My background is in portrait photography. Back towards the end of the last millennium I had a portrait studio in Hove in East Sussex. My main business came from family portraiture. This was in the studio and also in my clients homes. Over time I also built an association with many local people within the arts and music business and shot a good few portfolios for actors and models.
As with all photography, lighting is key in portraiture. Working in a studio environment for most of the time I became increasingly aware of the importance of setting studio lights to capture style,mood and of course give the kind of polished finish to my work which my clients required. I can recall the many times that clients would come in fearful of having pictures taken because of some previous experienced of having photographs taken which were badly lit and unflattering.
Back in the 1980's the large and rather cumbersome studio lights were very expensive and usually only found in the professional studio environments. These days it is a completely different matter.
Studio kits are smaller, more affordable and are now often purchased by amateur photographers wishing to turn a spare room, garage or outbuilding into space where they can take some quality portraits.
These days I no longer take many portraits as most of my time is spent running the Going digital photography courses. As part of my work with Going digital I am able to offer one to one tuition, and as my background is in portraiture both in and out of the studio, I am able to share this knowledge with anybody wishing to improve their portrait skills. Whether you wish to improve your general portraiture skills so you can take better shots of your family, or whether you have purchased a set of studio lights and wish to know how to set them up and learn about different lighting techniques, a 1-2-1 session may be of value to you. For more information please email me at south@goingdigital.co.uk or phone Dominic on 07546 231044. Please be aware that 1-2-1 sessions can be tailor made to suit individual learning requirements and can be in several photographic themes from basic beginners photography to editing in Photoshop.
