Got a Light? | Private Lighting Workshop
Hello readers,
If you arrived on this post, then you have been invited to a private workshop hosted at Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel in Orange County (OC). I got an Ocean View Luxurious Suite for two nights and was entertained with the idea of hosting a lighting workshop. I have been talking about it forever on Tofurious, but never had time to follow through.
Fortunately, Lan Bui, Vu Bui (The Bui Brothers) and Doug (Furious Photographers) were all free to help!
It’s going to be quite interesting to have four lighting experts with potentially separate opinions for “good lighting.”
Check out the room from Ritz Carlton (Laguna Niguel) -
Ocean View Luxurious Suite at Ritz Carlton (Laguna Niguel) Floor Plan -
I am not going to tell you how much I actually paid for the room for it will send another series of pangs to my heart/wallet, but it’s over $3,000. We have a super nice location, so might as well make the most of it, right? Workshop.
Bui Brothers Photography
Here are some sample lighting images -
Neha Tiwari
Veronica Belmont
Furious Photographers
Here are some sample lighting images -
NYU Fashion
Winery Wedding
Tulum Wedding
The styles are different [in a good way], but concepts and skillsets are solid.
Workshop Details
Date: June 4th, 2009 – 6:30pm
Location: Super Expensive Ocean View Suite at Laguna Niguel Ritz Carlton (Orange County)
Instructors: Doug @DFurious, Lan Bui, Vu Bui, Lawrence @tofurious, maybe others
Equipment: Lots of wizards and 7 AlienBees and loads of 580EX II
Objectives:
- Learn off camera lighting
- Use of radio triggers
- Soft versus harsh lighting
- Balance with different Kelvin settings
- Posing
- How to be cool (not that you’re not, but maybe you need some help)
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Cost: $50 – uh yeah, no brainer – I assure you that there will be no workshop at this price especially from industry leaders teaching it. Or I challenge someone to do so!
$50 | First Come First Served | Limited Seats
I pay $3000 for room, you pay $50 = good deal.
The fee is only to pay for model, makeup, clothes, etc. I will pay for the room, so that’s one less thing to worry about. The goal is to get this lighting project started. Limited seats!
Cheers,
Lawrence
P.S. We might have an after party, so yeah…not all will get to stay – based on number of registrant.
June 2nd, 20092:20 am at
Yay! Can’t wait! I think I’ll make a video of the event. Hmmm..
June 2nd, 20097:26 am at
Aw, man! How I wish OC was my home right now. That is freakin’ awesome, Lawrence!
June 2nd, 20097:42 am at
I would love to attend but have 3 weddings this weekend… Please keep me on the list to notify me of any future lighting (or any other) workshops… I suck at lighting and need help. (And am totally broke so this fits the budget nicely as I would have to shell out some serious cash to fly down last minute)
June 2nd, 20097:48 am at
Shame I cant be there guys as would love to hang out with you all and soak up the info. best of luck with it and look forward to seeing some of the images when posted.
June 2nd, 20097:53 am at
Sounds amazing! I just signed up and can’t wait… thanks for such an affordable learning opportunity!
June 2nd, 20098:05 am at
I’m in. Never miss a chance to learn from the masters. Besides being a long time since I was there myself! Nice location! Perhaps will be a good opportunity to celebrate my 1st anniversary as well!!! See you guys there!
June 2nd, 20098:35 am at
This sounds awesome I just don’t have enough time to pull the trip together. Hopefully you will do it again.
June 2nd, 20098:54 am at
would love to do it. when will it be? i don’t want to pay until i know the date but please count me in!
June 2nd, 20098:58 am at
Thanks for the invite! I wish I could attend! Love your site and info. Hope to attend something in the future.
Diane
June 2nd, 20099:00 am at
This is when I wish I was somewhere, ANY where near the vicinity and not all the way on the east coast!!! Lawrence, you need to come and vacation in Atlanta (or somewhere near) and do one of these! : ) Will be thinking of you guys and all the great stuff you will be learning! — Rupa
June 2nd, 200910:00 am at
I got so excite til the June 4th part, so wish you guys were a bit closer, I am in Nashville, TN and flying back to NJ on the 4th I would totally Go- what a great deal and time!! I am so glad I found you guys!!!
June 2nd, 200911:03 am at
I SOOO wish I could come to this! What an awesome opportunity!!! If only I’d have known about it four weeks ago – I’d so be there this week! Thanks for sharing this fantastic opportunity with us! It’s a brilliant idea and if I lived in Cali I’d be there in a heartbeat! Hope you have a fantastic time and hope you’ll offer another great opportunity like this down the road.
June 2nd, 200911:13 am at
Ok Im in…just gotta find a sitter, a flight to LA and back to SFO as I have a wedding the next day.
June 2nd, 200911:19 am at
Hey, if you guys get up to the Bay Areas for one of these, count me in!
June 2nd, 200911:46 am at
Hello,
I tried registering but for some reason, it isn’t letting me register. Is it full? I would REALLY REALLY REALLY liked to register as I need to learn lighting better, to get my pictures to look like your amazing ones. Thank you!
Mohammad
June 2nd, 200911:47 am at
I might sign up just to learn to be cool…..and maybe pick up some mad lighting skillz along the way
June 2nd, 200911:59 am at
I want to come!! But did I miss where the dates are?
June 2nd, 200911:59 am at
hi Lawrence,
I clicked on the “add to cart” button and it says the product is out of stock, does that mean all spots are already filled?
June 2nd, 200912:49 pm at
So sorry I did not learn about this in time. I appreciate you guys putting this together as a learning opportunity and can’t believe you were so generous about the price. Hopefully I’ll be in the know sooner next time. Have fun!
June 2nd, 20091:37 pm at
It appears you’ve reached the limit in a few hours – I received the e-mail notification this AM and tried to reserve a spot at lunch time. If any spots open up I would love to attend – I’m very local (live in LN) and familiar with the entire Ritz and adjoining property.
Thanks – Ernie
June 2nd, 20092:37 pm at
I’d LOVE to attend.. i’m always looking for new lighting challenges… too bad Brazil is so far away and so expensive to get there… and 1 day wksp is too short to worth the trip… try to put up a longer one and I might attend.. wish you lots of fun in this one! Cheers Irit
June 2nd, 20092:42 pm at
Man. I wish I could go. After July 1st I’ll try to make it to your events =D
June 2nd, 20094:11 pm at
Awww… I can’t make it this time. Can you do another please???
June 2nd, 20095:39 pm at
What a great opportunity you have provided to us all. Thank you for everything you do…
June 2nd, 20096:14 pm at
Damn! For this price I could buy the plain ticket from Australia as well just to go
(well, not quite but I am super jealous of the opportunity).
June 2nd, 20099:28 pm at
Another vote here for another workshop date!!! Shoot, I’m in Laguna Niguel…let’s do it at my house! {grin}
June 3rd, 20099:59 am at
sold out already…I would’ve even drove from Seattle….:(…can you feel my tears…
June 4th, 200910:35 am at
[...] a lighting workshop here tonight too. Lawrence from Tofurious teamed up with Vu and I to offer an off camera lighting workshop for photographers. We sold out within 4 hours on announcing it!!! That was pretty exciting. We will be using this [...]
June 7th, 200910:37 am at
dang, I missed this…. another?
June 8th, 20096:27 am at
[...] ones from far away – San Francisco, San Jose, San Antonio(Texas). Due to overwhelming interest, the beginner’s workshop sold out in a few hours. Intermediate and advanced ones coming in the near future. They will be [...]
June 9th, 20099:31 am at
Sold out already! =( Hey, let us know when you are having another one, pretty pleeeeaaase!
June 9th, 20097:03 pm at
Keep on checking! We will post another one up soon.
June 22nd, 20091:08 pm at
I just saw this on someone else’s blog, I would have LOVED to go. You guys are great, please let us know if you’re going to have another that I could attend… I would shell out more than $50, too… since I haven’t been able to find many workshops in the OC in my tiny price range!
June 28th, 20099:44 pm at
add me to your list guys!!!
July 13th, 20093:38 pm at
where is the location of Neha Tiwari’s shoot? its in LA right?
July 13th, 20093:38 pm at
where is the location of Neha Tiwari’s shoot? its in LA right?s
July 15th, 20091:45 am at
Hey guys! First of all, I want to say that after viewing all your video blogs and photos of all the shoots you’ve done – I AM IN AWE! Awesome, awesome work and talents man! I’ve just began photography the past year and have learned alot through Flickr (my sole education)…and would love to learn more from pros like yourself! So keep me posted if you should have any other workshop – I can GUARANTEE you that I will be there unless I’m in my death bed!
Cheers and keep up the beautiful works guys!
Truly, your new fan
JoJo
July 15th, 20098:04 pm at
Hello JoJo,
Thank you for the kind words. We definitely will be hosting more photography workshops in the future. Once we have a date set, we will post it on our blog. Seats fill up fast so you have to sign up quickly. I will see you in our next workshop!
Doug
July 17th, 200910:29 pm at
I would love to be a part of some of your workshops.