All About Light - 2017
A six week course focused on how to make strong photographs in every kind of lighting situation
All About Light is a 6 Week Course designed to help photographers observe and use light in a new way.
Each week there will be an assignment/topic for photos to be submitted for critique. You can submit photos already taken or you can make photos weekly for each topic. This will help me cover specifics topics that I find important in documentary family portrait session. You will also be encouraged to send in a total of 2 questions a week to be personally answered by me. While the Q&A can be about anything related to photography and business, I am requesting that the images be tailored to the specific topics, preferably newly made photos. Prior to the class, you will be added to FB Study Hall. Inside the study hall you will find a resource page that provides you with all the information you will need, links for submitting as well as a library of prerecorded videos discussing each of the 6 lessons.
Week 1: Dynamic side light & 3/4 light.
Week 2: Outdoor backlighting during a moment.
Week 3: Indoor window light.
Week 4: Indoor available light.
Week 5: Bathroom light and how to use it properly.
Week 6: Outdoor overhead light from 11am-1pm.
Your Instructor
Kirsten is a photographer based in Denver, Colorado however her work takes her around the world annually for photo commissions, speaking engagements and teaching opportunities. It was her 3 classes on Creative Live that ignited a global interest in her documentary approach to photographing families, specifically Day In The Life sessions as an alternate to the family portrait. From India to Colombia, Australia to Kazakhstan, Italy, Mexico, Turks and Caicos and London, Kirsten has brought her love of real life moments to over 30 countries in the last decade. Throughout her career beginning in 2001, she has worked as a photojournalist, wedding and family photographer, documentary photographer, branding and advertising photographer and personal photographic conceptual artist. Of all the accomplishments she's experienced, it's been Kirsten's role as mother that brings her the most pride and joy.