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Some self-portraits by John AlexAnder.

Next E & D — 17 July 2024
Portrait lighting workshop by John Alexander

report by Steffne Hughes

Apart from winning awards with lights and reflectors and started
his excellent portraits, CTPS experimenting with different
member John Alexander is al- setups.
ways willing to share his knowl- John realised that portraits are
edge with other photographers. not just about the technical as-
Earlier this year he presented pects and started exploring the
a successful workshop for Fish psychology of a portrait — en-
Hoek club. joying working with his subjects
"He was very clear and help- to capture their mood.
ful," reported their chairperson Our workshop will be very prac-
Geoff Jamieson. "He also ar- tical and will be run similar to a
ranged for a male model, who typical studio photo shoot. John
was fantastic! The ladies loved will provide a brief introduction
him and one even wanted to to lighting and will then pose
take him home." the model and adjust lighting
The good news is that the fan- to create different moods for
tastic male model, Ezzat (right), members to capture.
will also be in action at our July John's image 'Ezza with Jacket' was John shoots with a Fujifilm cam-
E&D workshop, when John will awarded a score of 24 in June. era and uses Godox lights and a
give a demonstration of light- Godox trigger, so members who
ing for portraiture, using studio lights and a model. have a Fujifilm camera will find it easy to select the
This practical session will be held in the hall at SAS- camera settings on the evening.
NEV and will not be streamed via Zoom. The workshop will benefit members with all cam-
John describes how he got involved with studio era brands, who will all be able to take great pic-
portrait photography as part of a journey to dis- tures as John will turn the modelling lights on. It
cover which photographic genre resonated with is recommended that you bring a lens that has a
him. He attended a studio photography workshop wide aperture and a tripod.
and realised that studio and creative photography Ezzat, featured above, is our cover model for this is-
appealed to him. He began accumulating various sue. Read John's description of the shoot on p2.

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