The News Lab's Basics of Lighting Badge

Issued by Penn State - Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications

The News Lab hosted a series of lighting-related workshops in February and March 2024. They included: “Continuous Lighting for Photographers”, “Working with Strobes and Off-Camera TTL” and “On Location Lighting”. To earn this badge, students participated in all three workshops and successfully demonstrated their location lighting skills for video and stills.

Type Learning
Level Foundational
Time Weeks

Skills

Earning Criteria

To earn this badge, students participated in three lighting-related workshops (totaling 9-hours) under the guidance of Professor John Pendygraft. Upon completion of these intensives, students successfully completed competency tasks that assessed their ability to 1) identify and setup lighting equipment (continuous lights, multiple speed lights and portable studio strobes) and 2) independently demonstrate their location lighting skills for stills and video.