Fashion Photographer Agata Stoinska will be on hand with her team to teach budding photographers how to organize, manage and conduct a high fashion editorial. All students will be taught the tricks of the trade when it comes to building a portfolio, finding a team to work with and how to approach model agencies correctly.

On the day students will photograph a professional model under Agata’s guidance, with focus on style, composition and model direction. Agata and her team will be on hand all day to discuss photographic techniques, studio and ambient lighting, portfolio editing and presentation and more. ..

Guest Speaker:

We are delighted to announce Constance Harris as a special guest speaker at this workshop. As the fashion editor of the Sunday Independent and Life Magazine, Constance has a unique understanding of fashion publication and will be discussing what fashion editors look for in a shoot, how to approach editors with your portfolio, and how to pitch relevant fashion stories to publications.

For further details please contact pa@d-lightstudios.com

Photo by Agata Stoinska

Our next workshop is taking place on Saturday 28th May and it’s filling up fast  we only have a few places left! If you would like to take part in this one day crash course in editorial fashion photography then contact us to book a place!

The workshop runs from 10am – 4pm and is a great way to experience a professional photoshoot firsthand.

The workshop costs €250 with discounts for previous students and Friendship Card holders.

Contact aoife@d-lightstudios.com to book a place!

The workshop runs from 10am – 2pm and will be held in D-light Studios.

Topics covered include:

Image cleaning

Airbrushing

Altering of body shape and size

Effective black and white conversion

Applying 35mm effect to your images

The workshop tutor is fashion and commercial photographer Agata Stoinska, to see Agata’s work please click here.

Here are a few event shots from the opening night of German’s recent exhibition at D-light Studios.

The night was a huge sucess and we were honoured to have German’s wonderful work hanging on the walls of the studio!

To see some of German’s work, please click here.

All event photos by Luca Truffarelli.

At 1pm on Sunday 3rd October, D-light Studios owner Agata Stoinska will be engaging in conversation with photographer Zach Gold.

Topics covered will include the role of digital manipulation in photography, the fine line between fashion and art, Gold’s work as a director and Stoinska’s involvement with BLOW magazine.

See the OFFSET website for details on how to buy tickets. See you there!

The fashion exhibition entitled Salt Desert is sponsored by the Argentinian Embassy, Hasselblad, D.M.L. , Inspirational Arts and D-light Studios.

The exhibition will take place in D-light Studios.

The exhibition will have its opening reception on Thursday 23rd September at 7pm.

The show will run from the 24th – 30th September but will be closed on Wednesday 26th.

The opening hours are from 11am – 6pm.

If you have any questions about the exhibition please contact us at aoife@d-lightstudios.com or call (01) 430 4905

To see more of German’s work please visit his website.

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Have a look at some behind the scenes shots of Agata‘s shoot for Social & Personal.

The shoot was 50s themed and featured some great old-style locations sourced by stylist Roxanne Parker.

Hair styling by the wonderful  Paul Davey and Make Up by the magnificent Ken Boylan.

Modelled by one of Ireland’s top models, Faye Dinsmore, don’t forget to check out Faye’s blog post on this shoot! You can read it here.

Behind the scenes shots were taken by photographic assistant Vinny Gregan.

We are very excited about this collaboration as it will bring an even more professional feel to the day.

If you would like to experience working with real Irish  designers and a full professional team of a model, stylist, hair stylist and make up artist, please contact us at the studio to book your place!

Email: aoife@d-lightstudios.com

Phone: 01 – 430 4905

Date: Saturday 16th October

Time: 10am – 4pm

Cost: €250

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You may recognise this shoot from one of our recent workshops. The shoot has since been published in the August issue of Social and Personal.

We hope you like it!

Photography by: Agata Stoinska

Assisted by: Vinny Gregan, Karol Liver, Anna Karwowska and Shane McCullagh

Styling by: Karl Patrick Smith

Hair and Make Up by: Hayley Mia McGowan and Tracey Scullion

Models: Caitlyn Lecky and Sophie Meany @ Morgan The Agency.

A great opportunity to see how a professional photoshoot operates, with top fashion photographer Agata Stoinska.

Agata will show you how to prepare for an editorial photo shoot, how to build a photo narrative, how to get the best performance from your models, how to communicate effectively with hair, make up and stylist alike.

Experience all the challenges and excitement of a full photo shoot, while also building an impressive portfolio of images.

The cost of the workshop is €250

The workshop will run from 10am – 4pm.

The workshop will take place at D-light Studios, 46 North great Clarence Street, Dublin 1.

For information please contact aoife@d-lightstudios.com

Class spaces are limited so book now to avoid disappointment!