Lighting Demo and Book Signing at Lumino Studios

Today the demo was a Lecture covering some parts of Chapter 5 from my book Lighting Design for Commercial Portrait Photography on multiple light set-ups.

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Lumino Studios had it's grand opening today and I was honored to be asked to do a lighting demo and book singing at the new space in Placentia, CA. It's a great space with 4 studios to shoot in with all the lighting equipment, backdrops and props you could ever want. Including mobile flats with great textures and designs for building backgrounds and sets. Backgrounds and props from Backdrop Outlet. A great place to shoot in the East Orange Co/Fullerton and surrounding areas.

The opening was packed with action, including a catered lunch, a raffle, several models to shoot on the numerous sets and a VIP boudoir shoot with more pro models. They even hired 3 make-up artists to make sure the models were looking their best. 

During my presentation, I focused on creating a multi-light set-up similar to those covered in Chapter 5 of my book; including use of gels, grids, beauty dishes, strip boxes and more.

Here are a few of my favorite shots straight out of camera. More to come of the finished product.

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Special Thanks to my fabulous Crew who I can also call my friends.

Patty Naranjo, Rollence Patugan, & Mitch Wojcik.

The fantastic, always prompt, and professional Actress and Model, Alexandra Anthony. Make-up artist extraordinaire Jerri Graham, and Corey and Jason from Lumino Studios for inviting us to the grand opening and providing a great space to shoot in.

Here we are after a great day!

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And Rollence striking a pose standing in for the model.

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