Private Fashion Photography Workshops Los Angeles
March 1st, 2010Just an update about my private fashion photography workshops for you all. They are going great ! I just had the pleasure of working with Jeff Corzine. Jeff is from Malibu and we spent two days with a great model and make up artist. We went over certain lighting techniques and when I taught him how to properly use the Canon 580EX II he was blown away by all the great features this flash has to offer and the amazing images one can achieve with it.
Jeff also learned how to direct a fashion model to achieve amazing results just by talking to your model and choosing the right words so she can act out a situation and a feeling in her head which translates to film, or in this case the final digital image.
I will post some images from our workshop very soon ! If you would like to know more about my photography workshops please contact me via phone or email and I will be happy to discuss details with you.
Ok here are a couple images from our workshop. This first shot the model is dressed in a long beautiful form fitting gray dress. I didn’t want to light the whole dress from top to bottom. I wanted her brighter at the top and gradually get darker as the light falls lower. So I feathered the medium soft box. It was raised high above the model and tilted down so that the bottom part of the soft box hits from the middle just barely enough down to the bottom. I didn’t want the bottom of the dress to go totally black. I directed the model to keep her poses towards her key light. And in this case there was only one light anyway. That is also how you see that HER LEFT side goes a bit darker. I placed the light slightly in front of her so that it wraps around her but not too much. If I had put the soft box directly on her right side the left side of her would go completely dark which I didn’t want. The second photo shows how to use fill flash without getting that harsh look. I explained how I achieved this in the previous post in the gear review of the Canon 580 EX II. Again, any questions please ask.
Cheers,
Jason
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:49 am
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March 10th, 2010 at 3:09 am
Looking forward to see the result of your workshop Jason
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Jason Christopher Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Funny you mention it. I am going to be posting more photos today.
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March 21st, 2010 at 7:10 am
Will be happy to see the result.
Regards
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March 23rd, 2010 at 5:08 am
Jason,
I just wanted to express my gratitude and respect for the wonderful personalized workshop that you provided me with. The images I was able to capture have been hands down my finest and have recieved much positive attention from respected personalities within the feild of fashion. Prior to our workshop, I had some knowledge yet possesed little experience in the evolution of a shoot. From conception to post production, your passion and mastery of each statge awakened new leves in my photographic pursuit. Initial set up, interaction with hair and makeup, discourse with models, and especially lighting setups are amongst the most valluable tools I now possess. However, it is your vast resevoir of knwoledge and experience that shown in those moments between shoots that helped me the most. There was no subject to small or obscure that you could not answer. This was a truly an invaluable weekend and has surely provided me with a platform and the confidence to take my expereince out into the industry. With many thanks, Jeff Corzine
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Jason Christopher Reply:
March 23rd, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Hey Jeff !
You are very welcome. You did a great job and it was a pleasure to work with you.
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April 25th, 2010 at 6:24 am
hi jason
i do a lot of model shooting on the road so am interested in ur speed flash methods. this last shoot i dont quite understand why u dialed flash up 3 exposure stops? obviously the background was corectly exposed with the camera settings and i would have thought that a simple correct ETTL would have given the face / body the right light? unless u meant to bring down the whole photo by 3 stops in post which would bring the face back right and a very underexposed background? but it doesnt look like this at all?
can u help?
jeremy
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Jason Christopher Reply:
April 27th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Hi Jeremy,
The reason I dialed up the exposure 3 stops is because as I said in the previous entry that I set my shutter speed to 1/1250th which will darken the background enough to make the colors of the blue sky and green grass pop. Now the problem is you need light on the model right ? Well when you set your shutter speed that fast, you need to compensate by pumping up the power of the flash to make your model pop. Hence you end up with a perfectly balanced exposure. There was no post done to this photo at all.
Remember, I had to use the hi speed sync mode on my Canon flash to achieve this. Go and try it. You will see what I am talking about. ETTL will give you an average exposure but it is like setting your camera on full auto. You will get satisfactory results but if you want custom results, you have to go to manual and manipulate your gear.
I teach all of this and more in my private photography workshops where it’s just you, me , the make up artist and model. Check out the workshop page http://jasonchristopher.com/workshop.htm and thank you for your question Jeremy !
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