UK Location Lighting Workshop Tour Schedule

UK Location Lighting Workshop Tour Schedule
retailer	city	day	date	address
The Flash center	London	Wednesday	September 1	Brunswick Centre, London WC1N 1AE
park cameras	Burgess Hill	Thursday	September 2	York Road, Victoria Business Park, Burgess Hill, West Sussex RH15 9TT
London Camera Exchange	Southampton	Friday	September 3	Novotel, 1 Westquay Road, Southampton, Hampshire, 5015 1RA
Walters Photo Video	Caerphilly	Monday	September 6	Unit 29, Cwrt-Y-Castell, Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan, CF83 1NU
The flash centre	Birmingham	Tuesday	September 7	Unit 2, Mount St, Mount St Business Centre, Nechells, Birmingham B7 5RD
Wilkinson Cameras	Liverpool (Southport)	Wednesday	September 8	38 Esastbank Street, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 1ET
Calumet	Manchester	Thursday	September 9	Unit 4, Downing Street, Industrial Estate, Charlton Place, Manchester M12 6HH
the flash centre	Leeds	Friday	September 10	Unit 7, Scala Court, Leethy Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, L510 1JD
fixiation uk	London (Kennington)	Monday	September 13	Unit C, 250 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 5RD
	Dublin	Wednesday	September 15	TBA

Seminar 1 (AM) "Speedlites Demystified & Untangled"
(09:30 - 12:30)

Suitable For: Novice to intermediate shooters. No prior experience with Speedlites is necessary. Delegates are encouraged to bring a DSLR and Speedlite so that you can follow along with the demonstrations on how and when to push the buttons and turn the dials.

How you see vs. how your camera sees

Using Speedlites to craft light
Speedlite Controls
Deciding between manual and E-TTL flash control
Putting Flash Exposure Compensation to use
Learning all the Syncs: High-speed, 1st-curtain, 2nd-curtain, Slow-speed

Modifying Light

How to build a visual vocabulary when looking at light
Using your Speedlite’s bounce and zoom as a light modifier
On-flash modifiers: diffusers and bounce reflectors
Larger modifiers: umbrellas, reflective and diffusion disks

Moving The Speedlite Off-Camera

The best uses for on- and off-camera Speedlites
Corded solutions for moving your Speedlite off-camera
Setting up the 580EX/EXII as a wireless Master
Setting up the 580EX/EXII and 430EX/EXII as wireless Slaves

Seminar 2 (PM) "Taking Creative Speedliting To The Next Level"
(13:30 - 16:30)

Suitable For: delegates familiar with the fundamental operation of a Speedlite and the basic concepts of flash photography. So delegates may wish to jump in with both feet and attend this session if they have attend the morning seminar "Getting Started With Creative Speedliting".

Off-Camera Strategies

Sorting out radio triggers: dumb vs. intelligent
Options for 3-group wireless set-ups
wireless strategies for event and wedding photographers

High-Speed Sync

The mechanics of High-Speed Sync
Turning noon to night
Freezing action while Speedliting

Advanced Light Modification

Expanding your visual vocabulary as a Speedliter
On-flash modifiers: grids, snoots, ringlights
Off-flash modifiers: softboxes, beauty dish, panel diffusers and reflectors

Speedlite Strategies

Custom functions: Optimizing your Speedlites
Gels: The When, Why, & How:
Why Hollywood invented gels
Mixing Speedlites with other light sources
Using white balance and gels together for creative effect

I would like to thank SWPP and Canon UK for sponsoring this tour and we wish Syl Arena a speedy recovery.

Rick Friedman