Upcoming events in 2024

Workshop/
Event
Pre-req knowledgeDescription#Attendees
Duration
Location£costDates
105.
Event: Portrait Power!
Basic camera operation – how to adjust aperture, shutter speed and Iso in manual mode.Come and join Nicole, Owen, Liv and Ellie at The Kiln Studios in Stoke for an action-packed 3 hour session creating a stunning variety of portraits styles from classic through beauty to some dramatic and dynamic styles. Working in pairs, you’ll shoot with both Ellie and Liv with guidance on posing, interacting with your model and composition from Nicole. Owen will be on hand to provide and tweak the lighting and special effects! At £50 ph this is an amazing opportunity to shoot with not one but two amazing models, in a fantastic creative space with guidance and assistance from our incredible team 🙂4 working in pairs, 3 hoursThe Kiln Studio Stoke£150TBD
101.
Lighting Basics
Basic camera operation – how to adjust aperture, shutter speed and Iso in manual mode.If you’re just starting out and want to learn why and how to light your subjects, this is the workshop for you! We’ll take you through the principles of light, and ways of making it with common studio lighting equipment, with a number of worked examples from start to fabulous 🙂 4 attendees
4 hours
The Kiln Studio Stoke£25014/04
102.
Advanced Studio Lighting
Good working knowledge of hard light, soft light, fall-off, direction, fill light, edge lightReady to get experimental with your lighting? Moving beyond standard photographic lighting in the studio, in this workshop we explore sources of inspiration from existing images, paintings, and cinematic mood and light. We’ll look at using multiple techniques including gels, fog and haze, volumetric light projection, and specialised light sources such as Fresnel focused spotlights, projectors. Mixing continuous and flash light together. 4 attendees
6 hours
The Kiln Studio Stoke£30021/04
103. Location LightingSome experience in shooting in a studio or on location with lighting.Shooting on location generally has a different set of goals than a studio shoot. In the studio, we start with a blank, dark box and set out to produce a specific image. We control everything from the backdrop, light, costume, gesture, glance, effects etc. On location, we may still set out to achieve a pre-determined shot, however, the predetermined ideas are likely elements of the shot rather than the whole thing: we may have a lighting style in mind, a setting or just a general theme. As well as bringing these ideas with us, we need to let the location inspire us as well.

This 6-hour workshop is limited to 3 attendees due to the nature of the location – ie shooting in bedrooms, bathrooms etc. This pushes the cost up a bit but makes for a much more interactive experience where you’ll work as a team to design, light and shoot the images.
3 attendees
6 hours
Basford Hurst Cottage, Leek£37019/05 – ***Full***
104.
Posing & Lighting nude figures
Some experience in shooting in a studio or on location with lighting.Successful art-nude figure shots are as much about the pose, angle and framing as they are about lighting and in this workshop, we’ll look at all aspects of making successful art-nude figure shots including soft light, hard light, upstage lighting, bodyscapes, The Kiln Studio, Stoke£300TBD