Course Description:

This comprehensive lighting workshop teaches the essential principals and theories of studio strobe lighting. Through hands-on demonstrations and lectures, students will practice key lighting techniques and learn about the photographic properties of light. Students will understand how to use a light meter, lighting modifiers, and how to safely set up, use, and put away lighting equipment.

Location: TILT Institute (1400 N. American Street)

Instructor:

Steph Foster

stephfosterstudio.com

Steph Foster is an interdisciplinary artist specializing in photography, with interests in video, installations, music, digital fabrication, sculpture and performance. His studio practice combines sounds and music with visual media to tell stories of mass incarceration and reconciliation within urban communities.

Steph has participated in the Steinhardt Summer Studio Residency at New York University in 2018. In 2019, Foster presented and performed at the Design Indaba Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. He has been invited to speak at Boston University, University of Michigan, and Brown University. Steph’s works has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati, and the Brooklyn Museum.

Steph holds an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (2019) and a BA in Studio Art from Michigan State University (2015). He is a recipient of the 2019 Snider Prize from the Museum of Contemporary Photography and the 2020 Stinnett Philadelphia Museum of Art Collection Award. Steph is the founder and director of Athenaeum Editions, an independent book publisher and production studio in Philadelphia.

Date & Time:

6-Week Course, 2 hours/week

Tuesday, 6:30-8:30pm EST

Start Date: Tuesday, October 4th