PT4U Master Wild Life Photographer – Andy Rouse

In Andy Rouses first training film for PhotoTraining4U he takes us on location to a local park to shoot swans on a lake, however on route he spots a betteropportunity when a Grebe paddles by.

Andy talks about his equipment, the location, histogram’s and using the right lighting to capture great pictures.

Real and RAW is the only way to explain this type of wedding training by Mark Cleghorn, as you get to see how a working photographer copes under the pressures of a real wedding day, nothing fake here, as even the images have only been touched by camera RAW in conversion, so no Photoshop, just conversion from RAW to jpeg with some of the images selected to Black & White.

The 6th and final part of Confetti & Lace IV features Mark Cleghorn discussing the wedding day overall. Mark chats about the wedding, the time management, location choice image variety, camera technique, how he uses flash as well as the general wedding day goals.

In this series of films you get to follow the two PhotoTraining4U Apprentices, Osy’s & John over 12 months. You will be able to track the Apprentices on their training journey using a combination of specific films on PhotoTraining4U as well as hands on monthly tuition with MarkCleghorn on their route to becoming better photographers.

In this 4 part film Mark goes back to basics in the studio with lighting but not before you get to see the 2 apprentices hang them selves using there existing studio techniques before Mark helps put them on the right track.

Lesson 1 Part 1 includes – Apprentices before the lesson, quick corrections to their techniques.

This Film is a portfolio shoot of a new model on location in Cardiff Bay.

In the film you will see Mark Cleghorn using all his skills to manipulate light to enhance the session as well as instruct the model in pose.

You will get to see how he uses from a Reflector to a Flash, creative posing and model direction, fighting the elements of sunshine and wind as well as come up with fun and funky images along the way.

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

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

In this film series you get to see some of “Osy’s”, the first ever PhotoTraining4U “Apprentice” Mark Osman’s, basic photography training

Over the next 12 months you will be able to track “Osy” as he has been nicknamed on his training journey using a combination of specific films on PhotoTraining4U and hands on monthly tuition with Mark Cleghorn on his route to becoming a better photographer.

In this film Mark Cleghorn gives a Osy’s some basic camera skills as he corrects his shooting technique, to adjust his balance when shooting for slower shutter speeds. Plus Mark sets the first ever homework before the real training begins.
Osy’s First Films to watch Generations part 2

A Speedlite Flash film that takes you beyond the basics, as Mark Cleghorn demonstrates how he uses simple techniques with a speedlite in portraiture.

The zoom option on a speedlite is so often ignored by photographers, but the creative effect once used is never forgotten and for off camera flash enthusiasts its an essential skill to learn. In this film Mark demonstrates how to create different shapes with thespeedlite for very powerfull off camera flash portraits.

Film includes – Setting up Canon 580EXII Zoom option and adding Honl Honeycomb grids

also used are the Pocket Wizard Radio Triggers

One of the most requested films has been “how to use a light meter”.

In this film Mark Cleghorn takes us back to basics explaining the In’s and the Out’s of using a light meter for exposure.

Part 1 of 2 – covers the basic meter modes and set up as well as taking a meter reading in natural, Ambient, light mode.

Featured Light Meter – Sekonic L358

In this film Mark Cleghorn sets out to unravel the basics of using multiple speedlites and the Automatic Ratio feature using a simple mug shot in a set.

Using 1 Speedlite is simple, using 2 is OK but when combing 3 and 4 in an image, as in this film, things could get a little more complicated.

Mark first of all goes into the basics of setting up a Canon 580EXII and an older 580EX to combine and use together in the shoot, then adding a third speedlite to start to use the Ratio feature.

This Technical film on speedlites is easy to follow as Mark takes you step by step through each stage.