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“BREAKING THE RULES” WORKSHOP

Here are some shots from this past weekend’s portrait workshop I threw here at my studio. The day went past the 16-hour mark, but we got so much accomplished and met some great folks. Some of whom traveled from Milwaukee, Madison and even Ohio! The workshop was not a wedding photography, business management or theory-based lecture by any means. The day was geared towards the basics of shooting portraits and spoke to the ground level mechanics of photography, composition, exposure and the principles of why we shoot the way we do. We dug into the basics of making more dynamic portraits and getting to a comfortable space with our photographer-subject interaction.

I have spoken to groups on numerous occasions prior to this event, but this was the first time running a seminar on my own. It went amazingly well and confirmed my love for sharing and learning within the photographic community. This wasn’t about re-inventing the photography wheel or delivering magic bullets to make us amazing photographers, but more about helping move past frustrations within our own work. Heck, I even learned a bunch from the attendees!

~dave

13 Comments

  1. Posted 1 Mar ’10 at 10:47 am | Permalink

    Looks like a great time. Some great images in there.

  2. Posted 1 Mar ’10 at 10:53 am | Permalink

    Amazing shots, of course! I had an amazing time and took away more insight and new ideas than I could have imagined. THANK YOU so much, Dave!!! It was awesome to meet you.

  3. JonCole
    Posted 1 Mar ’10 at 11:55 am | Permalink

    Awesome workshop. Thanks so much!

  4. Thomas Holdren
    Posted 1 Mar ’10 at 12:17 pm | Permalink

    so cool, March 20th can’t come soon enough!

  5. Posted 1 Mar ’10 at 1:05 pm | Permalink

    I’d love to hear about future workshops. Could you please add my list to any mailings you might be doing? Love your work as always!

  6. Posted 1 Mar ’10 at 3:28 pm | Permalink

    Great shots Dave; especially like the top image…really like the mood it gives off.

    Great to hear that the Workshop went well, but then it was bound to. I’m keeping a keen eye on the dates cos sure as eggs is eggs, I’m gonna hopping on a plane from the UK and heading over; some things just have to be done!

    Keep up the great work; love the blog and thanks for sharing.

    All the best to you and yours,
    Glyn

  7. Posted 1 Mar ’10 at 5:16 pm | Permalink

    Really nice work Dave. I very much enjoy looking at the work on your web site and blog. Keep up the great work.

    Mike Roemer

  8. Posted 2 Mar ’10 at 8:34 am | Permalink

    Hey, do you have any openings for any future workshops?

  9. Greg
    Posted 2 Mar ’10 at 8:59 pm | Permalink

    Super stoked for the workshop in a few weeks Dave! Is there a flickr pool of images from the workshop?

  10. Posted 3 Mar ’10 at 10:01 am | Permalink

    It’s been how many days now? And my brain’s still stuck on “AWESOME”! You. The models. It. Completely. Thank you!!

  11. Sabrina
    Posted 4 Mar ’10 at 9:30 pm | Permalink

    Hi Dave,

    I as well am curious about future workshops, could you add me to an mailing list about updates or is there info on your website? Looks like you had a lot of fun at the workshop!!

    Thanks!

  12. Posted 5 Mar ’10 at 7:25 am | Permalink

    All y’all have been added to the waiting list. We’ll be announcing more dates at the end of the month. stayed tuned!!

  13. Evan
    Posted 6 Mar ’10 at 11:41 pm | Permalink

    I would like to be added to the workshop mailing list as well. Does it have its own separate page or does this cut it.

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