Dynamic Lighting
From seniors to athletes, from a simple setup to creative lighting techniques, improve your photography lighting with Westcott Top Pro Matt Hernandez and JC Carey!
Now two opportunities to learn from Matt Hernandez
May 2-4, 2025 | Denver, CO
September 5-7, 2025 | Paducah, KY
Tuition: $1,995 | Deposit: $500
Deposit due upon registration, full tuition due 120 days before the workshop. Workshop limited to 8 participants.
This three day intensive workshop will improve your grasp of photography lighting fundamentals and advanced techniques. Summit will teach you more than just replicating lighting, you will learn to understand light to make your own vision a reality. Ultimately, lighting is creative problem solving, this workshop will teach you the fundamentals to help you control lighting in every scenario, allowing you to deliver on a high level. With these skills you can develop your own style and also understand how to light anything!
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May 2-4, 2025
Denver, CO
September 5-7, 2025
Paducah, KY
Working with Seniors & Athletes
Our workshop covers everything you need to excel at photographing seniors and athletes with perfect lighting every time. You’ll master posing techniques, lighting setups, and maximizing your gear for stunning results. We’ll also dive into marketing strategies to help grow your business. With hands-on practice, you’ll learn how to capture dramatic, well-lit action shots, all with expert guidance from a top industry professional. Whether you’re looking to refine your skills or build a standout portfolio, this workshop will give you the tools to succeed.
In the Studio and the classroom
Hands-On Lighting Demonstrations
Learn directly from Matt and JC in a studio setting as they demonstrates how to set up lighting and gear to create perfectly lit photos in real-world scenarios.
In-Depth Equipment Insights
Get a comprehensive breakdown of the equipment used to achieve specific lighting and stylistic effects, with detailed instruction on how to master it.
Marketing and Client Pitches
Gain valuable insights into Matt’s marketing techniques and learn how to effectively pitch your work to potential clients.
Workshop Itinerary
- 9:00am: Check in / Introductions
- 9:30am - 11:30: Using Light to Your Advantage - Matt will go through a series of photos and in a hands on demonstration, show how and what he uses to get the desired look.
- Noon: Lunch
- 1:30pm - 5:00pm: On location shooting
- 9:00-10:30am: Retouching and Editing
- 10:30am - 11:30: The Business of Photography and pitching clients - Matt will go through his process for marketing and pitching clients
- Noon: Lunch
- 1:30pm - 5:00pm: On location shooting
- 10:00am: Understanding Lighting Angles
- 11:30am - 1:30pm: Lunch
- 1:30pm - 5:00pm: The Gear. An in-depth dive into all the gear used and how to achieve desired looks
- 5:30pm: Closing Reception
The final workshop schedule will be provided one month prior to the event. Please keep in mind that the schedule is tentative and may be adjusted as needed during the workshop.
Meet Your Instructors
Matt Hernandez
Lead Instructor
JC Carey
Workshop FacultyJoseph “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
Past Student Work
Student Testimonials
Join our Dynamic Lighting Workshop
Sign up now by paying the deposit. Full tuition is due 120 days before the workshop begins.
Frequently asked questions
No! Summit Workshops is available to any photographer, regardless of what brand of camera you use. We often have camera gear available to borrow, free of charge, but you are not required to use that gear or any specific brand.
Tuition includes activity fees, location fees, all instruction, planning and logistics. It does not cover hotels, travel, and most meals.
Our workshop is for shooters of all ages and skill levels, from beginners to seasoned veterans. We all learn from and help one another, that is what makes the Summit Community so special.
Lodging & Classroom
Our workshop hotel for the Denver workshop is the Springhill Suites in Denver. This is where the workshop classroom is located and where the faculty and staff will be staying!
Our workshop hotel for the Kentucky workshop is the Courtyard by Marriott. This is where the faculty and staff will be staying and we have secured a room rate of $119 a night. We will send you the booking link upon registration. Our classroom will be located a few miles away at Matt’s studio which allows for a great space and also the opportunity to see Matt’s gear and approach.
After registration please email Chris at chris@summitworkshops.com to secure your lodging.
Thanks to our partners at Westcott Lighting, all lighting gear will be provided for this workshop.