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Today was an amazing day. I attended a lighting course, sponsored by Lencarta, run by Jonathan Ryan. Absolutely brilliant. I have never used studio lighting, I have some of my dad’s old lights, but these are nothing compared to the real lights I got to play with today. The course itself was my kind of course, small amount of technical information for the first 30 minutes (max) of the day, then the rest of the day involved instruction whilst using your camera and attempting different challenges using the lights and modifiers available. First time I have ever shot a real model and it was a really pleasurable experience. Family will be pleased of the break, amazing what a difference it makes to have someone in front of the camera who gets what you are trying to do. Very interesting to watch Jonathan direct a pose with such direct and simple instruction and hand gestures! I know I have taken on board a stunning amount of information and have come away with the confidence to purchase my first real lighting setup and put into action in the middle of 2011 a little plan I have had drafted for about 6 months. Looking forward to the steep learning curve ahead of me, but feel I have the first few vital pieces of information to help me achieve it and not just about lighting either. Brilliant.

Please bear in mind that these images have been taken while experimenting with what light does, they were not meant to be perfect. Teaching mechanisms!

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