Houston Special
February 20, 2009
Venue: Houston Special
Details: First Come, First Serve– Almost all previous 320-plus workshops have all been sell-outs! Now we’re back in Houston, Texas for special, one-day, Glamour, Beauty and the Nude workshop! 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! Limited in size! Four models!
This is our first Houston workshop for 2009, one-day only, but one super special price! Rolando’s “International Glamour, Beauty & the Nude Special” in the Houston area is slated for August 29th, 2009, a Saturday only.
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!
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.
Workshops that Don’t Pay Models–BLAH!
September 19, 2008
| Will we’re getting ready to for our main event, "Back to the Ranch" (BTTR) next week, featuring some top, top photographers as guest instructors, so I’m running like a chicken with my head cutoff right now! Whew! As we line everything up for what promises to be the best event of the year, 30 photographers, 15 models, 5 VIP photographer instructors, 5 mentor/assistants, 4 make-up artists and an outstanding location, we’re actually updating the website for the ranch event, though it’s basically sold-out! It sold-out before we could even finish the website and it was just announced after the 4th of July holiday! Imagine that?
That’s what happens when you get some great models, though only a few were mentioned. Why are we able to get some great models for all our events? The answer is not hard and I took an excerpt from the BTTR website and put it here for you to see below. Often I see other workshops "poking" fun at my "releases," implying that we suprises our photography workshop attendees–not so, it’s on every photography workshop web page, and the release are always voluntary, though encouraged. Besides, other workshops provide, very questionable promotional releases. Virgin Islands–June 09′September 4, 2008 Date: 6/18-23/2009
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 18th Virgin Islands workshop. The dates are June 18th-23rd, 2009. Fly in on June 18th (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 June 23rd (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. |