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My Four Day Lighting Course at the ICP

Posted on January 24th, 2011 Written on michael's blog

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Mapplethorp II

I just finished an intensive 4-day course in advanced portrait lighting at the International Center for Photography in NY.

The course was taught by Harvey Stein, an accomplished photographer in his own right.

Personally, I was most interested in the Avedon style lighting – I like his work a lot and I want to reproduce it for the silkscreen prints – but the course covered a whole range of lighting techniques. All very interesting.

The school itself is great – the facilities are unbelievable – and it’s just down the street

I was delighted to learn that as a graduate (even after four days apparently), I get free access to the massive and incredibly well equippled studios. And there are a lot of them.

All in all I would recommend this to anyone who wants to improve their photographic skills.

There are some transitional lessons from stills to video which I will be incorporating into lessons here at NYVS.

A great deal of it does not translate, but some does - so long as your subject is in a studio and doesn't move!

Tags : ICP , Harvey Stein , lighting

Category : photography

2 comment(s)

michael
2:43 pm Tuesday
Jan 25, 2011

Hi Joe will do! stand by

joemichaels
2:36 pm Tuesday
Jan 25, 2011

Hi Michael. The situation that I find myself in on a day to day basis is shooting in tight quarters for an interview. If you could review basic lighting techniques inside of an office space for instance where filmmakers often have to get head shots.