As we move into the middle of October, peoples thoughts increasingly turn to the holiday season. For those of you who lead expat lives, that often means being on the other side of the world, away from family and friends. So what better way to tell the folks at home that they’re in your thoughts than a professionally taken portrait or family photo?
Holiday Portraits
For those in Taiwan, I’m having a pre-Christmas portrait session offer. Book and pay for a basic portrait session being now and the end of November, and it will only cost you NT$5000. For this, I will come to you at a convenient time and shoot it in your choice of location. It’ll make a great gift, particularly those of you with new babies or young children. Drop me a line if you are interested.
Photography Workshop
After the success of Light Your World, the first English language lighting workshop in Taipei, a repeat performance is called for. For those of you who missed the first one, or who heard about it after the fact, now’s your chance. Light Your World 2 will be a one-day workshop held on Sunday November 8th in Taipei.
Beginning at 10am, we will start with introductions and then run through some discussions of equipment needed to get started. Topics covered will include getting the flash off-camera, equipment, the five variables of exposure, use of light modifiers, some hands-on demonstrations and a few more tips and tricks. This will be held in a private meeting room and should take 2-3 hours, depending on how many questions there are.
Following that, we’ll break for lunch (not included but there are plenty of options nearby). After lunch, we’ll move to an outdoor location where we’ll look at what we covered in the morning session in a more detailed, location oriented way. Here, everyone will get the chance to shoot with a variety of lighting setups, from basic umbrellas to softboxes, grid-spots to reflectors. As necessary as the basic theory covered in the morning is, there’s nothing like actually doing it yourself and that’s what the afternoon is dedicated to.
Once everyone has had a chance to try a few different lighting setups, we’ll take a short break where there will be time to get a coffee and a snack and prepare for the next segment.
The third session will give you a real chance to put things into practice. We’ll have a 2 hour shoot with a professional model. This part will be loosely guided – mostly it’ll be you shooting, trying things out and asking questions when necessary.
Following the model shoot, there’ll be the option to ask as many questions as necessary. The day won’t end until everyone has had every question answered.
Costs
For people in Taiwan, the cost for the day will be NT$2500.
Get in quick because there are only 15 spaces available and they will go quick. Payment can be made via ATM transfer (Taiwan only), Paypal or cash. For more information, payments details, costs for international currencies and so forth, you can get in touch and all questions will be promptly answered.
Equipment Needed
Really, the only thing you need is a camera that has a hot-shoe. Any DSLR/SLR or higher-spec compact camera will do. If you have any flashes, remote cables, RF triggers, e/i-TTL cords, IR triggers etc feel free to bring them along. Also handy is a laptop for if you want to edit a few pics during a break, or shoot tethered. If shooting tethered, it’ll be your responsibility to ensure you have the correct software, cables etc to work with your camera.
Light Your World is a wholly available light workshop. By that, we use any light that’s available, whether it’s the sun or a speedlight.
If you have any further queries, don’t hesitate to get in touch. Thank you and let’s light our world.
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