workshop – Brandon Jackson Photography

Studio Lighting Workshop | June 19th, 2021

On Saturday, June 19th, come join me for an afternoon of hands-on learning with studio strobes and light modifiers. This workshop is really more “play” than work as we will spend a large portion of the time actually shooting with studio lights and getting to try out a wide variety of modifiers. This is a great opportunity to gain experience with different types of light shaping tools which will help you to find what works best for your style of photography.

Registration link: https://www.brandonjacksonphoto.com/studioworkshopreg/

Full details: https://www.brandonjacksonphoto.com/seeingthelightworkshop/

When: Saturday, June 19th | 12:30pm to 5:00pm

Where: OnTrack Studios | 1978 Wilson Pk | Franklin, TN

How Much: $75.00

How Many: 8

During the live shooting portion of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to try out various modifiers on the same subject. This is a great way to see the differences and qualities of light that the various sizes, shapes, and designs of a softbox and/or reflector will render. Students are encouraged to bring their cameras to participate in the live shooting portion of the workshop.

Striking Saniya

The striking Saniya Allen working the space in front of my lens during Ashley Hylbert’s workshop last year. Saniya’s appeared in my feed before but I think it’s obvious why I keep coming back to this collection of her images for content.

HMUA: Mallory Liebman Beauty
Assist by: Joelle Cardinale

Sony A7rII
Sony 24-105 lens
Daylight overhead and behind
Fill from bounce (thanks Joelle!)
Processed in Adobe Camera Raw

Avedon Inspired

Bringing on some Avedon inspired vibes with this image of Saniya Allen during Ashley Hylbert’s workshop earlier this year. Richard Avedon has always been an inspiration to me but I don’t often try to emulate his look. During Ashley’s workshop she had an outdoor spot set up in one his staple lighting styles. Of course lighting isn’t everything without a model who can project the right attitude and feel and she certainly brought both to this shot.
Thanks Saniya, Ashley, and Richard!

HMUA: Mallory Liebman Beauty

Assist by: Joelle Cardinale

Sony A7rII
Sony 24-105 lens
Daylight overhead and behind
Fill from bounce (thanks Joelle!)
Processed in Adobe Camera Raw
Inspiration: The Richard Avedon Foundation

Chemistry

Rūta and Daniel have amazing chemistry and it shows in so many of the images that were captured of this couple during Ashley Hylbert’s workshop this past summer. In this case, there is a photographer shooting from almost directly in front of them (forward and to my left). While they were being shot from that angle I got in behind the tall grass here and grab a few shots and was fortunate to come away with this moment.

HMUA: Mallory Liebman Beauty

Sony A7r II

Sony 24-105 f 4.0

Daylight (cloudy)

Lovely Allee

The beautiful Allee-Sutton Hethcoat here working her magic during Ashley Hylbert’s recent portrait workshop at White Avenue Studio. This low-key portrait was created using a simple, one light setup with an AD600 Strobe to camera left with s 24×34″ softbox. The light is feathered (turned in the direction of the camera in this case) to keep the light off the gray background allowing it to go very dark behind her. Allee does an amazing job of drawing the viewer into the image and keeping you guessing at what should could be seeing and thinking.

HMUA:

Mallory Liebman Beauty

Sony A7r II
Sony 24-105 f4.0 lens
Godox AD600 Strobe w/ 24×34 Softbox
Studio Gray color paper background

Those Fashion Mag Vibes

Allee’s giving us those “fashion mag” vibes in this shot from our recent shoot at Ashley Hylbert‘s workshop. If you squint you can see the magazine title and copy that begs to be surrounding Allee here in this shot.

Sony A7R II
Sony 24-105mm f4.0
Godox AD600 Strobe w/24×34″ softbox
HMUA: @malloryliebmanbeauty
Processed in Camera Raw / Photoshop

Back-lit Beauty

Another of my favorites with @brooklendai from our recent shoot at White Ave Studios. The setup here was kept super simple with Brooklen just positioned in front of this window with the blinds partially open. The light filling in the front is from windows way behind the camera across the room. Using ISO3200 let me pull the exposure for the side facing me which also blew out the background at the same time. It also has the effect of letting some of the light spill over on her around the edges with a soft “glow-y” effect. Of course she finishes it off perfectly with this sideways glance to camera right.

Sony A7rII
Sony 24-105mm f4.0 lens (at 35mm here)
Processed in Camera Raw / Photoshop
HMUA: @malloryliebmanbeauty

Saniya… No Other Words Needed

Here we’ve got Saniya Allen lighting up the space in front of my camera during this past weekend’s workshop at White Avenue Studios. @ashleyhylbert gathered a super set of models for us to shoot with during this workshop as you can plainly see here 🙂

HMUA: @malloryliebmanbeauty
Sony A7r II
Sony 24-105 f4.0
White foam core background outside
Overhead (and behind) daylight bounced from camera left
Processed in Camera Raw and Photoshop (minimal)

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