Since a significant amount of time, broncolor has played an important role in educating students about professional lighting solutions worldwide. For instance, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, which offers the longest-running photography program in the world, bases its teachings about light considerably on broncolor products and its expertise.
In 2006, broncolor has become an official educational partner of RMIT. As a result of this partnership, the students at RMIT use the full spectrum of broncolor products for their studies including Power Packs, Monolights, light shapers, Paras and countless other light accessories.
It is now the occasion for Guy Little, Photo Imaging coordinator and selection officer at RMIT University TAFE, to share his experience with broncolor and to feature some of RMIT students’ works.
“RMIT University in Melbourne Australia has the longest running photography program in the world having first started in 1887. The university offers programs in Vocational Education through to Higher Degrees that range from Certificate IV to PhD to ensure graduates are ready for life and work. Teaching staff of RMIT are renowned professional photographers in commercial and creative industries and are continually recognized as finalists and winners of prestigious Australian and international photography awards.”
“broncolor has been involved as an education partner since 2006. Across their time in studying in our programs, students will develop their knowledge and experience of photographic lighting by using the full spectrum of broncolor equipment from monoblocs to location lighting, Scoro, and an extensive range of light shapers and Paras. broncolor’s book Light Architecture 1 & 2 by Urs Recher has been an invaluable student reference for studio lighting for many years.”
Guy Little
Photo Imaging, Photo 1st year, Co-Ordinator Selection Officer at RMIT University TAFE
Below there is a collection of examples from students of the Photography and Photo Imaging, Certificate IV and Diploma programs at RMIT.
Christine Dennis
I was lucky enough to win a place in the Ted’s Cameras student photo competition – a collaboration by RMIT University TED’s Cameras, and Canon Australia.
I used broncolor lighting system for this portrait. The main light was Pulso G with a beauty dish attached. We used a handheld reflector to brighten the area under the model’s chin as well. The session was shot in the cyclorama at RMIT studio. During the session, other lighting setups were tried out including lights with P70 reflectors used to light up white flats as a soft large source of light; and some softboxes. The equipment is very reliable.
There are several things I like about broncolor. Firstly, the color temperature consistency of broncolor is very good. The light shapers are well made and are easy to attach to the lights. I have watched many videos from broncolor’s “How To Shoot This Photo” section of the website. As a student, I appreciate the detailed explanation and sketches showing how different genres of photography were taken.
Gianluca Carretta
One of the most important and final assignments of my photography studies at RMIT University was the Fashion Assignment, with Guy Little as studio lighting teacher. The brief was taking photos on location and studio of fashion outfits, supplied by fashion designer students from RMIT. I did my location photoshoot in a parking building and, the other ones, on RMIT studio cyclorama. As part of the assignment, I had to incorporate elements from the location photoshoot to the studio photoshoot, so, I decided to incorporate yellow lines and wall texture from the parking building shot in location to the studio shots as part of the background.
My diagram lighting was made by broncolor Para 177 with flash Ring type C, pointing at the model on 45 degrees from her. The idea was trying to give a nice and soft light to the model with very soft shadows on the background and I think Para gave me the result that I was looking for. I then used a polyester reflector next to the model to fill the shadows on the left side of the model with light. My second light was the broncolor Pulso G with Broncolor Softbox 35 x 60 as a background light. This light helped me to give separation between model and background and bring down, even more, the shadows.
Using broncolor for my photography sessions, I feel comfortable and secure with what I’m doing because broncolor products are reliable and easy to use; I also love to use broncolor because I can control the light just as I like it thanks to the easy control system that broncolor Scoro has and thanks to the wide range of diffusers and Softboxes.
Model: Pari – Instagram parimckelly
