Strobe Workshop: Lighting with Speed Lights

Strobe Workshop: Lighting with Speed Lights
4 Weeks | $295 | In-Class

Learn how to light your photographs without the use of heavy or expensive gear. This intensive workshop teaches the art of strobe lighting using off-camera flashes and other equipment such as flash triggers, gels, grids, softboxes and more. Through demonstrations, in-class assignments and independent projects, students will learn to maximize their options shooting with a core set of gear including a camera with manual controls, inexpensive speed lights and basic light modifiers.

Quarters Offered: Winter | In-Class
Course Fee: $295
Prerequisite: Photo I: Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO (ART-40629) or equivalent experience.
Materials: No equipment is needed for our first meeting, and we will cover equipment choices that day if you need help deciding exactly what you should get. Equipment IS mandatory for day 2 so you will have 7 days to acquire anything you need for day 2. See below for required materials.
Note: Elective for Photography: Images and Techniques professional certificate. 
Contact: For more information about this course, please email unex-digital@ucsd.edu.

Equipment required for this course:

• Camera (lens, batteries) with manual controls for ISO, shutter speed, aperture
• 1 off camera flash with manual power controls (e.g. Canon ex530, Nikon SB800, Vivitar 285hv, Godox AD200, Profoto B10)
• 1 umbrella (convertible preferred) or softbox
• 1 light stand and cold shoe umbrella bracket
• 1 flash trigger (e.g. Radio Popper, PocketWizard, PC Cable, proprietary control for Godox/Profoto systems, etc.)

Course Number: ART-40511
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Photography: Images and Techniques

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2/26/2022 - 3/19/2022

$295

In-class

San Diego

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• SECTION ID:

  162208

• CLASS TYPE:

  This is a traditional classroom setting.
  
  All class meetings held in-person according to published location, dates and times. Students may be expected to engage with course content online during the published course dates.

• INSTRUCTOR:

  Regala, Michael C, Expert in shooting and lighting who enjoys sharing techniques with his growing list of clients and colleagues

  Mike Regala teachers Strobe Workshop: Lighting with Speed Lights for the Photography: Images and Techniques certificate program. Mike received his bachelor's degree in biochemistry from UC San Diego and has been passionate about photography since taking film photography classes in high school. Dedicating nearly all his free time to refining his shooting and lighting techniques, he has developed a growing list of clients and colleagues with whom he shares his techniques. He especially appreciates the challenge of photographing people.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  1st meeting mandatory.
  Early enrollment advised.
  No visitors permitted.
  No refunds after: 3/4/2022.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $270 ($295 if enrolled after 12/13/2021).
  

• NOTE:

  SCBWI/MOPA members can receive our $25 Early Enrollment discount prior to course start date. The max discount a MOPA/SCBWI member can receive for one class is $25. It is applied upon course enrollment over the phone or in person with proof of membership.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
2/26/2022	Sat	10:00 a.m.	1:00 p.m.	Room 116, UCSD Extension University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego
3/5/2022	Sat	10:00 a.m.	5:00 p.m.	Room 116, UCSD Extension University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego
3/12/2022	Sat	10:00 a.m.	5:00 p.m.	Room 116, UCSD Extension University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego
3/19/2022	Sat	10:00 a.m.	5:00 p.m.	Room 116, UCSD Extension University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Dr., San Diego