Portrait Lighting - Hands-On with Patrick Murphy-Racey

Bring your camera and shoot alongside Patrick Murphy-Racey

PM-R will showcase how he quickly lights location portraits. Because he will use LED lighting at first, you should bring your camera with a portrait lens as you will be able to shoot a sequence of images as he builds out a lighting solution for each situation. He will delve into why it’s important to become proficient with strobes on location, explain the difference between small and large light sources, and open up the key to getting your portraits to literally glow so that very little retouching is needed. PM-R has shot hundreds of magazine covers and the class will start with a showcase of his work and end with everyone going home with a portfolio-quality portrait image. This workshop is sponsored by Westcott Lighting and Sony.

Presented by Kenmore Camera's Digital Photo Expo, Sony and Westcott

November 7th - 9th, 2025

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About: Armed with his B.A. in Photojournalism from Marquette University, his twenty-five year career has only and always been about photography. Murphy-Racey has seen a great variety of assignments since his start in newspapers, through the peak years of being a magazine freelancer, his tenure as a regular contributor to Sports Illustrated, and into the corporate and industrial world of annual reports and advertising. While his assignments are varied and come from many different sources, photojournalism is his first love and constantly informs every assignment. Ever the chameleon, Murphy-Racey's career is a long series of re-inventions and rebirths, but the visual storytelling remains the same, even as the tools change. From 4x5 to 4K, he's technically inclined and loves making great images. Patrick is more than competent covering just about any assignment, but his specialties include dramatic and creative use of strobe & LED lighting, sports action photography, environmental portraits, and powerful, well-lit HD interview video production. PMR shoots both stills as well as motion, and is always asking, What's next?

About our event: Kenmore Camera Digital Photo Expo is our largest sales event of the year. All your favorite brand representatives will be on-site to show you their latest gear. Sony Technical Representative Dan Hawk will be at the Sony counter answering questions and sharing exclusive event specials on Sony gear. Westcott will be on-site to answer questions on lighting gear, and tell you about the specials going Expo weekend.

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