A portrait workshop with Alexander Heinrichs offers the ideal opportunity to delve deeply into creative lighting techniques in portrait photography and to specifically develop your own skills in working with flash and continuous light. The focus is not only on technique, but above all on understanding how light influences the impact of a portrait and how it can be used effectively.
To begin with, Alexander Heinrichs covers the most important theoretical fundamentals of portrait photography. Topics such as exposure, image composition, and the specific challenges of working with artificial light sources form the basis for the subsequent hands-on session. Participants learn to understand the characteristics of flash and continuous light and to tailor their use to different shooting situations.
This is followed by a hands-on session. Together with the experienced photographer, participants will create various portrait scenarios in which they can experiment with different lighting setups and apply them immediately. Special emphasis is placed on determining when flash and when continuous light is the better choice, and what creative possibilities this opens up. Alexander Heinrichs provides individual guidance to participants and offers valuable tips on lighting, composition, and technical execution.
In addition, he offers insights into his personal approach to his work and shares experiences from his many years of professional practice. Participants benefit from numerous professional tips that can be applied both in the studio and during on-location shoots.
The workshop also thrives on creative exchange within the group. Through group discussions, the sharing of ideas, and the review of the resulting recordings, an inspiring atmosphere is created that opens up new perspectives and supports long-term learning success.
About Alexander Heinrichs
According to afterafter completing his studies to become a pharmacist, Alexander was drawn to the creative side of life in 2004, and he began his career in professional photography. SHis areas of focus include high-quality portrait photos, product photos, and advertising photos, as well as photorealistic montages and compositions – with a penchant for attention to detail. As a photography coach He is now traveling internationally to festivals, trade shows, and workshops. Alexander partt sI’d be happy to share my knowledge and writet regularly writes articles and pieces for a wide variety of trade magazines, such as digitalPHOTO, Chip Foto Video, and DOCMA. Alex also serves as an ambassador and influencer ffor well-known companies in the photography industry ,, such as Adobe, Sony, Sigma, EIZO, and MSI.
Workshop information
- Speaker: Alexander Heinrichs
- Suitable for: Beginners and advanced students who want to deepen their knowledge of portrait photography using flash or continuous lighting. AYou are expected to be familiar with your own camera
- Minimum number of participants: 4
- Maximum number of participants: 8
- What to bring: Please bring your own camera and lenses with focal lengths between 35 and 100 mm.
- Duration: 4 hours
- When: Friday , October 2, 2026, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Where: Nuremberg Exhibition Center , NCC West, Cannes Room, 1st Floor
- Price: 219 €
- Note: The price of the workshop includes a weekend trade fair ticket worth €25.
Experience more at Imaging World 2026
Imaging World 2026 is much more than a single workshop: you can expect a whole weekend full of photography, content creation, video, creativity and inspiration – with exciting program items, strong brands and many opportunities to try out new things directly.
Your weekend ticket includes access to the entire trade fair:
- further workshops and events in the fields of photography, video, lighting, business and content creation
- exciting stage program with lectures, live talks and inspiration for your photography
- creative playgrounds where you can directly experience technology, sets and new image ideas
- leading exhibitors and brands from the photo and imaging industry
- Imaging World photo competition, where you can submit your best pictures
- Free camera check & clean for your equipment on site
This will turn your workshop visit into an entire trade fair experience: you will learn new techniques, gather creative ideas, test equipment, meet like-minded people and take home lots of inspiration.
Plan your personal Imaging World weekend now and discover all the highlights around workshops, stage, playgrounds, exhibitors, photo competition and free services.