Summit Lighting Info
about this workshop
Take your photography to new heights with the nation’s top photo lighting experts. Learn how you can vastly improve your photography and make more money by incorporating lighting equipment into your shoots. Don’t just learn about the lighting equipment itself, learn how it can be used in several different settings and scenarios to create unique and desirable photos.
In this class, you will learn both simple/complex lighting setups for studio portraits and creative lighting combined with action. The Lighting Workshop is for photographers of all skill levels, and lighting equipment will be provided.

Workshop Schedule
- 1pm: check in/introductions overview
- 1:30-2:30: Introductions and Overviews
- 2:30-4pm: The Process with JC Carey
- 4pm: Lighting Gear Overview
- 7:00-9:30pm: Networking & Portfolio Reviews
- 8:30am: Classroom opens
- 9-10am: Instructor Roundtable
- 10am: Creating Your own Path with Jen Pottheiser
- 11:30-2pm: Lunch break
- 2:00pm: Lighting gear/setups with JC Carey
- 3:00pm On-location shoot with faculty
- 9am: Classroom opens
- 9:30am-11:00: Image critique
- 1pm-3:00pm: Image critique
- 3:30pm: On-location shoot with faculty
- 8:30am: Classroom opens
- 9am: Compositing with Matt Hernandez
- 10:30-noon: Image critique
- Noon-1:30pm: Lunch break
- 1:30-5pm: On-location with faculty
- 5-7pm: Download/Edit/Image critique
- 7-9pm: Faculty Roundtable & Closing Reception



Packing details & Considerations
Recommended Camera Gear
Minimum 1 camera body
Your favorite portrait lens(50mm, 24mm, 105mm etc.)
Medium zoom lens
Camera bag
Camera lenses
Camera batteries / charger
Laptop
Memory cards
Card reader
Tripod


Weather to Consider While Packing
It can be cooler in the mornings and evenings (50s- 70s). June in Colorado can get quite hot (high 80s low 90s). You be spending hours in the sun. Bring sunscreen, hats, light layers, etc. We will be giving every participant a Summit water bottle to stay hydrated!
Meet your Instructors

Matt Hernandez

Jen Pottheiser

JC Carey
Matt Hernandez
Jen Pottheiser
Jennifer Pottheiser is a commercial photographer based in the New York area. Often photographing with athletes and entertainers, Ms. Pottheiser’s list of corporate, commercial and non-profit clients is a venerable Dream Team. She produces and shoots large scale projects for the National Basketball Association, United States Tennis Association and Memorial Sloan Kettering’s non-profit Cycle for Survival among others. Her images have appeared in countless books, publications and advertisements and her assignments have taken her throughout the world. Pottheiser’s campaign with Goodby, Silverstein & Partners for the National Basketball Association was recognized as one of the best print campaigns of the decade and her work has been acknowledged industry wide including recognition with a Communication Arts Advertising Annual and a Silver International Andy award.
JC Carey
Joseph “JC” Carey is a lifetime image maker that like many photographers was terrified of lighting until he was gifted with a class in 2007. The class wasn’t very informative with too many of the “recipes” that people love to share rather than teach how to light, but it lit a fire that has never stopped burning. That gift changed everything. It transformed him from someone that barely took pictures of people and knew nothing about lighting into someone still trying to figure out how to light everything.
The last 14 years have passed with him being blessed with a daughter, a career doing what he loves, multiple magazine covers, and with meeting amazing people and trying to create great images of them. The art of photography and taking pictures is his passion but the ability to make his vision a reality in a photograph is what truly drives him.
JC has taught all over the US including being part of the Faculty at Summit Workshops.
JC joined the FJ Westcott Company in 2020 as their Eastern Accounts Manager and also works as a professional photographer.
Follow his Instagram at JCPhotoMedia