We are starting an experimental workshop series in Dare to Light home studios in Prague starting from January 2012. All workshops are practical, hands-on experiences on a specific lighting-related topic and are held in a friendly atmosphere of a small group every Wednesday night with tea and cookies included in the participation fee!

There is now a permanent link in the main menu to the weekly workshops - http://www.daretolight.com/weekly-workshop/

Lighting up scenes when rendering in 3D is quite a challenge as the modern software allows you to use lighting that is impossible in reality. As it is important to make your mistakes deliberate and not accidental even when rendering scenes of science fiction, we had a week with the students of Tartu Art School to realise the reality of lighting and implement that knowledge into the 3D space.

Here are some images from the second level lighting workshop that we had with some of the ECP students (English College in Prague). All had already taken a Dare to Light workshop before, so everyone was well prepared to create something really beautiful (or something completely hideous, depending on the exercise). We were excited to see some personal development in the six months that had passed since the first workshop, everyone had kept their eyes well open about lighting design meanwhile!