What’s your definition of a photo studio? Is it a room with a white seamless backdrop or a cyc wall? Maybe it’s simply anywhere you’re in control of the lighting. In a perfect world, we would all have a 5,000-square-foot studio...and the entire catalog of B&H™ in our equipment lockups.

But the reality is that you may have an outdated DSLR with two decent lenses, and all you have at your disposal is an unfinished basement, your garage, or the empty conference room at your office. That’s where Studio Anywhere comes in! Photographer Nick Fancher will be your guide, as you learn how to get portfolio-ready photos while working in some of the most problematic scenarios imaginable. Whether shooting a corporate portrait, a test shoot with a model, or a promo shoot with a band, you’ll discover that most of the time, there’s no need for an expensive studio–you just have to get creative.

The Studio Anywhere workshop is an opportunity for photographers to learn how to transform unconventional spaces into polished images, using minimal, affordable gear. The last hour of the workshop is spent covering going through Nick’s Lightroom and Photoshop workflow so you can learn how to deftly navigate post-processing.

The workshop will cover:

- Window light headshot

- Hack your reflector

- Intro to flash (Manual v. ETTL, Zoom, Ambient, inverse square law)

- Painting with shadow (length, hardness, and number of shadows)

- Light softening options (soft box, sheet, bounce)

- Light control options (snoot, grid, barn doors, gobo)

- Achieving white, grey, and black backgrounds anywhere

- Adding drama with barn doors (light ray)

- Gobo options (found vs. made— plants, fans, doors, fences, etc)

- Recreating the sun (indoor/outdoor)

- Outdoor ambient options (High speed sync)

- Layering light qualities to highlight textures/features

- Editing in Lightroom (final hour of workshop)

Type

1-day workshop