One light. One modifier. One subject.
Pay homage to an icon. Then make it your own.
Can a photographer working a single LED create a roomful of creative confidence?
Most lighting courses teach you setups. This one teaches you how to find inspiration in pop culture and turn it into a body of work — using nothing but a single LED spotlight, a great mover, and the courage to keep iterating once you've nailed the first frame.
A 250-minute behind-the-scenes class, one performer — until you've got a body of work from a setup most photographers would say "isn't enough."
One Spotlight
Infinite Possibilities
I've wanted to do this shoot for years.
It started with a movie poster. Liza Minnelli, Cabaret, that spotlight, that bowler hat. A pop-culture icon I've been carrying around in my head since I was a kid.
The real lesson of this masterclass isn't how to copy Liza Minnelli. It's what happens after you nail your homage. You let it evolve. Same light. Same performer. Same room. And you keep finding new shots until you've got 17 chapters of completely different looks.
Let me show you how to find inspiration in pop culture and turn it into your own body of work with a simple and straightforward apparoch.
Homage
Surprise
Working a Mover
Movement + Shutter Speeds
Estevan's Solo
Two-Subject Silhouettes
Close-Ups
Multiple Subjects
The Burlesque Suggestion
Couples
The Magician
Chair Series
The best post-production is pre-production.
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I made the course I've been wanting to make for years. One light. One performer. One Liza Minnelli obsession.
A 250-minute behind-the-scenes class, with 17 chapters on working a single LED spotlight, one performer, and a roomful of creative confidence.
Meet the Creator
A Nikon Ambassador, Jerry is widely celebrated as being among the best wedding photographers in the world. He has emerged as one of the most influential wedding photographers of the 21st century. Learning from Jerry is akin to carrying the camera bags and learning from one of the masters.
