I recently was fortunate enough to teach a 3-day lighting workshop at the Charleston Center for Photography and also talk about lighting at the 2009 APAD Geekfest photo festival.

Charleston was very much a "hands-on" workshop where we shot at 3 different locations. We worked on outdoor location lighting and played around some in CC of P's studio. My strategy for the workshop was to make sure everyone understood the basics and then worked on concepts like hard versus soft light, controlling ambient light and using fill light.

Students had an opportunity to use Profoto gear as well as small strobes. We started out simple with one light and then worked up to edge lights and fill. Here's a few set photos:


© Bob Croslin


© Bob Croslin

And here's a few examples of student work:


© Amelia Phillips Hale


© Dave B


© Dave B

I also was included as a speaker at the APAD Geekfest 2009. It's the second year I've been lucky enough to be included in the lineup and humbled to be among speakers like Damon Winter, Patrick Farrell and Dai Sugano.

This is what it looked like from my perspective - scary:


© Bob Croslin

And from Corey Perrine's perspective:


© Corey Perrine

Thanks to Stacy Pearsal at the CC of P and to the Queen of APAD Melissa Lyttle for hosting me. Both are rock stars.