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Just one space left on the September workshop now...
 
Thanks for the heads up Gary... Just booked the last place for September... looking forward to it already.... Anyone else from TP booked for September date? Danny
 
The September Portrait/fashion workshop is now fully booked, leaving just a few places on the 4th August Portrait/Artistic nude one.

Two others are planned for October & November but it's possible that there may be some changes to them, so they are not available on the website yet.

These training days are a bit too popular:'(
 
An update on this, following the 3rd session yesterday...

I hope that the website will be updated during the next few days with details of the October & November sessions.
They will move from the 1st Saturday of the month to the second Sunday.
There will be a price increase (don't know how much yet) but the increased cost will be refunded to attendees who buy Lencarta within 3 months either side of the lighting workshop - in other words the increase will not apply in real terms to people who are Lencarta customers.

Meanwhile, although July & September are fully booked, there are still some places on the August date.
 
Garry Edwards said:
An update on this, following the 3rd session yesterday...

I hope that the website will be updated during the next few days with details of the October & November sessions.
They will move from the 1st Saturday of the month to the second Sunday.
There will be a price increase (don't know how much yet) but the increased cost will be refunded to attendees who buy Lencarta within 3 months either side of the lighting workshop - in other words the increase will not apply in real terms to people who are Lencarta customers.

Meanwhile, although July & September are fully booked, there are still some places on the August date.
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Will the difference also work the other way round ie will the price be reduced for those that have BOUGHT Lencarta kit within the 3 months as well as those that buy Lencarta kit within that time? AND will it apply at the time of ordering ie If I buy a Safari kit shortly followed by some softboxes etc then place an order for 3 places on the next fashion one but it is say 4-5 months away will it still be the reduced price? - I am asking this as I found the last shoot invaluable and would love to do the other one but I am hoping to place my order for kit shortly :)
 
Yes, the reduction will apply in both directions.
increased cost will be refunded to attendees who buy Lencarta within 3 months either side of the lighting workshop
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I don't know the mechanics yet but given that there are just 8 workshop bookings per month compared to hundreds of purchases, I think the best answer will be to do it manually, i.e. to refund back the increase to people who have bought a kit within the previous 3 months or who buy a kit within 3 months of booking on a workshop - all that will be needed is a 'note to seller' asking for the refund.

Although the actual new workshops planned for this year will be months away, they should be on the website soon, so the booking dates will be within 3 months of your purchase.

The discounted price can only be for one place per customer though.

One of the reasons for the increase is to offer an incentive to existing/future customers, another reason is to lose less money on the lighting workshops and another is not to provide unfair competition to people who rely on providing training as part of their business.
 
Garry Edwards said:
Yes, the reduction will apply in both directions.

I don't know the mechanics yet but given that there are just 8 workshop bookings per month compared to hundreds of purchases, I think the best answer will be to do it manually, i.e. to refund back the increase to people who have bought a kit within the previous 3 months or who buy a kit within 3 months of booking on a workshop - all that will be needed is a 'note to seller' asking for the refund.

Although the actual new workshops planned for this year will be months away, they should be on the website soon, so the booking dates will be within 3 months of your purchase.

The discounted price can only be for one place per customer though.

One of the reasons for the increase is to offer an incentive to existing/future customers, another reason is to lose less money on the lighting workshops and another is not to provide unfair competition to people who rely on providing training as part of their business.
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OK that makes sense...

[cheaky mode]

After all the questions and umming and arring I am looking to buy a Safari kit AND a small mains kit (so two kits) can I have 2 discounts and pay one full price then :D

[/cheaky mode]
 
cowasaki said:
OK that makes sense...

[cheaky mode]

After all the questions and umming and arring I am looking to buy a Safari kit AND a small mains kit (so two kits) can I have 2 discounts and pay one full price then :D

[/cheaky mode]
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Do you want me to answer in public and get into trouble for giving away money?:)
 
Just one space left on the August workshop now...
 
August is now fully booked, I'll get the October & November ones put on the website ASAP, and hope that these lighting workshops will start again next year. I think that people have found them helpful
 
I'm seriously considering trying to make it up to one of these. Need to look into flights and hotels though. :lol:
 
I'll take this if it is still available.

Do I need to book through the website?

Andy
 
Unfortunately someone else has now had to drop out of the 3rd July lighting workshop so it's up for grabs...

The website is showing it as fully booked and I don't want to change that for just one space.
 
Shameless bump - miss this space and there won't be any more until November...
 
EDIT Again: On second thoughts, I'm getting a bit ahead of myself, and I might be working that night >.< Sorry.
 
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Would love to fill the space if theres anyone travelling up from further south?
 
The final two dates for this year (October and November) are now available on the Lencarta website

All workshops before these dates are fully booked

I'm hoping that these lighting workshops will continue next year, but I don't have any info on that yet.
 
Garry Edwards said:
The final two dates for this year (October and November) are now available on the Lencarta website

All workshops before these dates are fully booked

I'm hoping that these lighting workshops will continue next year, but I don't have any info on that yet.
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Garry,

Do we get a discount if we've bought a kit from Lencarta? If so how does that work with the ordering?
 
cowasaki said:
Garry,

Do we get a discount if we've bought a kit from Lencarta? If so how does that work with the ordering?
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Darren, it's explained on the pages. Spend £300 with Lencarta within 3 months either side of the lighting workshop and get £30 back.

Lencarta is making improvements to the website which, when finished, might be able to provide this discount/refund automatically - I don't know whether that will work or not, but meanwhile it's a manual process, which means that you pay the £60 and then get £30 back if you qualify.
 
Garry Edwards said:
Darren, it's explained on the pages. Spend £300 with Lencarta within 3 months either side of the lighting workshop and get £30 back.

Lencarta is making improvements to the website which, when finished, might be able to provide this discount/refund automatically - I don't know whether that will work or not, but meanwhile it's a manual process, which means that you pay the £60 and then get £30 back if you qualify.
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Brilliant, I'm spending about £500 in next few weeks. Do you know off the top of your head if they have any ring lights actually in stock. I get paid on the 28th (wed) and wanted to place an order but would like to take the ring light to the NW meet which is on the 1st Aug (Sunday) so they would need to send it out on the 28th or 29th if it was to be on time. I just thought it would be interesting for certain shots esp in the evening.
 
cowasaki said:
Garry,

Do we get a discount if we've bought a kit from Lencarta? If so how does that work with the ordering?
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Darren,

If you spend £300 within 3 months either side on the course date you get half your money back. I have booked onto the 14th November date.
 
cowasaki said:
Brilliant, I'm spending about £500 in next few weeks. Do you know off the top of your head if they have any ring lights actually in stock. I get paid on the 28th (wed) and wanted to place an order but would like to take the ring light to the NW meet which is on the 1st Aug (Sunday) so they would need to send it out on the 28th or 29th if it was to be on time. I just thought it would be interesting for certain shots esp in the evening.
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Yes, there are SOME ringflash heads in stock at the mo
 
Garry Edwards said:
Yes, there are SOME ringflash heads in stock at the mo
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Fantastic, so it is £249.95 for the ring light with a cable attached and all the bracketry needed to connect it to the camera. That price doesn't include case or anything else but does include postage?

I was going to get it as a replacement for one of the lights in a set but I am now thinking of buying just the ring light and then buying a set of 2 lights mid August and selling off the cheap ones I have so that the colour temp etc are constant as I have already seen colour temperature problems (like you said there would be!!) on some images. Just need to decide it one of the 200w lights is enough for a hilite or whether I need to stick a more expensive Elitepro model in it.
 
cowasaki said:
Fantastic, so it is £249.95 for the ring light with a cable attached and all the bracketry needed to connect it to the camera. That price doesn't include case or anything else but does include postage?

I was going to get it as a replacement for one of the lights in a set but I am now thinking of buying just the ring light and then buying a set of 2 lights mid August and selling off the cheap ones I have so that the colour temp etc are constant as I have already seen colour temperature problems (like you said there would be!!) on some images. Just need to decide it one of the 200w lights is enough for a hilite or whether I need to stick a more expensive Elitepro model in it.
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Yes, all Lencarta products are free delivery within the UK
 
Garry,

Will you be using Cassie as the model in November? She was lovely but it if I am going to do the day again it might be nice with a different model.
 
cowasaki said:
Garry,

Will you be using Cassie as the model in November? She was lovely but it if I am going to do the day again it might be nice with a different model.
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Yes, she's been booked for the series.
I did have a different model for the May one (Jade Hespin) but that was because Cassie wasn't available for that date.

It's about the lighting, not the subject anyway, although it would of course be good to have various models because different people present different problems, all of which can be overcome with the right lighting - but that wouldn't get done in one day and wouldn't be cheap.
 
Garry Edwards said:
Yes, she's been booked for the series.
I did have a different model for the May one (Jade Hespin) but that was because Cassie wasn't available for that date.

It's about the lighting, not the subject anyway, although it would of course be good to have various models because different people present different problems, all of which can be overcome with the right lighting - but that wouldn't get done in one day and wouldn't be cheap.
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Cheers, just deciding on one one or both. There is SO much to learn that I feel I need to do the day again. I don't see the point in spending lots of money on kit and not getting the most out of it.

I am not sure if you are aware of my daughter starting modelling but if I brought her along to the fashion shoot could you make use of an extra model just for free pictures (she is a fashion design student too so would bring a selection of outfits) :)

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Sounds good as long as we don't have to use a chavground:)

Edit: Where can I find that strikethrough tool so that I can strike through chavground and substitute lovely white background?
 
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Garry Edwards said:
Sounds good as long as we don't have to use a chavground:)
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I SERIOUSLY prefer decent NOT WHITE backgrounds!!! But I am learning to get a decent white background as this is what some people want and it is another technique I feel that I SHOULD master. My favourite portrait background so far appeared to be quite simple and it was on the nudes day before Cassie went nude...

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Simple but I like it!
 
Garry Edwards said:
Sounds good as long as we don't have to use a chavground:)

Edit: Where can I find that strikethrough tool so that I can strike through chavground and substitute lovely white background?
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Garry,

I know what you mean, read the above post :)

Just use


[s]hello[/s]


which gives you

hello
 
I have now booked on the portrait day, and am looking forward to it.
Thanks, Darren, for offering your daughter as a free model, I hope you have her permission to make the offer.
Please forgive me if there are any teardrops on this post, as I haven't stopped laughing since I read Garry's post on the chavground!:lol::lol:
 
david357 said:
I have now booked on the portrait day, and am looking forward to it.
Thanks, Darren, for offering your daughter as a free model, I hope you have her permission to make the offer.
Please forgive me if there are any teardrops on this post, as I haven't stopped laughing since I read Garry's post on the chavground!:lol::lol:
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Yes she was standing next to me. We just want more images for her portfolio from different togs and with Garry's setup and experience she should get some crackers. Look at that shot of Cassie, there is no way I would have known how to get that background or that I should be lower than her etc etc

White backgrounds are NOT my favourite I prefer black backgrounds but even then something with some texture etc is MUCH better. ..MD.., Dave, is coming round at weekend and he has a brilliant background that folds up into a bag!
 
Well I'm booking the fashion day in October and another go at the Nudes day in November (will be useful to do this again with the extra knowledge I now have :)).

If anyone wants a lift from Preston to either then let me know.
 
As above, I am going to the October workshop, travelling across from Conwy, North Wales, so can offer a lift from this end if anyone needs one.
Dave.
 
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