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sfaust
17th of September 2008 (Wed), 16:41
I've finalized the dates for the creative lighting workshop in Boston and thought it might be of interest to some here. The official blurb is included below. There are about 5 spaces still left open out of 10 total.

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Boston Creative Lighting Workshop
October 24th, 25th, and 26th.
Focus on lighting and creative techniques.
Three days of lecture, presentation, lighting setups, and hands on shooting.

Wouldn't it be nice to hang out with a commercial photographer for a weekend and pick his brain? Work together side by side in creating the lighting setups for multiple shooting scenarios. Sit around later in the evening over a few beers and talking about lighting, gear, and techniques. Someone that has no sponsors to answer to, no soft sales pitches, and will give you an unbiased opinion. The opportunity exists Oct 24th, 25th, and 26th, at the Boston Creative Lighting Workshop.

Stephen Faust (http://StephenFaust.com) will host another lighting workshop in the Boston area. He will be teaching the lighting and creative techniques he uses on a daily basis to create dynamic images for his clients. No fluff, no sales pitches, just pure lighting and creative techniques. The techniques taught can use used with reflectors, hot shoe flashes, studio strobes, hot lights, or home made DIY lighting setups. Light is light, and the principals apply across the board.

This isn't a workshop where the presenter sets everything up, and you just copy the camera settings into your camera and shoot. Expect to spent time with hands on setup of the lighting and gear, learning the reasoning behind the lighting setups, and then having some time to shoot the final result and modify it as needed. He isn't going to catch a fish to feed you for that night, but rather teach you how to fish so you can feed yourself from that point on. You'll work hard, learn a lot, and take a lot of useful techniques with you that will serve you well in your photography. But with his sense of humor, it should be a lot of fun as well.

More details can be found at http://www.StephenFaust.com/workshops, or on his blog at http://StephenFaust.wordpress.com. His work can also be viewed at his commercial website at http://www.StephenFaust.com, or on Flickr at http://www.Flickr.com/sfaust/sets

HirePhotographer
1st of November 2008 (Sat), 10:18
Just wondered if anyone attended this . . . considering something very similar and just looking for some feedback?

Thanks

sfaust
2nd of November 2008 (Sun), 09:47
Just wondered if anyone attended this . . . considering something very similar and just looking for some feedback?

Thanks

HirePhotographer, while I can't give you any unbiased comments on the workshop since I presented it, I did run across a blog entry that one of the attendees wrote up on it. You can read it at http://danalanephoto.blogspot.com/.

I didn't really advertise the workshop on the POTN forum since I wasn't sure if posting an announcement was acceptable (only posted the above notice), and I never got a response back about paid advertising from the forum contact. So I don't think anyone in this forum attended as a photographer. I did have a couple people from POTN assist during the workshop, so perhaps they will add some feedback from their point of view.

I'm also open to answering any questions you may have about the workshops I run, and can provide a long list of attendees you can contact for references if you wish. Just contact me via PM and I can provide that for you.

I can comment that I try real hard to make sure everyone's goals are meet, and make sure I take time for quality one on one time with each photographer on their specific needs, or going over problems areas for them.

For some general information on the workshop; We ended up doing about 23 different setups between the studio and location sets. We had 15 models, 8 makeup artists, 6 hair stylists, a wardrobe/general stylist, 5 assistants, 12 models, 12 strobes, 5 hot lights, 3000w generator for location power, 1,200 feet of extension cords, beauty dish, ring flash, 19 pocket wizards, 28 wardrobe pieces not counting what the models brought themselves, enough food to feed an army with far too many leftovers even after asking everyone to take something home. 5 hours on Friday evening, 12 hours on Saturday, and 8 hours on Sunday. We were all exhausted.

sfaust
3rd of November 2008 (Mon), 09:10
Here is a blog entry I just ran across from someone that attended. He wrote up a pretty descriptive entry of his experience.

http://danalanephoto.blogspot.com/

gjbid
3rd of November 2008 (Mon), 10:32
I assisted Saturday during the day and evening sessions. I have been out of the photography scene for about 10 years but can attest to the exposure each participant had in regards to equipment, talent, lighting scenarios, and instruction.

I was also fortunate enough to attend the Friday night presentation which was well thought out and provided a nice foundation for the upcoming studio and on location shooting sessions.

All of the participants I spoke with had very positive things to say and I learned quite a bit working with Stephen, Terry, and Mike, thanks again.