Simple Light, Beautiful Portraits: Portable Lighting Setups You Can Use Almost Anywhere (Evening Seminar) with Paul Wilkinson Photography

Create beautiful portraits without carrying a studio in your bag

Award-winning photographer Paul Wilkinson invites you to a practical, hands-on evening exploring portable lighting setups that you can take almost anywhere.

Big gear doesn’t necessarily make big pictures. In this relaxed and practical session, Paul will demonstrate how compact lighting equipment can be used to create beautiful, professional-looking portraits without the need for a complicated or bulky setup.

From speedlights and compact softboxes to reflectors and small LED lights, you’ll discover how to build a portable kit that gives you plenty of creative options while remaining simple enough to actually pick up and use.

Throughout the evening, Paul will explore how to modify and control light on the fly, adapting your setup to different situations and environments. You’ll learn how to make the most of a small amount of equipment and get more creative possibilities from the kit you already have.

Expect practical demonstrations, plenty of ideas, a few laughs, and perhaps a kit bag that suddenly feels a lot more useful!

This seminar is ideal for portrait photographers who want to create great images without relying on a full studio setup, whether you’re working on location, travelling to clients or simply looking for a more flexible approach to portrait lighting.

Date and Venue

Date: Thursday, 17 September 2026
Time: 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Location: Paul Wilkinson Photography Studio, 6 High St, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, HP17 8ER