A couple of phone snaps from the audience!

I will be returning this year as a speaker at WPPI 2012, the premier industry event for wedding and portrait photographers. Last year, colleague Melody Hood and I gave a Masterclass on location photography. The class was the first to sell out on the entire Master Class roster.

This year, we will be presenting a Platform Class – the most prestigious speaker engagement at the convention. The Platform Classes are open to all attendees but do tend to book up with advance registrations – make sure to get in early!

Come join us at WPPI 2012 – we’re proudly sponsored by Pixel 2 Canvas – a photography vendor we both trust and respect.

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Edited:  A big thank you!  I was just notified by the WPPI organizers that ours was the first Masterclass to sell out.  Unfortunately, there is not a waiting list.

wppi 2012 masterclass lighting workshop class

I am hosting my once-yearly Creativity Workshop with Melody Hood of Inammorata Photography in Las Vegas on November 4-6th.

I also give periodic lectures and webinars on photography technique and post processing/workflow software.  These are on-line and scheduled as I find availability.

I also provide in person one-on-one tutoring: from Boston to Brisbane, spots are extremely limited and first come, first served basis.

All photography training, workshops, and tutoring/mentoring can be found separately through Photographers Learning Resource and are intended for intermediate portrait photographers who can achieve manual exposure and consistent focus.

http://www.photolearningresource.com

http://www.facebook.com/PhotoLearningResource

For a workshop in Central Park, New York City, my objective was to show how to make full sun midday shooting achievable.  But often, it is the client who also helps transcend an ordinary day and make it special as well.  This family in that regard were absolutely a pleasure to work with and shoot.  They brought a full picnic set, set it up, and then sat and enjoyed the day, allowing us to capture that warm, intimate moment of enjoying life together.  When the sun moved enough to put them in shade, they were happy to move the set up a bit back into the sun and then sit and enjoy the grapes again.  It’s a reminder to all of us to spend time just enjoying ourselves with our family and the ones we love.

My goal with my shots of the family was to show that love and connection and really show that heaven has smiled on them.  I wanted to have them bathed in the warmth of the sun and to that end carefully chose the location away from the crowds but still with a bit of Central Park flavor peeking in from the upscale white high rise apartment buildings visible through the trees.   I had to shoot between ugly yellow buses and a few random pedestrians also enjoying the park (fortunately, dogs were leashed at that hour!) but in all, once the location was chosen, it was an incredibly easy shoot.

I hope they enjoy the images – they really have a huge thanks from me for being so incredibly wonderful to photograph! My understanding is that the father in this image is a wedding planner – I wish I had known him when I was married because he is very, very, good at his job!

This Summer, I am pleased to announce two special workshops, the 29th and 30th that I’ve taught:

The Big Picture Workshop: Australia (click here for more information).  At the Surfers Paradise studio of Wild Spirit photography.  Limited to 15 only.   June 18th and 19th.  Note: only 1 seat left before it is sold out!

Surfers Paradise 2009

The Big Picture Workshop: Europe (click here for more information).  Limited to 10 only. July 17th and 18th at my studio in Helsinki, Finland.

Tapiola, Finland

4 years ago I was invited to Australia by Wild Spirit Photography to give a photography workshop to select photographers in the Brisbane area.  30+ workshops around the world later, I am pleased to return once again to the sunny land down under.

The Big Picture workshop will be on June 18 and 19 in downtown Surfers Paradise along the Gold Coast.  I promise an intensive 2 days of shooting and post processing at the Wild Spirit Photography Studio.

I love Australia and have a special fondness for the Australian portrait photographers.  I look forward to returning again to tackle that glorious Australian environment.

More information about the workshop (and online courses in photography that I teach) can be found on the Photographers Learning Resource website.

From the 2008 Brisbane Workshop

In San Antonio (during the week of Imaging conference), Andrea will be available from 1/12 to 1/19.  Participants must provide transportation for Andrea in San Antonio.

In Boston, Andrea is available from 1/28 to 2/1.  Andrea can provide transportation on certain days – and a shuttle service ($12) is available from the airport to the location in Boston.

The rate is $100 an hour.   More details and to reserve a tutoring session, email photolearningresource@gmail.com