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Inside the Portrait-Hour Lighting & Direction Masterclass

A four-hour, hands-on portrait masterclass for beginner and intermediate photographers - covering the lighting setups and direction techniques that separate a forgettable portrait from one that holds the room.

You'll work alongside photographer Rory Lewis and two professional models, moving between live lighting demonstrations, short lecture segments, and your own time behind the camera. Across the session, Rory will build and break down multiple setups in real time, walk through how to direct a subject with confidence (especially when they're nervous), and show how small changes in light, angle, and posing transform the feeling of a frame.

Expect to shoot, ask questions, and watch the craft happen up close. Bring your camera. Leave with portfolio-worthy work and a much clearer sense of how a working portrait photographer actually thinks on set.

B&H New York Inside the Portrait: A 4-Hour Lighting & Direction Masterclass

Rory Lewis is a British portrait photographer based in Los Angeles, with studios in New York and London. He is known for his compelling fine-art approach to contemporary portraiture. Shaped by the chiaroscuro traditions of Caravaggio and the Old Masters, his work brings a rare painterly intensity to every sitting.

Over 23 years he has photographed royalty, Oscar and BAFTA winners, Emmy-decorated actors, prime ministers, heads of state, and the most distinguished military figures of our time - among them Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Patrick Stewart, Stephen Graham, and Brian Cox.

His portraits do not simply document a subject; they reveal one. His work is held in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London and The Royal Collection in Windsor, his works is syndicated through Contour by Getty Images, and exhibited internationally across the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States.

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