David Ziser Workshop
I just signed up for David Ziser’s wedding
photography workshop, “Digital WakeUp Call Tour 2009 - A
New Dawn”, that will hit Omaha on 9-14-09. I’m
looking forward to attending as his blog has been a great source of
information.
Bio: David
Ziser
Photographer, Lecturer, and Trainer
David Ziser, an internationally-renowned wedding
photographer, has shared his knowledge with tens of
thousands of photographers in five languages and in
14 countries worldwide. Studio Photography acclaimed
"Award winning photographer, David Ziser, is showing
the world how to take wedding pictures." The Dallas
Morning News extolled Ziser as "wedding photographer
extraordinaire." David is one of 101 worldwide who
hold the highest honor of "Fellow" bestowed by the
American Society of Photographers.
The seminar will be divided into
three sections:
Master Your Lighting - Master Your
Market
David will present an intensive session on creative
lighting and exciting composition. Considered
by many to be a "master of lighting", David will
demonstrate just how easily and quickly you can light
your images beautifully and dramatically, making them
stand out from the crowd. Watch how he uses
on-camera flash, off-camera flash, filtered flash,
bounce flash, and many other lighting techniques to
create images that really rise above the crowd in a
wedding market that has been diluted with so much
flat, one dimensional photography.
Don't shoot weddings - no problem. David's techniques
work equally well for the portrait and senior
photographer seeking to differentiate their creative
look and style from the "rest of the pack."
In This Lighting and Photography Segment David Will
Show You:
• 32 ways to make the best use of your on-camera and
off-camera flash for creative and dramatic effects;
• Composition - the secret ingredient of a great
photograph; lens selection and camera settings for
the best possible results with your gear;
• How to get the best results out of the new ISO
cameras;
• And lastly, how the new video capabilities of these
new cameras can transform your product offerings.
"Magic Bullet" Techniques to Make Your
Production Headaches Disappear
Are you tired of hearing the term "workflow-this" and
"workflow-that" everywhere? Well, it's about time we
move beyond mundane digital production processes and
open our eyes to new, streamlined methods of running
our digital studios efficiently, effectively, and
profitably. David will be discussing 5 major
software "Magic Bullets" in the course of his
presentation.
• Lightroom 2.0 - 5 Wedding/Portrait specific
techniques guaranteed to shorten your time at the
computer and make your images sing.
• How to use other software "magic bullets" to add
pizzazz to your wedding/portrait images and make
digital workflow nearly effortless, highly efficient,
and fun.
• David will discuss and demonstrate one today's
software best kept secrets. He will show you
how to design an album with only one mouse click and
then "fine-tune" it to perfection with only a few
more clicks.
• He will discuss album design - good and bad, but
concentrating mostly on how to make your albums
become a reflection of your studio's identity.
Making Your Business More Profitable
Whether you are a seasoned pro, or part time
professional, or just getting started in your
business, David will point you to creative, profit
building strategies for growing your business.
Digital has changed the rules for many
photographers. David will discuss and suggest
how "digital" opens doors to new possibilities for
all of us wanting to grow our business.
He will share with you his very successful marketing
strategies that have enabled his studio to reach the
best clients in his market and deliver his highly
profitable and most beautiful products ever.
David's discussion will include 20 new products and
solid marketing ideas to increase your sales using
today's digital technologies. These products
and marketing ideas are targeted to today's customers
and work for any photographer - aspiring pro to
seasoned professional - and will add substantially to
your bottom line.
...the only bummer is that the workshop is still 6
months out at this point!