Flash & Strobe Track
Track Courses
Just One Flash – 2016
with Scott Kelby
You cannot believe all the stuff you can do with just one flash! Join Scott Kelby as he starts from scratch and covers everything you need to know to get the kind of images you’ve always dreamed of when using your flash. You’ve got to love your flash, and in this class Scott shares all […]
Join Scott Kelby in another installment of his popular Light it, Shoot it, Retouch it series. Learn to get great results with a bare-bones off-camera flash kit. Scott walks you through every step of the process, from selecting the right gear, capturing great shots on location, and retouching the photos to make them look their […]
Creative Lighting for Photographers
with Joe McNally
Professional photographer Joe McNally takes you on location to teach you how to transform and manipulate light to to create a scene, get the shot you want, and tell a story. Watch as he transforms a dark motel room, creates a dramatic and creepy scene, and uses high-speed sync for some fast action shots. This […]
Painting with Light: A Unique Approach
with Dave Black
Professional photographer Dave Black walks you through his techniques for a light painting – a photograph taken with a timed exposure using a mobile, constant light source to illuminate the scene. He shows you the basics with timed exposure and focus settings for your camera as well as what type of flashlight to use for […]
Photo Recipes: Dramatic Light
with Scott Kelby
Discover a cool recipe for a dramatic lighting look with Scott Kelby! Join Scott as he shows you, step-by-step, how to configure your camera, arrange the lighting, position the subject, and create a very nice, yet dramatic lighting look. You’ll learn the full process, from the initial setup to the subject direction to the retouching […]
Transform Your Home into a Professional Photography Studio
with Rick Sammon
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.
Location Lite: High-End Look, Low-Cost Budget
with Scott Kelby
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.
Westcott Speedlight Modifiers
with Scott Kelby
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 […]
Photo Recipes: Fashion Lighting
with Scott Kelby
The Photo Recipes series continues with a focus on fashion lighting! Join Scott as he takes you through three different fashion lighting setups, from start to finish, to show you everything you need to know to recreate these fantastic looks. A lot of fashion photography is done with just one light, so whether you are […]
Just One More Flash
with Scott Kelby
Learn how to add one more flash to your portrait lighting with Scott Kelby! Building on the foundation you gained in Just One Flash, Scott teaches you the why, when, and how of adding a second flash to your Speedlight setup. Whether you want to create separation between your subject and the background, add a […]
10 Essential Studio Techniques Every Photographer Needs to Know
with Scott Kelby
Scott teaches this course using his personal, conversational style of instruction. He goes through a variety of setups and equipment and teaches the whole course from inside a studio, so viewers can watch while Scott demonstrates how to use the equipment he is talking about. He goes over strobes and spider lights, soft boxes, flags, […]
Creative Light Uses in Studio Photography
with Frank Doorhof
In this course Frank offers advice on posing models and their hands, shooting with soft boxes, hard light vs. soft light, and much more. In later lessons, Frank introduces a wind machine to his shoot, along with fire cloth, water spray, and sheets of plastic. Follow along and get some fresh ideas on how to […]
Lighting for Environmental Portraits
with Joe McNally
As Joe McNally says, an Environmental Portrait is a Face in a Place. The setting is just as important as the subject, and the goal is to merge those two elements together in front of the camera. Join Joe as he takes viewers on three different shoots and tries to find the right mix of […]
Light, Shadow and Motion
with Joe McNally
This class is all about matching a light to a move, where you start out with the set as an empty box that you fill with your creativity and imagination. As the dancers work through different moves Joe shows you how to light them with both studio strobes and speedlights to achieve a variety of […]
Lightpainting: Illuminating Models
with Dave Black
Dave Black follows up his popular lightpainting class, Painting With Light: A Unique Approach, with 8 new lessons on how to lightpaint live models. He’ll show you all the gear you need and all the steps required to create lightpainted photographs that are truly out of this world. Lightpainting posed models comes with its own […]
Photo Recipes: Beauty Headshots
with Scott Kelby
Join Scott Kelby for the second installment in his Photo Recipes series with a focus on beauty headshots! Scott takes you through the entire process, from discussing his gear to setting up the lights, and from getting the shots to retouching the final images. This very popular beauty lighting look is easy to pull off […]