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Photography Training

Studio Flash Photography with Hands-On Training

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What We Offer

Looking to learn studio flash photography in Berkshire? Our professional Studio Flash Photography Training, based in Aldermaston, offers photographers of all experience levels the opportunity to master studio lighting in a relaxed, fully equipped professional studio. Conveniently located close to Reading, Newbury, Basingstoke, and just over an hour from London, our workshops provide practical, hands-on training designed to help you gain confidence with studio flash and create stunning professional-quality images.

Studio lighting can appear complicated at first, but once you understand how light works, it opens up endless creative possibilities. Whether you're photographing people, products, pets, or commercial work, learning to control light allows you to produce consistent, beautifully lit images regardless of the weather or time of day. Our courses focus on building this understanding through practical experience, giving you the confidence to create your own lighting setups rather than simply copying camera settings.

Training takes place in our purpose-built photography studio in Aldermaston, where you'll work with professional studio flash equipment, a wide range of light modifiers, and industry-standard accessories. You'll learn how different lighting tools affect your photographs, how to position lights for maximum impact, and how to create everything from simple one-light portraits to more advanced multi-light setups. Every session is led by an experienced photographer who explains each technique clearly before giving you plenty of time to put it into practice.

Throughout the workshop, you'll gain a solid understanding of manual camera settings, including aperture, shutter speed, ISO, white balance, flash synchronisation, and exposure control. We'll show you how your camera and studio lighting work together, helping you move beyond automatic settings and giving you complete creative control over your images. You'll also explore a range of popular portrait lighting techniques, including Rembrandt, Butterfly, Clamshell, Split, High-Key, and Low-Key lighting, while learning how to shape light using softboxes, umbrellas, beauty dishes, grids, snoots, and reflectors.

Our Studio Flash Photography Training is suitable for complete beginners, enthusiastic hobbyists, portrait photographers, and professionals looking to refine their lighting skills. With small class sizes and one-to-one guidance available, you'll receive personal instruction throughout the day, ensuring you leave with practical experience and the confidence to recreate professional lighting techniques in your own work.

Whether your goal is to improve your portrait photography, start a photography business, build an impressive portfolio, or simply learn a new creative skill, our workshops provide the knowledge, experience, and support to help you succeed. By the end of the course, you'll understand not only how to use studio flash equipment, but how to shape and control light creatively to produce consistently high-quality images.

If you're looking for a Studio Photography Course in Berkshire, Flash Photography Training near Reading, Studio Lighting Workshops in Aldermaston, or One-to-One Photography Tuition, we'd be delighted to welcome you to our studio and help you take your photography to the next level.

What Will I Learn

Camera Settings

Manual Mode

ISO

Aperture

Shutter Speed

Focal Length

Focal Points

White Balance

Flash Sync Speed

Understanding Light

Hard vs Soft Light

Direction of Light

Lighting Ratios

Lighting patterns

Catchlights

Light Fall-off

Controlling Shadows

Control Light Power

Lighting Setups

One-Light Portrait

Advanced Light Portraits

High-Key Lighting

Low-Key Lighting

Lights Patterns

Hard Light

Soft Light

Short and Board Lighting

Working with Models

Posing

Communication

Directing Expressions

Building Confidence

Colour Platte

Background Choice

Styling

Having Fun 

The Studio

A photo of the studio showing the backdrops.  The photography studio is in Aldermastion near Reading Berkshire. Close to Basingstoke, Newbury and Thatcham

Professional and Fully Equipped

Our studio is designed to capture the essence of your story through high-end portrait sessions, offering a professional space that feels like a sanctuary for creativity. 


In addition to photography services, the studio is available for rent, providing a fully equipped space for photographers and creatives. Dan Newberry Photography also offers training sessions for those looking to develop their skills, whether a beginner or more advanced photographer.

What's inside

  • Lencarta SF 300 & 600w Strobes

  • Various strobes 300 - 600w 

  • Elinchrom ELC 500

  • LED head kit and light panels 200w

  • 16 wall hung backdrop system

  • Pro fabric motorized backdrops 

  • 5m x 3m white wall shooting area

  • 120cm rectangle softbox

  • 60cm square softbox

  • 130cm umbrella socked

  • Many umbrellas

  • Barn doors

  • Standard and enhanced reflectors

  • 5-1 reflectors with support arm

  • 3 Parallelogram Wheeled Boom arm

  • Wheeled and C stand Boom arms

  • 3 Wheeled column light stand

  • Wheeled light stands

  • Standard light stands

  • Wall mounted boom arm

  • Wall mounted scissor arms

  • Various coloured gels

  • Optical snoot with GOBOs

  • Wind Machine

  • Standard snoot with Grid

  • 10,20,30,40 degree grids

  • Smoke machine

  • 2 background reflectors

  • 2 Black and White poly Boards

  • Many Elinchrom light shapers

  • 70 - 55 cm beauty dishes with grids

  • Strip boxes with grids

  • 150cm octa box

  • 120cm octa box

  • 60cm rice bowl

  • Bar stools

  • Old Ladder

  • Posing blocks

  • Product table

  • Hi-light

  • Tethered available with 27" monitor

  • And Much More

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