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20% off John Freeman Photours photographic courses

(£40 off one day courses and £160 off a five day course)

John Freeman Photours, the next generation in photographic training, is running five studio based educational photographic workshops in London from January 2010. A one day workshop costs £200. A course of five workshops costs £800.

To get your 20% discount, phone 0800 298 8190 and quote WDC09.

Book before 31st December 2009 to get your offer.

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About the workshops

The workshops are designed for those wanting to discover more about the professional approach to studio working methods. The workshops cover Basic Studio Lighting for Portraits, Advanced Studio Lighting for Portraits, Studio Based Nude Photography, Still Life Photography and Digital Workflow.

Each workshop is available separately or they can be booked as a series of five consecutive days, all at truly competitive prices.

Each student can be confident that they are following a meticulous guide, created by one of the World’s most distinguished photographers, and that they are being taught the techniques that have served John Freeman so well in his own career. Workshops that are not personally led by John Freeman will be led by other highly acclaimed photographers. Every step of the workshops will be shown and discussed on a large HD cinema monitor. A breakdown of key content for each workshop can be seen below:

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Basic Studio Lighting for Portraits

09:30 – 18:00, workshop content will include:

  • Analysis of equipment such as flash units, heads, umbrellas, soft boxes and flash meters
  • Equipment functions and possible adjustments
  • Best choice of camera equipment and lenses
  • Lighting a portrait using one light/ multiple lights/ reflectors
  • Adding a hair light
  • Adding background light
  • Hands on chance for students to light a portrait and change the pose
  • Analysis of results and Q & A

Advanced Studio Lighting for Portraits
09:30 – 18:00, workshop content will include:

  • Analysis of equipment such as flash units, heads, umbrellas, soft boxes, flags and reflectors
  • Equipment functions and possible adjustments
  • Best choice of camera equipment and lenses
  • Make-up for portraits
  • Posing the model
  • Building the light and experimenting with different light sources
  • Choice of backgrounds and background effects
  • Full length portraits
  • Hands on chance to light a portrait and change the pose
  • Analysis of results and Q & A

Studio Based Nude Photography

09:30 – 18:00, workshop content will include:

  • Analysis of equipment such as flash units, heads, umbrellas, soft boxes, flags and reflectors
  • Equipment functions and possible adjustments
  • Best choice of camera equipment and lenses
  • Make-up for the face and body
  • Posing the model
  • Building the light and experimenting with different light sources
  • Choice of backgrounds and background effects
  • Using props
  • Full length photographs
  • Hands on chance to light the body and experiment with different poses
  • Analysis of results and Q & A

Still Life Photography

09:30 – 18:00, workshop content will include:

  • Discussion about the subjects to be photographed
  • Analysis of equipment such as flash units, heads, umbrellas, soft boxes, flags, reflectors and mirrors
  • Equipment functions and possible adjustments
  • Positioning the subject

Best choice of lens and camera equipment

  • Building the light and experimenting with different light sources
  • Choice of backgrounds and background effects
  • Hands on chance to light a still life and experiment with different effects
  • Analysis of results and Q & A

Digital Workflow
09:30 – 18:00, workshop content will include:

  • Discussion about setting up a digital darkroom including the computer/ printer/ software, basic colour management, monitor calibration, downloading, storage and back-up
  • Processing RAW files and the advantages of shooting RAW
  • Manipulating and editing RAW images using Adobe Photoshop
  • Fine-tuning images including levels, curves, selective adjustments, converting to black and white
  • Analysis of results and Q & A

Book before 31st December 2009 to get your offer, book by phoning 0800 298 8190 and quote WDC09

We have made arrangements with different third party retailers to provide these offers. If you are unhappy with any offer or free gift then please contact the supplier. In many cases numbers may be limited on a first come first serve basis, and when amounts run out no alternative wil be offered.