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Lighting portraits with artificial sources has long been a challenge for many photographers, often serving as the key obstacle to advancing their skill level. Misconceptions about techniques in strobe lighting can lead to mistakes and hinder progress. Mastering lighting with the correct foundations is what sets advanced photographers apart from beginners.

With over 25 years of experience and a deep passion for working with lights, Ken is eager to share his knowledge with you.

Let's stop capturing and start creating wonderful photos!

Photography Lighting Essentials

July 27, 2024
01:00 PM
CPMP Studio
Unit 301 SCC Building, Old Sta. Mesa St, Manila
Topics covered:
Type of Lights for Photography
Tool to shape light (Softbox vs Umbrella, and etc.)
SIngle and Multiple lighting setup
Quality vs Quantity of light
How to use a flash meter
Live photo shoot with our model.

To make sure everyone has ample participation, we are limiting the class to 15 participants only.

P2000 per participant
(Message for special rate of my past participants of any of my paid workshops)
For more info or to reserve your slot:
Ken 0908-6082483
[email protected]

Photos By Ken Go - Photography Seminars A seminar that teaches you to CREATE your images rather than just capture it.

Pricing not only determines your value but also the market segment you belong to. Almost each market segment has some sort of price brackets, and if you want to service a certain market bracket you start at the low end of that bracket and not the lower bracket.

Let’s put watches as an example, all these do the same function, tell time, similar to all photographers we all take photos:

Are you a no brand watch that you can get under 500?
Are you the budget oriented one like a Timex or Alba, that’s in the 10,000 or less?
Are you mid model one those under 100,000 like Oris, Hamilton, Seiko and etc.?
Are you the higher end models above 150,000 like Rolex, Omega and more?

Now imagine these brands on how you do your pricing as a photographer, which market segment do you want to cater? Do you think by starting at the Timex price range, that eventually you can increase your price to go against brands like Oris and other mid tier ones. Very highly unlikely, even if you do very good in your work, same as the brand, one will not go out to spend 100,000 on a Timex watch, no matter how good the watch is, because perception of the brand is cheap (good and reliable).

The only way one can climb 1 or 2 market segment is by doing a rebrand, something that is not cheap to do, you need a marketing budget to do so, same as what Toyota did to sell a high end vehicle in the US market, they created Lexus.

So to those still thinking that you should lower your price to enter the market just to get your name known, think again, climbing a market bracket is not as easy. You will be spoiling your clients with low price good quality work, do you think your clients are willing to pay you double (5k to 10k) just because you are getting better and better? Now if you will add 1k a year to your pricing, that will take you 5 years, by that time your style of shooting can be not what the market is looking for anymore.

If you are happy and successfully making a business selling Timex, then good for you, anyone can survive in each market segment, just make sure your pricing is sustainable.

At the end of the day, your pricing doesn’t affect me directly, for we probably service different market segment. Do you think Seiko cares when unbranded watches in Lazada are buy 1 take 10?

*watch enthusiast, let’s not get too technical with the price ranges of the watches.

Seiko

As (online) sellers, photos of your food will determine how your consumer see the value of your product, so if your photos are low-quality, your product will also be perceived as such.

Learning how to shoot properly, not only make your food photos more appetizing, but this will also make your photos more consistent, which is key to building your brand.

We won't go too technical with this class so even those without a background in photography won't get lost during the workshop.

This is open to all (Nikon camera not required), even mobile phone camera users.

https://photo-op.ph/events/how-to-shoot-your-food-like-a-pro-by-ken-go

See you all this Tuesday

Lighting portraits with artificial source has been the Achilles’ heel of many photographers, and is often the hurdle they need to overcome so that they may bring their photography to the next level.

Strobe lighting for example has many misconceptions that if not corrected will often lead you to the wrong path. The mastery of lighting with the correct foundations is what differentiates the beginner from the advanced photographer.

Allow me to impart with you my over 20 years of experience and fascination working with lights.

In this seminar we will cover the following topics:

1. Basic Photography refresher
2. Types of lights
3. Light attachments (softbox, umbrella and etc.)
4. Main light a. Portrait lighting techniques
5. Working with multiple lights
6. Proper use of the fill light
a. Lighting ratio
b. Fill light placement
7. Dissecting a lighting set-up
a. Quality vs. Quantity
8. Measuring strobes
a. Hands-on with the flash meter
9. Live photo shoot with Model Raven

For more info or to reserve your slot:
Ken 0908-6082483
[email protected]

Nova 0922-2523716
376-9845 / 413-2257 Loc.114
[email protected]

Lighting portraits with artificial source has been the Achilles’ heel of many photographers, and is often the hurdle they need to overcome so that they may bring their photography to the next level.

Strobe lighting for example has many misconceptions that if not corrected will often lead you to the wrong path. The mastery of lighting with the correct foundations is what differentiates the beginner from the advanced photographer.

Allow me to impart with you my over 20 years of experience and fascination working with lights.

In this seminar we will cover the following topics:

1. Basic Photography refresher
2. Types of lights
3. Light attachments (softbox, umbrella and etc.)
4. Main light a. Portrait lighting techniques
5. Working with multiple lights
6. Proper use of the fill light
a. Lighting ratio
b. Fill light placement
7. Dissecting a lighting set-up
a. Quality vs. Quantity
8. Measuring strobes
a. Hands-on with the flash meter
9. Live photo shoot with Model Raven

For more info or to reserve your slot:
Ken 0908-6082483
[email protected]

Nova 0922-2523716
376-9845 / 413-2257 Loc.114
[email protected]

Looking for a photographer who can man a studio set up photo booth on January 4, 2015 no gear needed. Familiar with Nikon preferred.

I think No. 1 hits the nail perfectly in the head:

1. “I’M A NATURAL LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER.”

Translation: “I never actually learned how to work with strobes and artificial light.”

Come join one of my future seminars, so you can stop using this excuse :)

http://www.diyphotography.net/24-things-photographers-say-really-mean/

24 Things Photographers Say (And What They Really Mean) - DIY Photography Every profession has its jargon and photography is no different. Here are 24 things photographers say-- and what they really mean.

September 2014 Photography Lighting Seminar – Batch 67

Day 1 Sept. 26, 2014 Friday 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Day 2 Sept. 27, 2014 Saturday 10 a.m. or 3 p.m. (choose a timeslot)
Day 3 Sept. 29, 2014 Monday 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Models:
Ms. Kiomi Tuibeo (https://www.facebook.com/kiomi.tuibeo )
Ms. Jillian Sy (https://www.facebook.com/xoxoJILLIANxoxo )
Ms. Mj Tolentino (https://www.facebook.com/keisha.fontanilla.3 )

Are you satisfied with having captured a great image? Maybe it’s time to learn more than just capturing an image but instead learn to create great images. Learning and mastering the proper way to light will make creating a possibility.

One of the longest running STROBE LIGHTING SEMINAR, since 2006. Learning the proper way of lighting means spending less time with the photo after. The class that PIONEERED hands on approach on learning STROBE LIGHTING.

This class guarantees real education in STROBE LIGHTING! (not just a chance to shoot pretty models)

This class will help you discover your own style, and not the style of the one conducting the seminar.

Seminar covers everything from basic to advance, the only lighting class you will ever need to take.

This seminar boast one of the best student to teacher ratio of 1:10, so sign up early for one of the limited 10 slots.

1st day topics:Studio Equipment, Basic Portrait Lighting, Lighting ratios, Learning how to dissect the light set-up of a photoUsing a flash meter (hands on)

2nd day Actual Shoot with live models and professional makeup artist.

Class will be broken into 2 groups, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., Participants should only come on their time slot, to avoid over crowding. During the shoot, each participant will be asked to conceptualize a lighting set-up to be done with their model, other participants on the same group will be assisting. After the participant finishes the shoot, other participant on the group will do the same, so the previous participant will now be acting as the assistant. (round robin system) this guarantees a hands- on set-up, thus learning from actually doing it rather than just listening. This will also make sure that the participants will the only one shooting at the time of his/her set-up, so he/she gets all the needed angles to complete the shoot, no more wrestling for a spot just to get the photo.

3rd day topics:
Portable lighting equipment (strobist)Advance lighting topics:
-Light Painting
-Motion
-Color gels / White Balance useage
-Mix lighting (strobes with ambient or continuous lights)
and more!

Seminar Price is P. 4,500.00 – inclusive of handouts and certificates
* A non-refundable deposit of P. 1,000.00 will be required to reserve a slot
If you want to sign-up kindly send me the following info:
Name:
Email:
Cel. No.:
Preferred time slot for Saturday (10 a.m. or 3 p.m.):

[email protected]

To those who have taken my class previously and would like to take a refresher class this September 26, 27 and 29 batch, kindly PM me for your discounted rate.

September 2014 Photography Lighting Seminar – Batch 67

Day 1 Sept. 26, 2014 Friday 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Day 2 Sept. 27, 2014 Saturday 10 a.m. or 3 p.m. (choose a timeslot)
Day 3 Sept. 29, 2014 Monday 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Models:
Ms. Kiomi Tuibeo (https://www.facebook.com/kiomi.tuibeo )
Ms. Jillian Sy (https://www.facebook.com/xoxoJILLIANxoxo )
Ms. Mj Tolentino (https://www.facebook.com/keisha.fontanilla.3 )

Are you satisfied with having captured a great image? Maybe it’s time to learn more than just capturing an image but instead learn to create great images. Learning and mastering the proper way to light will make creating a possibility.

One of the longest running STROBE LIGHTING SEMINAR, since 2006. Learning the proper way of lighting means spending less time with the photo after. The class that PIONEERED hands on approach on learning STROBE LIGHTING.

This class guarantees real education in STROBE LIGHTING! (not just a chance to shoot pretty models)

This class will help you discover your own style, and not the style of the one conducting the seminar.

Seminar covers everything from basic to advance, the only lighting class you will ever need to take.

This seminar boast one of the best student to teacher ratio of 1:10, so sign up early for one of the limited 10 slots.

1st day topics:Studio Equipment, Basic Portrait Lighting, Lighting ratios, Learning how to dissect the light set-up of a photoUsing a flash meter (hands on)

2nd day Actual Shoot with live models and professional makeup artist.

Class will be broken into 2 groups, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., Participants should only come on their time slot, to avoid over crowding. During the shoot, each participant will be asked to conceptualize a lighting set-up to be done with their model, other participants on the same group will be assisting. After the participant finishes the shoot, other participant on the group will do the same, so the previous participant will now be acting as the assistant. (round robin system) this guarantees a hands- on set-up, thus learning from actually doing it rather than just listening. This will also make sure that the participants will the only one shooting at the time of his/her set-up, so he/she gets all the needed angles to complete the shoot, no more wrestling for a spot just to get the photo.

3rd day topics:
Portable lighting equipment (strobist)Advance lighting topics:
-Light Painting
-Motion
-Color gels / White Balance useage
-Mix lighting (strobes with ambient or continuous lights)
and more!

Seminar Price is P. 4,500.00 – inclusive of handouts and certificates
* A non-refundable deposit of P. 1,000.00 will be required to reserve a slot
If you want to sign-up kindly send me the following info:
Name:
Email:
Cel. No.:
Preferred time slot for Saturday (10 a.m. or 3 p.m.):

[email protected]

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