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Lighting:  Clay's lighting is three dimensional and dramatic. He will demonstrate how to use various light sources to create form, add depth, draw attention to the face and minimize the body. Clay will walk you through portraits in daylight, open shade, bright sun, and window light. You will also be exposed to studio lights, including both strobes and continuous daylight bulbs.

Composition: Upgrade your sales with consistent group compositions. Learn how to use two stools to effectively compose groups up to seven and learn how to create a grandstand effect with simple armchairs. Clay will discuss the proper camera height and depth for all group portraits and demonstrate the ‘person-by-person’ and ‘reveal-and-conceal’ techniques to make perfect group portraits every time.

Refinements: Business, children, family, couples and senior portraits are all becoming "on-demand." You need the skills required to pose, light and refine each subject in the correct manor. Small easy touches are required in each of the different groups to ensure they are captured correctly. Consistent results are at the heart of this new program!

Bonus! See how Clay has turned his wedding business into a full service studio offering a cinematic approach to everything he does. Come and see the latest in HD video, including a full discussion on stabilization, sound, light, and story telling techniques.

We all know what it's like to not be feeling your best, to be handed a schedule with no time for photography, or to find yourself in less than desirable locations; but not being on top of your game for a couple's wedding day just doesn't cut it. Please join Doug for real content, practical tips, and advice that will prove applicable no matter where you find your business! Learn To Flow! This will show how to make a guarantee to your client like never before.

capture and how a few seconds of extra time spent at the time of capture can save hours in post production. Tony also talks about the concept of Light Quality versus Light Quantity and how Light Direction can play a significant role in the resulting mood of an image. Tony has been teaching lighting concepts, theories, and techniques for over twenty years and his workshops on the topic always fill to capacity. In the past couple of years alone, he has educated over 9,000 photographers worldwide on the topic of light control.

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educators in our industry. While his passion is lighting, you'll find his expertise extends to virtually every aspect of professional photography. His experiences include portrait, wedding, commercial and fine art applications.

Tony has photographed three U.S. presidents, 185 World Leaders, 65 Nigerian Heads of State, about 600 brides and grooms, a couple of NASA astronauts and lots of famous and not so famous faces since 1979. He has spoken at almost 400 seminars and workshops nationally and internationally and is the recipient of the highest honor from the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International with their Lifetime Achievement Award.

Tony also achieved the status of Photographic Craftsman from the Professional Photographers of America. In 2005, Tony received the "Photographer of the Year" Award from the International Photographic Council of the United Nations at a ceremony in New York at the U.N. and the PPA National Award from the Professional Photographers of California. Tony was also invited to join the prestigious Camera Craftsmen Of America in 2007, one of only 40 members worldwide. Tony speaks each year to 7 - 8000 photographers in 30-40 cities and has taught in London, Glasgow, Dublin, Toronto, Mexico City, Sydney, just to name a few outside the US.

Tony has always been active as a student and a teacher of photographic education and his Basic Studio Lighting book from publisher AmPhoto has been popular worldwide and has been the basis for numerous photographic college lighting courses. He has written articles in every major photographic magazine in the U.S., Japan, the U.K. and China. He is currently one of a select few Approved Photographic Instructors from the Professional Photographers of America.

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Monday's program will feature many quick tips on posing brides, grooms and groups for breathtaking imagery that is both timely and contemporary. Bambi's posing techniques will help you provide diversity in your images for today's demanding clients.

Join us for this amazing experience that will benefit both wedding photographers and portrait photographers alike.

Tuesdays program will be a hands on intensive workshop.  Live subjects will be provided for your wedding photography practice sessions. Each student will receive personalized training in an intimate setting geared to their specific needs.  A variety of  lighting techniques will be discussed in-depth including the use of LED lights, flash and alternative light sources. You will also walk away with a very implementable list of tips to help improve your posing expertise. This will include a variety of different subject situations including groups, couples and many, many bridal poses.

Join us for this amazing experience that will benefit both wedding photographers and portrait photographers alike.

Originally we were going to conduct this all day program right at the Hilton, but thanks to Brent Watkins of Sylvart Studio in Barberton, just a few minutes away, we're going to be working all day in his studio. The studio is an old renovated building on the main drag in Barberton, Ohio. It's got wonderful exposed brick walls, high ceilings, some great window light and several different settings. Lunch is included in this all day hands-on event. Click Here for directions.

This program will be limited to only 20 people.

Eddie will share his professional and creative imaging and workflow techniques. He is one of the industry’s leading experts, and will teach you a series of specialized image enhancement techniques you can implement immediately into your workflow. Don’t miss out!

Renowned for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary, Jerry will share some of his recent and best examples of how to bring out the best in a poor and challenging environment. After this seminar, you will never complain about having to work with an ordinary location ever again.

Widely regarded as one of the top five wedding photographers in the world, Jerry Ghionis’ theatrical and iconic images have redefined modern wedding photography. He was the first Australian named in the first ever list of Top Ten Wedding Photographers in the World by American Photo magazine. Jerry is also proud to have won the WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) Wedding Album of the Year for a record seven times among his long list of accolades. WPPI included Jerry in their Top Five Wedding Photographers in the World.

Jerry is relentless in giving you as much information as he can. You will be inspired, challenged, educated and entertained by one of the industry’s brightest stars.

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Thanks to Brent Watkins of Sylvart Studio in Barberton, just a few minutes away, we're going to be working all day in his studio. The studio is an old renovated building on the main drag in Barberton, Ohio. It's got wonderful exposed brick walls, high ceilings, some great window light and several different settings. Lunch is included in this all day hands-on event.

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