair, ca 1993

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Annie Leibovitz Documentary

"I think that its a society that has totally lost its bearings on the terms of what its values are, and so its put all its value into celebrity. There is such a lack of spiritual self confidence perhaps that the achievers seem to have to be the kind of holy cows that...

“The great thing about the job was that in the evenings when we weren’t doing these ads, we photographed Anjelica Huston and Julie Driscoll. Polly Mellon, the fashion editor was there – it must have been for Vogue. Julie Driscoll was a pop singer with Brian Auger and Trinity. Musically they were a very hot band at the time. At the end of the shoot, Dick (Avedon) gave her a kiss and she, being very, very English, said in her slightly Cockney accent, “Oh, I bet they’ll be awful,” which is a totally English way to say “Thank you.” He just froze. He sort of straightened, and said, “When I take pictures, they’re good.””

— Neil Selkirk on Richard Avedon

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Neil Selkirk with Elizabeth Avedon

"The great thing about the job was that in the evenings when we weren’t doing these ads, we photographed Anjelica Huston and Julie Driscoll. Polly Mellon, the fashion editor was there - it must have been for Vogue. Julie Driscoll was a pop singer with Brian Auger and...