Studio Lighting & Beginning Portraiture------------------------- $125.00

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Taught by Robert Elvin

Wednesday Evenings; 7:00-9:30
Oct 15- Dec 3 (6 class meetings)

This class is designed for those who wish to take another step towards quality photographic studio lighting techniques. Single studio electronic flash set-ups will be demonstrated and used in class. Instruction will include exposure metering, lighting ratios and effects, and use of basic studio photographic equipment. The emphasis of the class is on control of light, the fundamentals of portraiture lighting, from simple lighting situations to more advanced lighting techniques, and using studio lighting to create different moods.

ĦE Demos of studio equipment
ĦE Lighting ratios and effects
ĦE Portraiture techniques

Students will be issued a special darkroom pass for class projects.

Contact instructor for detailed information:

trebornivle@yahoo.com

Robert Elvin holds degrees in social anthropology, commercial photography and fine art photography from the University of Minnesota, City College of San Francisco and the San Francisco Art Institute Respectively. Commercial clients in the bay area have included Pacific Telesis Corp., Maggie Williams Public Relations, The San Francisco Wine exchange and numerous independent clients. Mr. Elvin has taught lighting at the San Francisco Photography Center since 1988. For the last ten years he has worked primarily with motion picture lighting and has been the principal technical support person for Photographers Lighting in San Francisco. He is currently in post- production on The Savant; a film written and directed by him and due for release in July 08.




Somarts Cultural Building 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 [415] 205-4914