$27 · eBook
Lighting Secrets
See exactly how 30 real shots were lit.
My favourite images taken apart, one by one: the gear, the placement, the diagrams, the EXIF and the thinking. Steal the setups, then learn to build your own.
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Photography Education
Learn to command light with Brodie Butler.
Bold, luminous portraits were never about the gear you own. They are about the light you shape. Learn the craft from a Perth photographer with two decades behind the camera. Start with the free Gear Guide.
Sharp focus. Good gear. So why do your portraits still look flat?
You bought the camera. You watched the tutorials. You can nail exposure in your sleep. And still, next to the work you admire, your photos feel like snapshots. So the gear gets blamed, another lens gets bought, and a year later nothing has changed.
The difference was never the gear. It is the light. And light can be learned.
The work, straight out of the courses
Why learn from Brodie
Taught by someone who has done it, not just taught it.
A decade shooting editorial covers for magazines around the world, years as a cinematographer, and ten years of workshops that sell out. This is working knowledge, not theory.
20+Years behind the camera
10+Years of sold-out workshops
WorldwidePublished editorial work
Courses and eBooks
Pick the skill that is holding you back.
Three ways in, one idea underneath: understand your light and everything else follows.
$47 · 7-part video series
Creating with Colour
Make colour your signature.
Watch a full gel shoot come together in real time, from the first gel to the shutter-drag finale, and learn how RGB LEDs and flash play together.
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$197 · Complete course
Make Your Subjects Pop
The complete separation system.
My entire method for making a subject pop off the page: natural light, flash, studio, on location, and the post-production that finishes the job. 40+ videos.
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A working professional, teaching the real craft.
Brodie is a commercial portrait photographer based in Perth, Western Australia, known for his use of light and off-camera flash. A decade as a published editorial automotive photographer, years as a cinematographer, and a talent for making people look good.
He has run sold-out workshops for over 10 years, teaching photographers to see light the way he does.
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What the industry says
Respected by the people who know light best.
“Brodie has proven time and time again to be an industry leader in lighting his subjects. His attention to detail is admirable.
Sev, Sevspics sevspics.com
“Simply one of the best I have seen when it comes to shaping light around a subject. You could not be in better hands.
Kym Peacock Professional Imaging Sales Consultant, crkphotoimaging.com.au
“I have known Brodie for 14 years. He has the hard-earned reputation as one of Australia's leading exponents of light, and a great educator.
Howard Frank Director at Camera Electronic, cameraelectronic.com.au
Free eBook
Start free: the Gear Guide.
A look inside my bag: every piece of gear I carry and exactly why I use it. The bodies, the lights, the modifiers, and the small things that quietly make the biggest difference.
Live workshops · Perth
Learn it live, in the room.
Spend a day shooting alongside me and put the theory to work in real time. Recent workshops have all sold out, so the waitlist gets first tickets.
See workshops and join the waitlist