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Posing With The Posing Tubs- Lastolite School Of Photography

Posing With The Posing Tubs- Lastolite School Of Photography

This film made in conjunction with The Lastolite School Of Photography and concentrates on the Posing Tubs and how they are used.

The film gives you an insight in to using and getting the best out of these clever studio props when shooting, Mark Cleghorn demonstrates the setting up of the props when using them to construct groups and couples.

This film is a good one to watch if you are trying to learn basic group posing as well as adding more variety into a simple session.

Presented by:- Mark Cleghorn on July 22nd, 2010

HiLite with Speedlites – Lastolite School Of Photography

HiLite with Speedlites – Lastolite School Of Photography

This film made in conjunction with The Lastolite School Of Photography and concentrates on the Hilite Background system and lighting it with just portable flash

The film gives you an insight in to using and getting the best out of a Hilite Background when shooting. Mark Cleghorn demonstrates the setting up of the Hilite and Lighting as well as quick fixes for any errors.

Presented by:- Mark Cleghorn on June 14th, 2010

Products with LiteTable- Lastolite School Of Photography

Products with LiteTable- Lastolite School Of Photography

FreeView Film
This film made in conjunction with The Lastolite School Of Photography and concentrates on the LiteTable and how it is used to shoot simple and complex products for still life or for brochures.

The film gives you an insight in to using and getting the best out of a Lastolite LiteTable when shooting items in a studio or on location.

Mark Cleghorn demonstrates from the setting up of the LiteTable to the lighting a product for a three dimensional effect.

Mark discusses the history of the LiteTable in the commercial studio, then shows you how to set it up and how to dismantle it. Then Mark shows you how he use studio flash and accessories to shoot better product photography, including graduated backgrounds and addingcolour. Finally food photography is the topic, shooting for stock but using the RayD8 continuous light source with fluorescent bulb’s to avoid any heat from tungsten lamps.

Presented by:- Mark Cleghorn on May 15th, 2010

Baby Poser- Lastolite School Of Photography

Baby Poser- Lastolite School Of Photography

FreeView Film
This film made in conjunction with The Lastolite School Of Photography concentrates on the Baby Poser and how to use it.

The film gives you an insight in to using and getting the best out of a Lastolite baby poser in the studio.

Mark Cleghorn demonstrates how to change the construction of the poser to adjust for different size and ages of baby as well as to add variety to the session. This film also shows the poser in use during a session.

All of the Lastolite equipment is available to buy from PhotoKit4U or click the product link below for direct pricing in the UK.

Presented by:- Mark Cleghorn on April 29th, 2010

Continuous Lighting RayD8 -Part 2- Lastolite School Of Photography

Continuous Lighting RayD8 -Part 2- Lastolite School Of Photography

This film made in conjunction with The Lastolite School Of Photography and concentrates on the RayD8 Lighting and how it is used.

The film gives you an insight in to using and getting the best out of a continuous lighting when shooting, Mark Cleghorn demonstrates the setting up of the RayD8 lighting as well as using correct colour balance and shooting portrait stills and video with the kit.

In Part 2 Mark Cleghorn shoots a continuous tungsten lighting setup with the Lastolite RayD8 kit, as well as talking about colour balance and how to set up an accurate colour balance using a grey card as well as the exposure. Mark also discusses some basic portrait lighting styles to take great portraits.

Presented by:- Mark Cleghorn on March 24th, 2010

Continuous Lighting RayD8 -Part 1- Lastolite School Of Photography

Continuous Lighting RayD8 -Part 1- Lastolite School Of Photography

This film made in conjunction with The Lastolite School Of Photography and concentrates on the RayD8 Lighting and how it is used.

The film gives you an insight in to using and getting the best out of a continuous lighting when shooting, Mark Cleghorn demonstrates the setting up of the RayD8 lighting as well as using correct colour balance and shooting portraits with the kit.

In Part 1 Mark Cleghorn shoots a continuous fluorescent lighting setup with the Lastolite RayD8 kit, as well as talking about colour balance and how to set up an accurate colour balance using a grey card as well as the exposure. Mark also discusses some basic portrait lighting styles to take great portraits.

All of the Lastolite equipment is available to buy from PhotoKit4U or click the product link below for direct pricing in the UK.

Presented by:- Mark Cleghorn on March 24th, 2010

Products with CubeLite Part 2- Lastolite School Of Photography

Products with CubeLite Part 2- Lastolite School Of Photography

FreeView Film

This film made in conjunction with The Lastolite School Of Photography and concentrates on the Cubelite and how it is used to shoot simple and complex products for still life or for brochures.

The film gives you an insight in to using and getting the best out of a Lastolite Cublite when shooting reflective items in a studio HiKey style.

Mark Cleghorn demonstrates from the setting up of the Cubelite to the lighting a product for a three dimensional effect.

In Part 2 Mark Cleghorn shoots a variety of objects from a highly reflectve chrome object as well as a mirror vase, showing the pros and cons in lighting for reflections, glass as well as adding gell into the scene.

All of the Lastolite equipment is available to buy from PhotoKit4U or click the product link below for direct pricing in the UK.

Presented by:- Mark Cleghorn on March 17th, 2010

Products with CubeLite Part 1- Lastolite School Of Photography

Products with CubeLite Part 1- Lastolite School Of Photography

FreeView Film

This film made in conjunction with The Lastolite School Of Photography and concentrates on the Cubelite and how it is used to shoot simple and complex products for still life or for brochures.

The film gives you an insight in to using and getting the best out of a Lastolite Cublite when shooting reflective items in a studio HiKey style.

Mark Cleghorn demonstrates from the setting up of the Cubelite to the lighting a product for a three dimensional effect.

All of the Lastolite equipment is available to buy from PhotoKit4U or click the product link below for direct pricing in the UK.

Presented by:- Mark Cleghorn on March 17th, 2010

EzyBox Hotshoe – Lastolite School Of Photography

EzyBox Hotshoe – Lastolite School Of Photography

FreeView Film
This film made in conjunction with The Lastolite School Of Photography and concentrates on the Ezybox Hotshoe, a softbox for speedlite flash and how to use them everyday.

The film gives you an insight in to using and getting the best out of a Lastolite Ezybox Hotshoe when shooting on locations.

Mark Cleghorn demonstrates the portable softbox and how to use it to control contrast, fully illuminate the subject as well as to balance the flash with the ambient or to dominate. Shot in New York you get to see how Mark manipulate the flash on location to create a variety of striking portraits.

All of the Lastolite equipment is available to buy from PhotoKit4U or click the product link below for direct pricing in the UK.

Presented by:- Mark Cleghorn on January 13th, 2010

Shooting Low Key- Lastolite School Of Photography Part 2

Shooting Low Key- Lastolite School Of Photography Part 2

This film was made in conjunction with The Lastolite School Of Photography

STUDIO SKILLS LOW KEY LIGHTING
In this 2 Part 36 minute film Mark guides you through the techniques and variety for moody low key portraiture in the studio. In addition to the setting up and what equipment to use to get classic and creative low key portraits, Mark demonstrates the use of lighting to turn a basic portrait into something special in his quest for photographers to “get back to black”.. You will also get to see him controlling the pose and interacting with the subject, whilst sharing his portrait lighting techniques with you.

All of the Lastolite equipment is available to buy from PhotoKit4U or click the product link below for direct pricing in the UK.

This film was an early Lastolite film so don’t mention the “Actually’s”

Presented by:- Mark Cleghorn on December 21st, 2009

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