The lesson was very practical and I found this very helpful as I was able to remember important details from actually doing it myself and learning from any mistakes I made. We were shown how to mount the flash and use it in relation to the lights.

After a short break we were put into groups to test the skills we had just learnt and told to re-create this famous Steve Jobs portrait:


We each had a different role to play in the recreation: Lucy on camera, Amy on light meter, Joel posing as the model and me moving the lights around into position. We learnt about the importance of communication between all members of the team and how necessary talking to each other actually is to create a nice shot. For me, I was initially nervous about doing lights as I know how expensive the equipment is and I can be very clumsy at times! However the experience was very worthwhile and I learnt a lot about the different ways lighting can be changed to create tones and shadows. Here is my groups final recreation shot: