Light Painting Portraits

 

Topics Covered:

  • Using Specially Created Light Tubes for Portrait Photography

  • Planning and timing your shoot and location

  • Camera Settings, balancing ambient and artificial light

  • Controlling your camera via remote

  • How to position yourself and move so that you don’t appear in the shot

  • Directing a model

  • Being a model!

Itinerary:

  • We’ll start at 4:30 pm on the beach where we’ll loan out any required gear and go through basic settings.

  • From 5:30 we’ll be shooting with the stunning model Laura Jane (ex Royal Manchester Ballet)

  • As the evening gets darker you’ll have the opportunity to model yourself, with posing tips from Laura (optional!)

  • We’ll wrap up somewhere around 9pm.

Physical Difficulty:

  • We’ll be shooting on the rocks on St. Heliers beach. There’s very little walking involved, although the rocks can be slippery so please wear footwear with good grip.

Experience:

  • This class is suitable for everyone from complete beginners to seasoned professionals.

Equipment:

  • You will need a wireless remote for this class. It needs to be able to operate at a distance of about 10 meters, and work with Bulb mode in your camera. We recommend the Viltrox JY-710 which is compatible with most cameras. Smartphone apps and wired cable remotes are not suitable.

  • We bring a vast array of gear to every workshop. No matter what camera you have we’ll make sure you’re well equipped for the evening. If you’d like to try out any particular camera or lens let us know and we’ll do our best to provide it.

  • On the payment page you’ll be asked what camera and lens you’re planning on bringing. We’ll check your gear and then work with our suppliers to make sure you have everything you need to create stunning light-painted images.

Suggested Gear Checklist:

  1. A Camera (any modern digital camera with a detachable lens, recommended maximum ISO of 12’800 or higher. If you don’t own one we should be able to provide you with something)

  2. A wireless remote that can work in Bulb Mode such as the Viltrox JY-710

  3. A Sturdy Tripod (essential for night photography)

  4. The Widest Lens You Have (ideally 24mm or less and with an aperture of 2.8 or lower. If you don't own one we will supply you with something)

  5. A Torch for moving around safely at night

  6. Very Warm Black Clothes (It can be surprisingly windy and cold!) - clothes must be black or you will show up in the photo.

  7. Comfortable shoes with good tread, hiking boots are recommended.

  8. Optional: Black headscarf or bandana, for keeping warm and also for technical reasons while shooting

  9. A Thermos of Your favorite hot drink

  10. Water and a snack

Weather:

  • These workshops can run in any weather except rain! When you book you’ll be asked to select alternative dates just incase we have to reschedule.

  • If the forecast is bad and we have to cancel, we’ll move you to one of the alternative days, or offer a full refund if no date is suitable.

  • We’ll send you a detailed itinerary and weather updates a few days before the event.

Cancellations:

If you have to cancel for any reason please let us know as soon as possible. Cancellations received more than 2 weeks prior to the event receive a full refund. 1-2 weeks prior receive a 50% refund. Cancellations within 7 days are not refundable.

Create stunning Light Painted Portraits…

St. Heliers, Auckland
Friday January 11
8pm -10:30pm

&

Saturday January 12
8pm -10:30pm

$220 per person

Limited to 6 places

We’re teaching light stick photography in an exciting new workshop.

You’ll learn to:

  • Build a light stick

  • Use a light stick!

  • Work with a model

  • Be a model (optional!)

  • Operate you camera manually by wireless remote

  • Stay invisible in frame without Photoshop

  • Balance ambient and artificial light

  • Adjust for changing conditions

  • and more...



Class starts at 8pm

We’ll run through camera settings, light stick design, and technique before sunset.

We’ll photograph the sunset at 8:30, followed by two hours of light stick practice, where you’ll get to work with a professional model, and do some modeling yourself! (optional).

This class is on an eastern bays beach near St. Heliers. The exact location will be provided after you have purchased your place.

Please turn up at 8pm sharp. This kind of photography is best during the “blue hour” (1 hour after sunset), so you’ll need to be fully briefed to make the most of the shooting time we have.

Price includes group and individual training with photographer Charles Brooks in camera settings and post production. It also covers the cost of our model.

Cloud cover and wind can actually be beneficial to this kind of photography. We will shoot in all weather except rain..

What you need to bring:

  1. A Camera (any modern digital camera with a detachable lens)

  2. A Tripod

  3. A wide angle lens (24mm or less. If you don't own one you can rent one from Topic Rentals - mention us for a discount)

  4. A wireless camera remote (essential. Smartphone apps are not suitable, cable remotes are not suitable either!)

  5. A Torch (we’ll be wandering around on rocks at night)

  6. Warm Clothes (It can be surprisingly windy and cold!)

Optional: Laptop with Photoshop and Lightroom (we will teach you editing techniques on ours if you don’t bring your own)

Minimum of 4 participants required for workshop to run.
Please message us at highrestours@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns about gear.