Learn how to set up a photo studio in your own home! Join Rick Sammon as he shows you how you can take a room in your home, add some basic accessories, and start taking photos that look like they were taken in a professional studio. Rick goes through all of the gear you'll need to get started, and then demonstrates a series of portrait lighting techniques, from speed lights to constant lights to flashlights, that you can start using right away to get amazing results. You're sure to learn a lot and have fun along the way as Rick shares tips and techniques that are easy to replicate with inexpensive equipment and a few props.

Join Scott Kelby at the Mirror Lake Lyceum in St. Petersburg, Florida and learn how to use three different light modifiers with your speedlights. When shooting weddings and events you need your lighting setup to be portable, fast, flexible, and deliver awesome results. In this class Scott shows you how to use a very large softbox, a 7 foot parabolic shoot through umbrella, and a strip bank softbox to get great results shooting everything from bridal portraits to a group shoot, and from formals to casual shooting on the go. In many cases one light is all you'll need, but Scott also shows you how to take it to the next level with a second light and modifier. Through each shoot Scott shows you how to assemble the light modifier, put it in position, and get the results you need.

Create a cool fashion shoot on a budget! Join Scott Kelby as he shows you how you can pull together a high-end looking fashion shoot on a low-end budget. Scott takes you step-by-step through the process of building a set, re-creating window light with a single speed light, shooting a variety of looks, and all the while sharing money saving tips and tricks that you can put to use on your next shoot. Throughout the class you'll learn resources for acquiring sets and clothing, how to prepare before the shoot, what gear you'll need, how to set the lighting, and so much more. Scott wraps up the class with a look at his streamlined post processing workflow. You don't need a large budget if you can be resourceful, clever, and creative.

Take a flight to North Dakota and learn how to make pilot portraits! Join Moose at the Minot Aero Center where he takes to the tarmac to photograph pilots and their aircraft. Moose takes you through all the gear he will use, and the different situations that each kit is designed to handle. From there you'll learn how to approach pilots at air shows to make introductions and request permission to make their portraits as well as start the process of developing relationships that can lead to more opportunities down the road. You'll get to see first hand various ways Moose uses the sun and strobes to create portraits on the tarmac, in the hangar, and on the field, and all along the way Moose shares valuable tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your limited time working with these pilots.

Natural light is all around us, but it is up to the photographer to control it in order to make a beautiful portrait. Join Erik Valind as he shows you how to tame that natural light, from direct noontime sun to overcast and shadowless days, and capture killer portraits with little more than just your camera and a reflector. No speedlights or strobes are required for this class. Erik teaches you about the factors that you can control, and then walks you various techniques you can use through a series of real world demonstrations, each one building on the last, that will give you the skills to start seeing and using natural light in new ways.

The job of a light modifier is to take a raw blast of light and shape it, contain it, and make it work for the kind of shot you are trying to create. Join Joe McNally for a clinical look at a range of light shaping tools in a sterile studio environment to help inform your ability to extrapolate out their performance into the real world. Starting with a series of light modifiers for small flash, Joe demonstrates how each one works while using the same subject, and catalogs the effect each light shaping tool has on the light source and the subject. From there Joe moves on to analyze a series of light modifiers designed for studio strobes in the same circumstances. When the analysis is complete it is time to move the lights, light shaping tools, and subject out into a variety of real world locations to put what has been learned into practice.

Creating high impact fashion looks don't have to break the budget! Join Lindsay Adler, a fashion photographer based in New York City, as she shares her secrets to getting a high fashion look on a small budget. Lindsay breaks down her approach into five core tips that you can use on anything from personal projects to client shoots. After presenting the ideas around each tip Lindsay demonstrates a few examples of putting it into practice through a live shoot and completing the final project in post-production.

There's more to speedlights than just portability. Join the amazingly talented Lou Freeman as she shares the wisdom gained from three decades worth of fashion, glamour, and beauty photography to show you how creative you can get with speedlights on location and in the studio. From the basics of setting up your lights to her favorite accessories, Lou talks through all of the settings and gear she uses throughout the class. You'll see Lou work in a variety of locations from the soft light of a fine interior to the harsh light of the beach, before heading into the studio, and all along the way Lou shares her tips, techniques, and tricks for using speedlights in ways that will really make your images stand out from the rest.