We are back with one of our absolute favourites — the extraordinary Jason Vinson. ISPWP Photographer of the Year, Masters of Wedding Photography Photographer of the Year, top three fearless in the entire world. And if you haven't watched his first Flash Masters stream, please do: it is one of our most loved streams ever.

This time Jason does something genuinely unique. He shares behind-the-scenes footage from a shoot he did the day before, where he had just five to ten minutes per model to create stunning portraits using fog, gels, and creative flash setups. And then, live, in front of everyone, he opens those images for the very first time and edits them from raw to final using his new preset pack.

The result is one of the most honest, fascinating, and educational streams we have ever hosted. Watching Jason think in real time: adapting, problem-solving, staying open to in-the-moment inspiration is genuinely priceless.

This stream will change the way you think about creative portraiture. Completely. 🎉

The top 5 things you will learn by watching this stream:

1. How to use fog and backlighting to create atmospheric, beam-of-light portraits. Jason shares his full setup for shooting through rod-iron window grating with fog and gelled backlights and explains exactly why the position of the subject relative to the light source changes everything.
2. How to shoot two gels simultaneously and separate the colours using flash timing. Jason reveals a brilliant and little-known technique for firing red and blue gels independently by shooting fast enough to catch only one flash per frame no trigger adjustment needed.
3. How to stay open to in-the-moment inspiration and let the unexpected become the shot. Jason walks through how a test shot he had no intention of using became one of his favourite images from the session and why building in flexibility to your creative process produces better results than rigidly following a plan.
4. How to edit a raw flash portrait from scratch using a preset as a starting point. Jason edits his images live, for the first time, showing his full Lightroom workflow including exposure, tone, colour grading, and how his preset pack speeds up the process without removing creative control.
5. Why shooting more images, not fewer, leads to better results. Jason makes a compelling case for shooting through the entire arc of a moment, not just the peak and explains why the truly great images often come from the unexpected peaks and valleys that happen after you thought the moment was over.

If you would like to learn more from Jason, please check out his fantastic Patreon 

In this stream you will see that Jason using his own preset pack to edit his images - which you can purchase here