San Antonio Special!
December 3, 2008
Venue: San Antonio Special
Details: First Come, First Serve– Almost all previous 300-plus workshops have all been sell-outs! Every San Antonio workshop has sold out in the past! Take advantage of the limited Early Bird pricing–it will go up ! Book now and save! Price goes up after first 5 attendees sign up, so hurry!
We’re back in San Antonio area, first workshop for 2009, one-day only, but one super special price! It’s a great way to have fun the weekend before FotoFusion in Florida. Rolando’s "International Glamour, Beauty & the Nude Special" in the San Antonio area is slated for January 17th, a Saturday only. This will be Rolando’s first San Antonio workshop for 2009. Rolando’s 300 previous workshops and seminars for 2001-2008 all sold-out. All of Rolando’s San Antonio one-day workshops sell-out in advance!!
The workshop includes hands-on instruction, roundtable discussions, critiques and interaction with Rolando and all attendees–open to all levels of photographers, from beginners to advanced. We’ll be demonstrating new lighting techniques!
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Chicago Mansion
December 3, 2008
Venue: Chicago (Mansion style in Wrigleyville) Saturday, or Sunday, or Both! Each workshops is a separate workshop, though you have the option to purchase both at a discount, see below!
Details: First Come, First Serve! Prices go up after first five sign-ups! Only 12 photographers, with SIX beautiful models. Never more than two photographers with a model at anytime.
It’s back! Rolando’s "Glamour, Beauty & the Nude Plus, Mansion Special" but in Chicago, March 21st or 22nd or both! You have your choice, either Saturday or Sunday or both, it’s your option. These are one-day workshops (option to purchase two-days below). Each special one-day workshop (one held each day, though you have the option to purchase both days) are in a luxurious mansion, over 5,000 sq. ft. We’ll give you the experience of over 300-plus workshops since 2002, all sell-outs!. Normally special workshops sell-out weeks in advance, and these special workshops are not as common as other workshops–this is your chance–sign-up now! Never will there be more than two photographers for each model! Plenty of shooting time! Make-up and hair is provided for the models too with a professional stylist!
Study Photojournalism Techniques
November 7, 2008
Today, both fashion and glamour photographers are employing more photojournalistic styles, producing images that stand strong and often make statements. I’ve been fortunate enough to have almost thirty years of photojournalism experience that often kicks in when I’m photographing glamour models. If you don’t have this type of training, I recommend that you study photojournalistic images by looking through news magazines and observing what you see printed in your local paper.
A great book I highly recommend, old but still available, is The Picture: An Associated Press Guide to Good News Photography (Associated Press, 1989). It’s thin, concise, and lays it out like a dictionary. This book covers terms used to describe photojournalistic styles of photography, which are becoming more popular in photography today, and also helps give you ideas for your poses and styling of the set.
San Diego
October 22, 2008
Venue: San Diego, CA
Details: First Come, First Serve– Almost all previous 300-plus workshops have all been sell-outs! Take advantage of the limited Early Bird pricing–it will go up ! Book now and save! Price goes up after first 5 attendees sign up, so hurry!
We’re back in San Diego, in a new studio for our first workshop of the area in 2009. Rolando’s "International Glamour, Beauty & the Nude" in San Diego, March. 7th & 8th, 2009, a Saturday and Sunday is back. This will be Rolando’s first San Diego workshop for 2009. A totally new format, limited in size with five models!
The workshop is roundtable in format and open to all experience levels –from beginner to advanced, with plenty of time to shoot –the workshop hours on Saturday are 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. Come with an open mind to learn–bring your camera, lenses and a portfolio (if you have one, not mandatory). We will have a networking dinner to follow after the workshop on Saturday–this is not mandatory, but a fun dinner. You may bring a guest to the dinner, dinner is pay as you go as it’s an optional get together for those interested..
Two full days of shooting and there will be plenty of models and everyone receives hands-on feedback –constructive not destructive–collaborative and individually. Special guests often appear! From Playmates to famous photographers! You will work with four or more gorgeous models, make-up, hair, lighting, lunch and more provided!
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Glamorous
October 3, 2008
While I personally prefer listening to country music, most models today listen to various types of music, including the more hip music. While conducting my Virgin Islands workshops, we have the ability to plug-in an I-Pod, or in my case, my I-Phone, which has caused me to download songs from I-Tunes, more in tune with the younger model crowd
I often use music to get my creative juices flowing, whether writing articles or books, or when photographing models on location, especially in the Virgin Island, Glamour, Beauty and the Nude workshops. I tend to choose music that will relax the models and get them moving and with glamour photography, one song that seems to get the models, and even me, flowing, is the song by Fergie called Glamorous.
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Virgin Islands-Nov 09′
September 30, 2008
Venue: U.S. Virgin Islands New!
Details: The first Virigin Islands worskhop sold-out in less than 2-weeks! All of the VI workshops for 2008 sold-out, most sold-out a year in advance! All of the 2008 workshops are sold-out! Here’s your chance if you missed out to book early for 2009! Only Twelve Photographers and Six Models per workshop. First-come, first-serve!
This will be our 20th Virgin Islands workshop. The dates are Nov. 5th-10th, 2009. Fly in on Nov. 5th (Thurs.) to St. Thomas (Airport code STT) then we ferry over to a smaller island where it’s private, camp-style workshop–open to all levels of photography, from beginners to advanced–your departure day is Nov.10th (Tuesday) unless you choose to stay longer in St. Thomas on your own.
These workshops promise to be better than the best workshops ever done–this is not a foreign country, this is the U.S. Virgin Islands! No currency conversions, no foreign language, no crazy inflated value-added taxes or worries about the food and water or your camera equipment held in customs till you pay the "bribe." Currently a U.S. passport it not required, provided you present a government issued identification card, such as a driver’s license.
(All images below, photographed at previous Virgin Islands’ Workshops, actual models, equipment and location featured!)
We’ve got a place that rocks! The location was featured on HGTV this year and Brad Pitt filmed parts for one of his movies on this secluded island part of the islands. It’s not your "typical tourist hotel" trap found in other workshops–this is a private paradise 10-minutes from St. Thomas giving us great sunsets, sunrises, private infinity-pool shots with the ocean blue/green waters and golden sunsets in the background.
Virgin Islands-Jul 09′
September 30, 2008
Venue: U.S. Virgin Islands New!
Details: The first Virigin Islands worskhop sold-out in less than 2-weeks! All of the VI workshops for 2008 sold-out, most sold-out a year in advance! All of the 2008 workshops are sold-out! Here’s your chance if you missed out to book early for 2009! Only Twelve Photographers and Six Models per workshop. First-come, first-serve!
This will be our 19th Virgin Islands workshop. The dates are July 16th-21st, 2009. Fly in on July 16th (Thurs.) to St. Thomas (Airport code STT) then we ferry over to a smaller island where it’s private, camp-style workshop–open to all levels of photography, from beginners to advanced–your departure day is July 21st (Tuesday) unless you choose to stay longer in St. Thomas on your own.
These workshops promise to be better than the best workshops ever done–this is not a foreign country, this is the U.S. Virgin Islands! No currency conversions, no foreign language, no crazy inflated value-added taxes or worries about the food and water or your camera equipment held in customs till you pay the "bribe." Currently a U.S. passport it not required, provided you present a government issued identification card, such as a driver’s license.
(All images below, photographed at previous Virgin Islands’ Workshops, actual models, equipment and location featured!)
We’ve got a place that rocks! The location was featured on HGTV this year and Brad Pitt filmed parts for one of his movies on this secluded island part of the islands. It’s not your "typical tourist hotel" trap found in other workshops–this is a private paradise 10-minutes from St. Thomas giving us great sunsets, sunrises, private infinity-pool shots with the ocean blue/green waters and golden sunsets in the background.
Current Photo Books
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PhotoTherapy.org
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EditorialNudes.com
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ModelOverDrive.com
