From another forum a small group of us (3 ... barely even a group) beginner WP-wannabees are discussing getting together to form our own grass roots Wedding-Photography oriented workshops.
The first meeting is for sure, we'll take it from there. I think the effort will benifit from having more participants.
We're in So Cal (Orange County, Inland Empire, and Bakersfield) so likely will meet in LA or Orange County. First meeting sometime in January; after that maybe every 6 weeks or so (whatever works really). Purely weekend stuff.
The concept: a valuable exchange of technique and practices. This is not to just "go shoot with others". It's for the purposes of improving our chances to make it as future wedding photographers - ideally by making ourselves attractive 2nd shooter candidates for starters.
The initial plan: The idea is to have a subject (like slave flash, Portriat technique, etc), give one another presentations, practice what we learned, have lunch, then go practice it on models (either hired or volunteers). Possibly even use laptops to see immediate results and critique one another. We'll probably EMAIL each other a presentation outline with helpful reading references.
2 of us have already scheduled to do weddings within the next few months and it is possible that participants will get invited to assist. I could see this (actual weddings or engagement photo sessions with signed releases) becoming a regular thing ... dream on hua? No really, why not?
Would love to hear if anyone here's interested to join in?
