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Wednesday 28th April
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| Thursday 29th April |
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Wednesday 9th June
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Thursday 10th June
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Special Offer:
Book this workshop and get £50 off the price of a Friday
Wedding Post-Production
Day or a Business
of Weddings
Seminar (8th June 2010). Add the two workshops to your
basket
and enter the voucher code 'flashback' at the
checkout
stage.
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What is a Shooting Weddings Workshop?
On this workshop event run by Damien and Julie, the group of 8 delegates will
be split and independently taught for some parts of the day. Each
group will swap so that both groups cover all the content. This has
worked very well in the past and the workshop can be equally beneficial to
those photographers working as a couple and those working on their own. Liberate your
creativity, soak up the enthusiasm, drive and passion that Damien &
Julie will share at these unique events.
• Limited to 8 delegates, often split into two groups of 4.
• A 'real' couple.
• The engaging teaching styles of Damien & Julie Lovegrove.
• and Marko Nurminen, our in-house Lovegrove editing expert.
What you will learn:
Learn how to plan and shoot a wedding, including the preparations at the start
of the day, to getting to grips with flash when it's darker. Learn the tips and tricks of
making wonderful pictures at every stage of a wedding.
You
will learn new technical shooting skills and you will receive hands-on
instruction about finding and controlling ambient light, plus mixing
ambient light with off camera TTL flash. Please note however that
this is not a workshop on how to use your camera. Please ensure you are
familiar with your camera and flash, and know how to change settings
quickly.
You
will also learn how to interact with a wedding couple and generate a
creative flow allowing you to 'see' pictures where you may think none
exist.
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The type of photographs you will be taking:
All
the pictures in the mini slideshow below were taken on Shooting
Weddings workshops on the 16th & 17th November 2009.
More images can be found in our Members' Gallery here.
"Damien
and Julie's passion and enthusiasm for storytelling through the medium
of photography was evident throughout the day. Their guidance, tuition
and tips on image making coupled with the general business advice they
offer makes this workshop very good value for money.
What you will have at the end of the day to take away:
1.
Whatever the weather we will be producing portfolio images that you can
use right away, on your website, in brochures or on your studio walls.
The two models will be a 'real' married couple who will be patient with
us.
2. You will have a new repertoire
of images you can shoot, and above all, access to professional image
making skills that have a high repeatable value. You will have the edge
over your competition and you will feel renewed excitement for wedding
photography.
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What kit you will need:
Please bring
along all the kit you would normally use when shooting a wedding,
including wet weather gear (although we hope it won't be necessary!) as
of course we all know weddings have to go ahead regardless of the
weather! Damien and Julie always use a monopod at weddings, and will be
using them throughout the day. If you don't have one it will be
worthwhile borrowing or buying one before the course as you may well
find it frustrating to have movement on your images shot in low light.
If this is the case, do ensure you have a plate on the bottom of your
camera to fix it to the monopod! Our advice is "If in doubt - bring it"
as it would be frustrating to be without something.
1.
A DSLR camera with two or three professional lenses covering 17mm to
200mm. When booking your
place please state in 'additional information' what camera kit you'll
be using (ie Canon/Nikon).
2. One
TTL flash gun preferably with a means of using it off camera. For Nikon
users without a pop up flash, an SU800 will do the job, and for Canon
users an STE2 will be needed.
3. A bag you can dip in and out of to change lenses as required.
4. A monopod.
5. Suitable clothing.
Location:
Timetable:
09.00 Coffee on arrival. 09.30 Shoot session 1 ~ bride & groom 'getting ready'. 11.00 Coffee & tea. 11.20 Shoot session 2 ~ Pre- ceremony portraits of the bride & groom. 1.00 Lunch. 2.00 Shoot session 3 ~ Ceremony & 'couple' pictures. 3.30 Tea break. 3.50 'Tricky Lighting mastery' with Damien, & 'The Psychology' with Julie. 5.10 Review of the days images as processed by Marko. 5.30 Close.
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