Flat lay photography secrets – essential lighting
Join Filip Kowalkowski for an online workshop on flat lay photography and learn how to control composition, flash and modifiers for professional-looking results.
Join our online training session on flat lay photography with Filip Kowalkowski.
Flat lay is a type of photograph taken from directly above. The trend became hugely popular in e-commerce and social media, where imagination is often the only limit. A few basic principles, however, can make a major difference to the professional quality of the result.
Take part in the free webinar and learn how to control composition and lighting in flat lay photography.
Duration: 2 hours
Date: 25 March 2021, 18:00
During the training you will learn how to:
- control flash,
- choose suitable modifiers,
- build a composition and select backgrounds and props,
- choose flash power, aperture, shutter speed and ISO step by step.
Course format:
- we will use one flash source and modifiers including an umbrella, softbox, diffuser, flags and reflector,
- every part of the lighting and composition setup will be explained, including why a particular modifier is used and how to create soft or hard light,
- the first part discusses equipment and the visual style of the photographs,
- the second part focuses on building and analysing an actual shooting set.
The instructor will answer questions live during the workshop.
Filip Kowalkowski
He uses photography to tell stories, build an image and present products. He specialises in portrait, advertising and food photography. In addition to client work, he teaches and lectures at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and as a guest at the Academy of Photography in Warsaw.
His clients have included the City of Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Radio PiK, the Pomeranian Philharmonic, SOS Music and PZU. For several years he worked with Polska Press Grupa, and his photographs appeared in newspapers and weekly magazines including Tygodnik Powszechny, Wprost and Polityka.
Selected awards and distinctions:
- 2018 – Grand Press Photo 2018 – nomination, Sport / Single Image,
- 2017 – International Photography Awards – Honorable Mention, Professional Portrait,
- 2017 – BZ WBK Press Photo – 2nd place, Portrait / Single Image,
- 2016 – International Photography Awards: A Family of Man – Honorable Mention, Old Age category.