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In this film, the forth in a series, Mark Cleghorn shares another tried and tested business builder abd a must for any photographer looking to add to their income.

Includes were to source this 10K business builder, how to price it, how to shoot it and what to provide.

Commercial photography can be a daunting prospect for many photographers but in this film Mark Cleghorn goes back to his roots and shoots images for a hotel to use on line as well as in print.

In this the third of a 3 part film Mark is back inside the hotel shooting some bedroom interiors and then in the dinning room to create some ambiance with flash and daylight. Mark then shows you how he shoots some simple food images for the brochure with a simple lighting setup.

Commercial photography can be a daunting prospect for many photographers but in this film Mark Cleghorn goes back to his roots and shoots images for a hotel to use on-line as well as in print.

In this the second of a 3 part film you get to see Mark shooting initially some of the exterior imgaes from a distant hillside, then in to the gardens when Mark has to introduce his own sunlight by splashing some flash on the scene details.

Commercial photography can be a daunting prospect for many photographers but in this film Mark Cleghorn goes back to his roots and shoots images for a hotel to use on-line as well as in print.

In this the first of a 3 part film you get to see how Mark uses portable flash to light interiors on a mammoth 2 day assignment. The film also includes the initial meeting with the client, the kit, explaining lighting for room settings and shooting still life details as requested by the client.

This film made in conjunctoin with The Lastolite School Of Photography and concentrates on the KickerLite, a Lastolite Softbox for either studio or on location lighting with flash.

The film gives you an insight in to and how to use this specific piece of kit which allows Mark Cleghorn to use Flash from below the subject, perfect for fashion fill light.

You get to see how Mark uses the product in both the studio and on location to get some great portraits.

Fashion Portraiture is basically an excuse to break lighting rules.

In this film we see Mark Cleghorn shooting a model in the studio using up to 4 studio flash heads with a variety of accessories from Soft Box, Honeycomb, Reflector Dish and a rigid Lastolite reflector.

On a simple pink paper background the model is instructed into some more unusual poses to create more drama and to give a slight edge to the images, ideal for the teenage and young adult market and the would be model session.

Inspired by a client shoot in 1997 Mark Cleghorn talks about and shoots a creative nude session based on these themes.

When a past client comes to you with a specific idea for a session and images it becomes more of a commercial shoot as the client is the real art director of the idea. Its then up to you as a photographer to put your creative spin on the images especially when it then develops into a series of sessions and images for clients to use as wall art in their homes and even offices.

Mark developed this idea into what he called his “Red Shoe Diaries” which in its self became quite a popular development in a fetish style of a Nude or Boudoir portrait shoot. This type of work not only attracted clients from just in his home town of Cardiff but from all over the UK.

Part 1 BODY BAGS
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Its a tuff job, Mark Cleghorn gets to shoot Fashion again, this time a quick lingerie shoot in side one of Londons premier halls, Olympia, with its incredible industrial ceiling.

Lighting the subject with only Quantum flash units this film demonstrates how mark uses flash on location to either make dark moody images or bright and light portraits.

Mark starts the film by explaining the basic Quantum flash units as well as the set up, including exposure and the light positions, then you get to see the different gadgets and accessories he uses when working on location, when time is limited and light is dropping.

Accessories used include – Gorilla Grip, Ezybox Hot Shoe, Snoot, Lastolite Reflectors, FreeXWire radio triggers.

Part 1 of a 2 part studio shoot using a digital projector to light the female nude.

This session See’s Model Lozie, one of Marks favourite classic nude models, creating abstract fine art nude portraits that have to be seen to be believed.

Mark has been using this lighting technique on the nude since the 90’s to create his alien nude images that make you take a second look at the image.

Images Used – Landscape, Signs, Food

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 aumbrella 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.