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    Freestyle Portrait Walks

    Symposium Coach - Lori Patrick

    September 15 / October 6 / November 3

    Choose your date in the CATALOG 

    You are invited to make portraits at the industrial chic Art Factory with Lori Patrick as your coach.

     

    We will visit and set up in different areas throughout the day for different light scenarios and background looks.

    As a freestyle, you will work on your own or with other participants.

    You will bring your own 'model' who can be simply be a friend or family member that wants to experience this training with you.

    **Symposium has a large wardrobe availbale for styling.

     

    Lori will set the scenarios as we stay close by to each other and then coach you along if wanted or needed.

     

    You may bring your own lighting or work with ours.

    Window - Constant or Strobe plus flagging, diffusion and reflective materials. We have static backgrounds too!

     

    This get to know us offering is only $100 for the day!

     

     

     

    Lighting Technique for the Modern Portrait 

    Symposium Instructor - Lori Patrick

    April 9 & 10

    July 15 & 16

    We have separate dates in the catalog!

    Ready to experience new ideas and practice lighting for your portrait work?

    Day 1 is practicing Available Window Light and Constant Lighting.

    We will use reflection, diffusion, flagging and also open shade and distancing. Then we will review images taken and talk about the light effects and do some toning to further the process.

     

    Day 2 is practicing strobe. Bring your own, or utilize ours.

    Please understand your equipment before class.

    We will work with diffusion and bounce, along with flagging.

    Also placement power levels for different results and styles.

    After lunch we will work on our images in post processing as Lori shares her personal techniques on toning and color grading.

     

    This is an opt in day!

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    Fine Art Portrait Masterclass

    Symposium Instructor - Jason Buff

    April 27 & 28 (finished but will be back)

    "Each workshop focuses on three primary topics. We will discuss planning phase that happens before the photo shoot. Then, we'll spend the majority of the day shooting and creating images with a variety of lighting styles and easy-to-follow posing techniques. After a quick break, we'll focus on editing in Photoshop and how to take your images to the next level at both an intermediate and advanced level. It's absolutely key to master each stage of the process and my workshops are designed to help you get on track and overcome the obstacles that have been keeping you from reaching your full potential. Although I recommend everyone has at least an intermediate level with photography and editing with Photoshop, my class is open to anyone who is interested in learning." -Buff

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    Artistic Seductions / Fine Art Boudoir

    Symposium Instructor - Jessica Lark

    May 5 & 6 (finished but will be back)

    Day 1: The Artistry: There will be gorgeous models wandering the property, awaiting you to play with them. We’ll look at lighting, posing, client interaction in an intimate setting with a beautiful backdrop… if you need coaching, this is the time, if you’re confident and want to play, this is the place.

     

    Day 2: The Business: Pricing, Collections, 4 figure sales, Marketing, Branding, Social Media, Client Sales. Everything you need to know about beginning, revamping, running your business happens on this day. I’ll share all my marketing materials and contracts, pricing, and the companies I work with, how I get and sell my clients, and how I built my business with zero advertising dollars, and how you can do the same. Theres lots of Q & A time to address specific concerns and obstacles you may be facing. And the models will be available again so that when you are bored or overflowing with all the information you can take a creativity break and work on your portfolio instead. -Jessica Lark

    This is an opt in day!

  • The SYmposium blog

    New SYMPOSIUM offerings, showcase articles & more

    FREESTYLE PORTRAIT WALKS
    2024年8月16日
    Wanting to add more services for your practice or portfolio work, let's FREESTYLE. Lori will try...
    Artistic Seductions with JESSICA LARK
    2024年3月20日 · SYMPOSIUMS,GENERAL
    Portrait Symposium Instructor - JESSICA LARK  Artistic Seductions / Fine Art Boudoir Portrait ...
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    2024年3月8日 · SYMPOSIUMS,GENERAL
    "Each workshop focuses on three primary topics. We will discuss planning phase that happens...
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    2024年2月21日 · SYMPOSIUMS,CLUBHOUSE,CREATORS
      Lighting Technique for the Modern Portrait is for 2 days with class hours 10:00 to 4:00 ...
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