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Date: Saturday & Sunday, April 10-11, 2010 This workshop is intended for intermediate to advanced studio photographers: you should be familiar with either off-camera portable flashes or studio strobes and comfortable with using a camera in manual mode. The session is open to attendees new to making their own light but they should understand that they'll face a steeper learning curve. Saturday will be focusing on the interaction between photographer and subject in portrait and fashion shoots: achieving a mood and rapport, directing your subject for camera, finding poses and angles that both flatter and accentuate your subject, understanding the relationship between lighting and posing. While we will be addressing some of the mechanics of studio lighting this session is not meant to specifically focus on lighting techniques - only how lighting and posing can work together. Sunday will be split between discussing the operational and business practices that every fashion and portrait shooter should understand and working with lighting setups specifically designed for fashion work. We'll discuss releases, working with modeling agencies, differences between types of fashion images and markets, portfolios and self-promotion and how shooting for wardrobe differs from shooting for a person. Both days will have live models for demonstrating and practicing techniques and each attendee will be expected to go hands-on for both shooting and model directing. As always, this is not a "shoot-out" - you may get some decent shots, but the point of the day is to learn something new, not buff out your portfolio on the cheap. No model releases will be exchanged and there will only be one person at a time pointing a camera at anything. This will be first-come-first-served and we'll be keeping the group small. Registration fee for the entire weekend will be $295 via Paypal at signup. Attending just one of the two days will be possible on a case-by-case basis at a fee of $185 for either day - attendees booking for both days will be given scheduling preference in order to keep the group size balanced. All you need to bring is yourself and a camera, I'll supply the rest! Send me an email at workshop@simongerzina.com to hold your spot and get more info. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
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Date: Saturday & Sunday, February 20-21, 2010 This workshop is essentially a combination of my individual "Seeing Light" and "Fashion & Beauty Master Class" workshops into a weekend session intended for both studio generalists and people focused on fashion, beauty and portraiture. This workshop is intended for beginning to intermediate studio photographers: you should be familiar with either off-camera portable flashes or studio strobes and comfortable with using a camera in manual mode. The session is open to attendees new to making their own light but they should understand that they'll face a steeper learning curve. Saturday will be focusing on applying critical thinking to your lighting setups and approaches: thinking through your shots in advance, building setups one light at a time, understanding how to match tools and techniques to your desired end result - not just how to light something, but WHY you light it the way you do. We'll also move quickly through manual metering, use of different modifiers and matching strobes with daylight. We'll be working with one live model and I expect to move through at least 4 lighting setups that every studio photographer should be comfortable with. Sunday will be split between discussing the operational and business practices that every fashion and portrait shooter should understand and working with lighting setups specifically designed for fashion work. We'll discuss releases, working with modeling agencies, differences between types of fashion images and markets, portfolios and self-promotion and how shooting for wardrobe differs from shooting for a person. As always, this is not a "shoot-out" - you may get some decent shots, but the point of the day is to learn something new, not buff out your portfolio on the cheap. No model releases will be exchanged and there will only be one person at a time pointing a camera at anything. This will be first-come-first-served and we'll be keeping the group small. Registration fee for the entire weekend will be $295 via Paypal at signup. Attending just one of the two days will be possible on a case-by-case basis at a fee of $185 for either day - attendees booking for both days will be given scheduling preference in order to keep the group size balanced. All you need to bring is yourself and a camera, I'll supply the rest! Send me an email at workshop@simongerzina.com to hold your spot and get more info. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
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