Friday—Sunday
27-29 October 2023

Los Angeles, CA
The LINE Hotel

What To Expect

This 3-day workshop will teach about the essential lighting equipment needed (including cameras, lenses, strobes, constant lights, silks, and modifiers) to achieve a high-end commercial look. You will get an inside look at our camera and lighting kits.

Throughout the weekend, you’ll have the chance to spend quality time with the teachers and ask questions as we talk through our techniques, styles, and philosophies.

Most importantly in this small, boutique style learning workshop, you’ll have access to professional models, pristine environments, a high-end commercial studio, and top of the line equipment to utilize as you learn and build your own portfolio.

 

“Attending Sum Studios lighting workshop was by far one of the best decisions I’ve made in my photography career.”

Kelso

Your teachers:

Patrick Michael Chin, Caleb Shane, and Kirk Robert

 
 

Who We Are

Kirk, Patrick, and Caleb are a trio of long-time friends and professional photographers. Each brings a different perspective to the realm of teaching workshops, and offers a diverse set of client experiences and creative philosophies. Collectively, they have over 20 years of professional experience working with major lifestyle and fashion brands, celebrities, top tier hotels and restaurants, editorial publications, and many other consumer brands. 

In this rapidly evolving wave of how images and content are created, their aim is to use what they’ve learned throughout their careers and the thousands of hours of experience on small to large-scale production sets, to teach other photographers how to reduce the noise and understand what tools you’ll need to excel as a modern day photographer.

“Kirk, Caleb, and Patrick are not only extremely passionate about their work and teaching others, but they were passionate about making sure each person there felt seen, known, and taken care of.”

Nick

Benefits of Attending

  • Three (3) nights stay at The LINE Hotel

  • Three (3) meals per day for Saturday and Sunday trainings including a craft-coffee bar and breakfast each morning by Alfred Coffee, catered lunch on-site, and curated, private dinners at three of our favorite places in Los Angeles.

  • Intimate and hands-on teaching from commercial lifestyle, travel, food and beverage, interior, and fashion photographers Patrick Michael Chin, Kirk Robert, and Caleb Shane

  • Studio and location lighting techniques using combinations of ambient, constant, and strobe lighting

  • One-on-one shooting with agency signed models, locations, styled food and beverage, and interiors 

  • Breakdown of essential camera and lighting kits to achieve your professional look

  • Q&A Panel with agency and brand art directors as well as guest commercial photographers

  • Portfolio building

 

“As someone who is already doing a large amount of commercial and advertising work, this workshop closed so many gaps on things I was guesstimating to make work.”

Justen

“This is the kind of stuff you can't teach through a Youtube video. Being there and just watching helped me realize how easy it can be to completely change your photos with some practice and a couple lights.”

Zach

“After 10 years of shooting photo and video for a living, I've found myself in a routine that I've gotten bored of over time. After this workshop, I definitely feel a lot more excited to go out and get behind a camera for our next shoot.”

Kyle

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