Back 2 Basics

Part 2 of a mother and baby shoot in the studio, in this part you get to see how Mark Cleghorn handles the delicate subject of a semi naked shot of both mother and baby.

Mixing hi-key and mid key to allow for the colour and black and white image mix the client has asked for,, you see how the lighting simply changes to dramatically effect the image.

Includes - Hi-Key, Mid-Key, Mother and Baby as well as baby by self.

Filmed live at an exhibition Mark Cleghorn demonstrates how 1 light and a brick wall is all it takes to shoot some great lingerie glamour images.
This short film demonstrates how understanding exposure you can bleach out the image at capture for effect in post production.

This is one of the films where you get to see the finished images through Photoshop as it was apart of another demonstration.

Part 2 of 3

In this film Mark Cleghorn talks about were and why to position a flash as well as the setting up of the unit to guarantee results each time. In this part you get to see how he uses glass in the room to diffuse the RAW flash, as well as different techniques of diffusing the flash including a umbrella and a reflector, finally you see mark adding a blue gell to the scene to dramatically change the image, a perfect use of off camera speedlite flash.

Includes - Setting up the speedlite and Metering, diffusing through a brolly , using a glass wall to soften yet sharpen the light on the scene, adding gel for colour.

Back -2 - Basics that's what it is! The second part of Mark Cleghorn's Posing the Bride and Groom - The Basics.
In this film Mark concentrates first of all on the Bride and then brings back the groom, so not to feel left out. The Bride section looks at the full length pose in detail explaining that the image always starts at the feet and follows up the body to the eyes, running through the essential poses including sat down. When Mark brings the couple back together he start with the hands and the basics of getting them right. Finally showing how to bring so motion to the images by using the veil.

Covers - Bride Pose, Bride and Groom Sat, Hands, Animating the pose.

Back -2 - Basics with no apologies as this 2 part film takes the bride and groom posing back to the start, which is of course the feet.
Based on his best selling wedding photography book Mark Cleghorn shows how to animate both the bride and groom quickly to get the sell able shots in the bag first.

In this film Mark concentrates first of all on the couple and the basic stance, how to hold a posy bouquet or a over arm arrangement. Then concentrating on the groom from full length to sat down.

Covers - Basic Bride & Groom Pose and stance, Groom full length to sat down.

This training video is designed to not only improve your studio lighting skills but also to give you an insight in to one of today's leading portrait photographers and how Mark poses and interacts with his subjects.

Topics Covered?

• The Equipment - Studio lighting and Soft-boxes.


• 45 Degree Lighting


• High Key Portraiture & Set up


• Mid Key Portraiture & Set up


• Low Key Portraiture & Set up


• The Session & Basic Posing

Part 1 of 3

In this film Mark Cleghorn talks about the variety of accessories he uses with a speedlite flash and how to set-up it all up, including how to soften the light with an umbrella or softbox as well as gels, cables how to support the units on location.

Includes - Setting up the lights ,Metering for the ambient,Positioning the Speedlite Flash, Posing, using different channels to set different power and using a HiLite.

This training video is designed to not only improve your studio lighting skills but also to give you an insight in to one of today's leading portrait photographers and how Mark poses and interacts with his subjects.

Topics Covered?

• The Equipment - Studio lighting and Softboxes.


• 45 Degree Lighting


• High Key Portraiture & Set up


• Mid Key Portraiture & Set up


• Low Key Portraiture & Set up


• The Session & Basic Posing

This training video is designed to not only improve your studio lighting skills but also to give you an insight in to one of today's leading portrait photographers and how Mark poses and interacts with his subjects.

Topics Covered?

• The Equipment - Studio lighting and Soft-boxes.


• 45 Degree Lighting


• High Key Portraiture & Set up


• Mid Key Portraiture & Set up


• Low Key Portraiture & Set up


• The Session & Basic Posing

One of the four parts of a Location Location session with one of Mark Cleghorn's Real life Bride & Grooms, this quickie session takes part outside one of Cardiff icon buildings The National Museum of Wales. The massive columns are a perfect stage to set the clients against for the classical section of the shoot.

This film demonstrates how Mark uses a long zoom lens to crush focus, uses architecture for controlling the lighting pattern on the subjects and once again shows the power of his amazing speed posing techniques as he flows from shot to shot.