Introduction to Using Multiple Flashes

If you want complete control over the image you’re taking, you need to use multiple flashes. Mike Hagen will take what appears complex and explain how to make it achievable to help get your studio lighting to an elite level.

Mike Hagen will walk through how to build your lighting setup with two, three, four and even five flashes. If you're figuring out what lighting gear to purchase, this course will help by showing you:

• Camera settings and sync modes to capture the best exposure
• How to use the various trigger methods
• The different roles each light plays in creating your image
• How to shape the light for the most control over your final image
• How to build your knowledge comfortably from 1-5 lighting setups

Whether you’re shooting portraits, buildings, or products - controlling all the light in your image can improve your photography from good to GREAT. Mike Hagen will teach you how to light and create every shadow and highlight by using multiple flashes in your photography.

• Class Introduction
• Flash & Exposure Review
• Demo: Flashes Overview
• Demo: Manual Flash
• Triggering Methods Overview
• Demo: Mixing Brands of Triggers
• Demo: Defining Lights Overview
• What Modifier to Use with Multiple Flashes?
• Demo: Umbrellas
• Demo: Soft Boxes
• Demo: Octas
• Demo: Reflectors
• Demo: Beauty Dish
• Snoots & Grids Overview
• Demo: How to Setup Multiple Lights in the Studio
• Demo: Key & Hair/Rim Light Setup
• Demo: Key & Background Light Setup
• Demo: Clamshell Two Light Setup
• Demo: Key, Fill & Background Light Setup
• Demo: Side Lights & Background Light Setup
• Demo: Clamshell & Rim Light Setup
• Demo: Rembrandt, Fill & Hair Light Setup
• Demo: Rembrandt, Fill, Hair & Background Lights
• Demo: Clamshell, Rim, One Background Light
• Demo: How to Produce a Pure White Background
• Demo: Full-Length Portraits with Multiple Lights
• Demo: Still Life Example with Multiple Lights