Dave Montizambert - 2008 Lecture

Dramatic Lighting For Portraiture With Digital Capture - Extra Plus Masterclass

The power of Photoshop and instant digital image capture has made creating stronger images more possible than ever. However, even with these powerful digital tools there is still one weak link, lighting. Without good lighting at time of capture, one is in for a long bout of Photoshop trying to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. In this session, international lighting/Photoshop trainer Dave Montizambert will show you how to create and control dramatic lighting for digital capture portraiture.

You will learn how to:

Create Dave’s favorite lighting setups for dramatic lighting.
Outdoor lighting utilizing simple lighting setups & available light.
Push the limits of lighting contrast while staying within the limits of output.
Shoot from the shadow side.
Optimize & standardize image processing for dramatic lighting.
Correlate reflective meter reading with Info Palette readings with actual printed values.
Colour Management for stronger stress-free imaging.

Depending on time slot this presentation can also be presented as a hands-on workshop.

Dave's Bio

The SWPP 2008 Convention was an outstanding success,
we have 137 days to get ready for the 2009 convention - which starts on January 14, 2009

Photo Quote: It seems so utterly naive that landscape - not that of the pictorial school - is not considered of "social significance" when it has a far more important bearing on the human race of a given locale than excrescences called cities. - Edward Weston, Daybooks