At the end of the day when the light is falling rapidly making use of natural window light must be done swiftly to avoid very high ISO settings and slow shutter speeds.

In this 2 part film Mark Cleghorn shows you how he uses simple soft window light to great effect in portraiture, positioning and posing the model to make best use of the available light and location. When Mastered these lighting techniques can form the basics of almost all portraits in direction and quality.

Part 2 Includes – Using and Manuipulating Natural Light, Variety of Pose and Images, Diffusing Tugnsten, The Other End Of The Room

At the end of the day when the light is falling rapidly making use of natural window light must be done swiftly to avoid very high ISO settings and slow shutter speeds.

In this 2 part film Mark Cleghorn shows you how he uses simple soft window light to great effect in portraiture, positioning and posing the model to make best use of the available light and location. When Mastered these lighting techniques can form the basics of almost all portraits in direction and quality.

Part 1 Includes – Using and Manuipulating Natural Light, Variety of Pose and Images

This Film is a funky slide show for the June Film “Next Top Model” which is a portfolio shoot of a new model on location in Cardiff.

In the film you will see Mark Cleghorn using all his skills to manipulate light to enhance the session.

From Reflector to Flash all in a days work, creative posing and model direction fighting the elements of sunshine and wind.

Equipment Used – Lastolite Trigrip Reflector, Speedlite, Ring Flash Adapter, Pocket Wizard

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.

In this 2 part film Mark Cleghorn demonstrates how he uses the different elements in a studio, Window Light, Studio Flash or a Speedlite to create portraits.

Challenged by his team to use the minimum amount of equipment, Mark is armed with just his Camera, one Lens, a Light Meter, a Reflector, one Studio Flash with a Parabolic Reflector dish and one speedlite with no Accessories. His challenge was to create a simple variety using only one light source at a time.

Part 2 includes – Studio Flash, Using a Sync cord, Reflector, using ISO, Metering for studio flash, Speedlite, Metering a Speedlite. Zooming a speedlite

In this 2 part film Mark Cleghorn demonstrates how he uses the different elements in a studio, Window Light, Studio Flash or a Speedlite to create portraits.

Challenged by his team to use the minimum amount of equipment, Mark is armed with just his Camera, one Lens, a Light Meter, a Reflector, oneStudio Flash with a Parabolic Reflector dish and one speedlite with no Accessories. His challenge was to create a simple variety using only one light source at a time.

Part 1 includes – Window Light, Reflector, using high ISO, Metering for studio flash, Start using studio flash.

A lady’s Boudoir used to be out of bounds for gentleman however since the early 1990’s it has been a lucrative income for many photographers.

In this 2 part film Mark Cleghorn explains the key skills to shooting with natural light in a bedroom environment his boudoir style of photography, using a plus size model for a more realistic client effect.

Unlike other PT4U films this film includes the post processed images, so you can see what the client would proof.

Part 1 Contents include – Using window and Tungsten lighting, posing for curves, details and using a reflector.

PART 3 of 4

This training video is designed to help you create more dramatic studio portraits using advanced lighting skills and techniques using different studio lighting accessories as well as giving you an insight into Mark’s day to day techniques which makes him still one of today’s leading portrait photographers.

Topics Covered…

* How best to use Lighting Accessories.
* Split Light
* Ring Flash
* Adding a kicker Light
* Low Key Impact
* Blending Flash & Tungsten
* The Session & Posing

PART 2 of 4

This training video is designed to help you create more dramatic studio portraits using advanced lighting skills and techniques using different studio lighting accessories as well as giving you an insight into Mark’s day to day techniques which makes him still one of today’s leading portrait photographers.

Topics Covered…

* How best to use Lighting Accessories.
* Split Light
* Ring Flash
* Adding a kicker Light
* Low Key Impact
* Blending Flash & Tungsten
* The Session & Posing

PART 1 of 4

This training video is designed to help you create more dramatic studio portraits using advanced lighting skills and techniques using different studio lighting accessories as well as giving you an insight into Mark’s day to day techniques which makes him still one of today’s leading portrait photographers.

Topics Covered…

* How best to use Lighting Accessories.
* Split Light
* Ring Flash
* Adding a kicker Light
* Low Key Impact
* Blending Flash & Tungsten
* The Session & Posing