Our two portrait workshops were a lot of fun. We all learned loads about using backgrounds, lighting, positioning and posing, and created some really nice images.
There are so many styles of portraiture – everyone, quite rightly, has their view. We elected to use continuous lighting rather than flash, as that suits every camera. We helped those with cameras to find the most approriate settings and practise their skills to create images they liked.
We’re still collecting the images from our visitors and will post the ones they like best here.
As part of the club’s engagement with the St Albans Visual Arts Festival 2025, we ran a couple of Light Painting workshops at the Collective Gallery on Holywell Hill. With some (very) temporary screens, we created a black-out area at the back of the gallery where we could let our imaginations loose.
We had a wide range of visitors with what felt like an even wider range of cameras. We were able to assist most in putting their cameras into fully manual mode as required by this type of photography, but one or two did stump us (for now).
Richard, our guide, then took us through a range of tools from Christmas lights, to shampoo bottles and other home made devices (plenty of gaffer tape on show!). We also used to more specialist equipment, such as fibre optic brushes and light tubes. These are some images captured by the club, but most were taken away to be enjoyed by our guests. As it was an introductory session, these aren’t all “the best” but should be a launch onto further adventures!
