Workshop Day 1

As you probably know, we have taken several photography workshops during the last few years.  We've gone to many exotic and interesting countries.  This workshop is a little different.

First, we staying in one place and a beautiful place it is.  We usually travel with around 15 participants, this one has a max of 5.  This workshop is focusing on lighting which is very difficult to do with a larger group.  For the next three days we're getting a lot of one on one time with Profoto lights, considered by many the best lighting out there.

Probably more interesting to you is the subjects we're lighting.  For today, we're working with two very photogenic models, Jerome and Cassie, in several different settings.  They are both native Hawaiians and came dressed in native costumes they normally wear in shows.

We first started working with Cassie.  She's just getting back into modeling after having a daughter 19 months ago.  She's absolutely beautiful and has a very natural way of posing that makes for very pleasing photos.

Next we had a shot at Jerome.  He's a big dude so we wanted to make him look very masculine and fit.  As you can see, that really wasn't too hard to do.

Next, we moved down to the beach.  The light was getting very soft and nice and the clouds really added to everything.

 Jerome is a fire dancer, so we took turns photographing him with him refilling his torch with fresh fuel between each person.  This is the perfect setting for a shoot like this.

 Finally, we had one last session with Cassie who had changed once again into a beautiful dress.  As we finished up, the skies were getting close to dark.

As I said, a very different style of workshop with very different images being produced.

Tomorrow: A Family Shoot