Date: July 14th, 2012 Saturday Only!
Time: 9:30 a.m. till 5 p.m.
Location: Private Location on the Northwest side of San Antonio, announced only to attendees.
Price: $399 Early-bird price initial sign-ups, save $100 now before it’s too late!
BONUS: FREE Glamour, Beauty And The Nude photography workshop on June 30th is included for all attendees. (workshop info for June 30th is here, but it’s FREE when signing up for this workshop)

Learn The Master’s Secrets—While postproduction is no secret, there are secret tricks top pros don’t often share! Now here’s your chance! Limited to FIVE photographers!

Many photographers ask me about my postproduction workflow and my first response is, “Get it right in the camera first.” Obviously like all photographers shooting digital photography, photos must still be downloaded, photo edited, then once photo editing is completed, the editing of photos begins. It’s this workflow, called postproduction, where photographers fumble, so I’ve decided to do something I’ve never done before—offer a postproduction workflow class that includes photographing a model first, then showing you how to take it to the final processed image for printing and web output.

This photo was taken at the recent Moab photography workshop and postproduced on my laptop.

Unlike other classes where you sit behind a computer and the instructor waits for everyone as they go through editing an image step-by-step, I’ve decided a different approach—we’re going to shoot a model or two live, then download to my computer and I’m going to teach you how to “photo edit” first before we begin editing the selected photos.

We’ll go through how to light and shoot the model for minimal post production, what makes a photo great during the photo editing process, then the secrets, such as adding an almost transparent layer of black and white in post production for a final color photo. This is neat little trick I rarely share. We’ll use Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Nik Filters—you’ll get my secrets, some not found on my online videos and how-to blog posts.

This is a first-time seminar/workshop but not the first time I’ve taught, but, perhaps this is the only time I’ll offer this unique experience as I walk you through input to output of a final image on my personal computer. This class is limited in size to only five photographers—that’s it. And there is a bonus, those five photographers get the June 30^th San Antonio photography workshop free—just pay for the model releases.

Unlike any other postproduction instruction, this is my way of post-producing images. My secrets, my computer, my photos and then, we’ll walk you through with one of your photos. You’ll learn how to clean blemishes off the model’s skin—the most simple way out there possible. You’ll learn how to optimize your files for web and print use too, along with working in the right formats during postproduction.

This class only requires basic Adobe Photoshop knowledge, like how to open a file in Photoshop. We’ll walk you through step-by-step. While not required, it’s beneficial if you bring your laptop. So in a nutshell, you will photograph at least one model, if not two, then we’ll move on to a master’s approach on postproduction and workflow.  There is a model fee of $50 per person plus the workshop/seminar costs of $399.

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Here are the particulars:

1. You must pay for your own lodging and travel.

2. Bring your camera, preferably a DSLR. It must have a hot shoe (where you flash slides on top) or as a minimum, a pc connection for our studio flash–we provide all lighting and backdrop equipment.

3. While it’s intense, we’ll have fun in this educational experience. We’ll provide lunch, you provide the coffee if you need it, but surely bring some Red Bull for energy because this is an energized workshop. Sign-up for this workshop only if you have the passion for photographing gorgeous models.

4. Camera requirements are any type of camera, preferably 35mm DSLR or SLR, medium or large format is optional. Lens focal range, from 24mm to 200mm, though a typical 70-200mm lens is all you need. A back-up drive to download your images is highly recommended. If you have a Sony (Minolta) camera, please ensure you have a hot shoe adapter or PC connection.

5. Professionalism is required.

If you can meet the requirements and you have the passion to create some beautiful, unique images, this is the photography seminar/workshop for you. We accept payments securely through PayPal and have other options if you prefer. This is a first-come, first-serve event as class size is extremely limited. There is a $50 model fee, currently one or two models will be utilized for this training seminar/workshop.

Unlike the other photography workshops with a voluntary model release option, there is a $50 mandatory model fee for each model that includes a commercial use release. Maximum models for this event is two, thus the model fee will not exceed $100.  The release is provided by us and allows you to use the images for commercial use and the only restriction is prohibited use for adult related material.

You are required to arrive no later than 9:30 a.m. local time on the workshop day and no earlier than 9:00 a.m. We end at 5:00 p.m.

Because this is a very small seminar/workshop, there are no refunds, credits or exchanges should you need to cancel or fail to appear.