Summit Lighting
Location: New York, NY
Dates: August 2021
Deposit: $395 / Tuition: $1,495
Bring Your Photography out of the Darkness.
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 go on-location to learn high speed sync and lighting for action and sports, you’ll go into the studio to learn complex lighting setups for studio portraits, and you’ll go to a crossfit gym to learn you how to combine on-location and studio lighting techniques to make creatively lit action portraits. The Lighting Workshop is for photographers of all ages and skill levels, and lighting equipment will be provided.
What you’ll learn:
The Importance of Lighting in Photography.
Lighting Equipment, Equipment Setup.
High Speed Sync, Action and Sports Lighting.
Studio and Portrait Lighting.
Culinary, Bridal, Fashion, Athlete.
How to Make More Money with Lighting.
What To Know
The workshop classroom will be at B&H.
A rental car is encouraged but not required. We promote car pooling and many without cars can get everywhere they need.
During the workshop you will have the opportunity to customize your experience based on what you hope to learn and which shoots are most interesting.
2021 WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS
Dave Black
Workshop Faculty
A Nikon Ambassador and one of the pioneers in the conversion to all-digital photography, Dave Black is best known for his sports photography including covering Olympic games for more than 20 years for Newsweek. Constantly reinventing himself, he’s currently pushing new frontiers in combining lightpainting and western imagery, photography well suited for a gallery wall.
Joey Terrill
Workshop Faculty
Recently appointed as a Nikon Ambassador, Joey is a Los Angeles-based corporate and editorial photographer with a long and varied career in photography. In recent years Joey has migrated towards his passions for environmental portraits and studio/location lighting. A prior attendee of the workshops in the mid 1990s, he’s now a regular faculty member, with a talent for effectively communicating the principles of controlled lighting in terms anyone can understand. His portrait talents are regularly tapped by commercial clients as well as Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, People and other leading publications.
Jen Pottheiser
Workshop Faculty
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.
Matt Hernandez
Workshop Faculty
Matt is a portrait photographer based out of Kentucky who specializes in on location creative lighting focusing on seniors and athletes. He began his career as an award-winning graphic artist, and has since used those skills to help launch a very successful photography career. He has won multiple awards including the “People’s Choice Award” at the 2012 Google+ Photographer’s Conference, and The “Most Creative Award” at the 2013 Las Vegas Photoshop World Westcott Shootout. In 2013 he was chosen to represent F.J. Westcott as one of their “Top Endorsed Pros.”
JC Carey
Workshop Faculty - Nikon Professional Services
Joseph "JC" Carey is a dad, educator, traveler, troublemaker, and lifelong image maker. He lives in the NYC area and is the Nikon Professional Services representative for the Northeast United States. After retiring from the New York City Police Department, he had a lighting class bestowed upon him as a gift for his 33rd birthday. That gift changed everything. From someone that barely took pictures of people and knew nothing about lighting he dove headfirst into 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 a photograph and create his vision is what truly drives him.
Visit his Instagram @JCPhotoMedia
His website is www.jcphotomedia.com
Mark Kettenhofen
Workshop Faculty - Nikon Professional Services
Mark has been behind a camera for nearly 40-years and began his photography career in the US Navy documenting the Navy’s global operations as a Syracuse University trained photojournalist. During his 20-years of military service Mark travel the world capturing historical moments with his camera. His efforts and talent were recognized through numerous awards, including being awarded the prestigious Military Photographer of the Year. Mark now works for Nikon Professional Services where he has spent almost 20-years continuing his passion for adventure, travel and photography which has taken him on expeditions to Everest Base Camp, the Galapagos Islands, diving with Humpback Whales off the coast of south and central America, and traveling deep into the jungles of the Amazon River basin for non-profit ECO groups. For 20-years he has been the Black Team Leader for the Eddie Adams Workshop, covered numerous Olympics, World Cups, Super Bowls and Presidential Inaugurations, and is the co-author of America from 500-feet II, a photographic exploration of the United States from the air with dear friend Bill Fortney.
Workshop Information & Itinerary
Workshop Highlights:
Professional Instruction on Lighting, Marketing, Working With Editors, and the Professional Photography Market
Premiere Networking Opportunities
Photograph a Variety of Subjects in Different Settings
Become Exposed and Comfortable With the Full Array of On/Off Camera Lighting
Spend Several Days With An Amazing Group of Likeminded Photographers
Costs Included In Tuition:
Activity Fees, Location Fees, Welcome Meals (details will be on your itinerary)
Not Included:
Hotels, Most Meals
Workshop Itinerary
LIGHTING WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
To view a PDF of an example schedule, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Keep in mind, we are constantly updating to make every year better.
LIGHTING DAY 1
Registration
Will begin at approx. 3:00 P.M.
Tech Talk
Reception
Evening Presentation
LIGHTING DAY 2
Basic Lighting Instruction
Instructor Demo Shoot
Group Brainstorm, Sketch, Ideas
Student Work with Models
Instructor Presentation
Social Gathering
LIGHTING DAY 3
Upload and Q&A
Critique
Instructor Demo Shoot
Student work with models
Instructor Presentation
Social Gathering
LIGHTING DAY 4
Upload and Q&A
Critique
Instructor Demo Shoot
Student work with models
Instructor Presentation
Closing Dinner presented by Nikon
Ends at approx. 10:00 P.M.
