Strobe Workshop: Lighting with Speed Lights
ART-40511
Strobe Workshop: Lighting with Speed Lights
4 Weeks | In-Class
Prerequisite: Photo 1: Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO (ART - 40705) or equivalent experience.
Are you ready to bring your photography to a new level of lighting sophistication? In Strobe Workshop: Lighting with Speed Lights, you’ll explore how to transform an ordinary shot into a dynamic image by controlling and shaping light. Through guided demonstrations, practical exercises, and expert feedback, you’ll gain the confidence to use speed lights effectively—both on and off your camera.
Course Details
Learn how to light your photographs without the use of heavy or expensive gear. This intensive workshop teaches the art of strobe lighting using off-camera flashes and other equipment such as flash triggers, gels, grids, softboxes and more.
This course is designed to give you the skills you need to navigate a variety of photographic situations, ensuring that your subjects are beautifully lit and compellingly captured. From understanding proper flash techniques to experimenting with modifiers and balancing ambient light, you’ll learn how to tailor lighting to match your creative vision. By the end of the course, you’ll know how to set up dynamic lighting scenarios, troubleshoot common issues, and produce professional-level results consistently. Step into this workshop prepared to illuminate your world through the strategic use of speed lights.
What You'll Learn
- Understand how speed lights function and operate in various shooting conditions
- Learn to properly balance ambient light with flash output
- Explore modifiers and tools that shape and soften your light sources
- Gain confidence working with off-camera flash setups
- Develop techniques for consistent exposure and color control
- Improve overall lighting quality for portraits, still lifes, and on-location shoots
- Troubleshoot common flash issues and lighting challenges
- Apply refined lighting strategies to produce professional-quality images
Course Information
Equipment/Software:
In order to successfully take this course, you will need:
1. A camera with manual controls for aperture, ISO and shutter speed
2. 1 off camera flash with manual power control
3. A way to trigger the flash using the camera shutter release (cable, wireless controller, etc)
4. An umbrella, light stand and cold shoe mount (This allows you to mount the flash and the umbrella on the light stand)
Please note that the first class will include a review of both manual camera controls AND equipment. So if you don't have the equipment, or aren't sure you have the right equipment, we'll spend plenty of time talking about it during the first session, and then you'll have time to get what you need. Don't let your gear intimidate you!
Flexible Enrollment: This course is an elective for the Photography: Images and Techniques Professional Certificate but is open to all students, even if you are not enrolled in the Certificate Program.
Academic Calendar: The Academic Calendar shows the open enrollment dates and term start dates for each quarter. Courses do not necessarily start on the first day of the term.