Professional Lighting Undergraduate Certificate

Build technical lighting skills for creative careers

The Professional Lighting Undergraduate Certificate equips students with the technical skills and conceptual knowledge of how to apply professional lighting techniques to their creative practice. Concepts include creating volume and depth in a two-dimensional medium through light, shadow, and cast shadow; understanding the physics of light through the inverse square law, the law of reflection, and contrast ratios. Students will learn to apply light to a variety of subject matter in a controlled studio environment.

This certificate can propel students who wish to pursue a career in any of the following industries: commercial photography, editorial or fashion photography, product photography, portrait photography, or cinematography.

The Professional Lighting Certificate journey

Students in the Professional Lighting Certificate program will work with studio lighting tools and equipment and industry-standard software, follow a digital color-managed workflow, and learn about the health and safety of a professional studio practice.

Upon completion of the Professional Lighting certificate, students will create a digital portfolio of work demonstrating beginning to advanced professional lighting techniques, which they can use to market their work to clients and industry professionals.