This lighting and composition for photography course covers:

  • Composing your images
  • Effects of color, lines, and position in image composition
  • Understanding color temperature and the effect on your image
  • Using neutral density and gradient filters              
  • Fill flash and reflectors to enhance lighting
  • Using selective focus     

Please call 800-851-9237 or 781-376-6044 to schedule a course.

Contact AGI to request course dates.

Composing your images

  • Understanding simple compositional rules
  • Cropping images for maximum effect
  • Framing your image
  • Compositional rules that apply to portraitures

Effects of color, lines, and position in image composition

  • How elements can draw the viewer’s attention
  • Leading lines
  • Converging lines
  • Curving lines
  • Implied triangles

Understanding color temperature and the effect on your image

  • Lighting your image
  • Temperature for various light sources

Using neutral density and gradient filters  

  • Examples of when to use a ND filter
  • How to use a NH filter
  • Using a gradient filter
  • Knowing your densities

Fill flash and reflectors to enhance lighting

  • Understanding when to use fill flashes
  • Experimenting with reflectors

Using selective focus 

  • Modifying exposure to use aperture creatively
  • Depth of focus
  • Using focal point to alter focus   

Custom and private Photography classes

This Photography course is available as a private class. Curriculum can be customized for your specific needs. Photography classes can be delivered at your location, online, or in our classrooms. For more information, call 781-376-6044 to speak with a training consultant or contact us.

A camera that can be set in manual mode and a flash, either detached or integrated, is required for this class. All other lighting used in this photography course is supplied for the workshop.

You will receive a comprehensive course manual for this class developed by the Adobe Certified Instructors at AGI. AGI instructors have created many of the official training guides and books for Adobe Systems.

Available Delivery Methods For This Class

CLASSROOM
LIVE ONLINE
PRIVATE
MY LOCATION