David Tejada Workshop
I spoke to David Tejada today and registered for his
“Small Strobes Big Results”
lighting workshop over in Denver, CO on
4-25-09. I have listened to several podcast interviews in the past
year that have featured David and his corporate photography business.
I’m a Strobist at heart and am really
pumped about the opportunity to soak up knowledge
about using off-camera strobes from an industry
guru. David keeps the groups small. I’ll be 1 of
only 10 attendees at this workshop, sweet! And a
road trip to Colorado won’t be bad either!
This will definitely up my game as a photographer
here in Omaha. The information gained and skills
refined at this workshop will be a serious addition
to my lighting arsenal for future wedding
photography, senior portraits, children, family
portraits, product photography, sports, etc.
Bio: David Tejada
David Tejada is one of Colorado's most highly
regarded location corporate photographers. He is
recognized for his dramatic and innovative
photographic lighting techniques and graphic style.
Also known for his approachable personality, David
has the reputation of being a person who is easy to
work with who takes the worry out of corporate work.
With more than twenty-five years of shooting
experience, David has developed a clear understanding
of both corporate and designer needs. His work
successfully integrates exciting color and strong
graphic compositions to effectively communicate his
client’s message.
David shoots both domestic and international
assignments for graphic design firms and Fortune 500
companies nationwide. With 25 years of annual report
photography experience, David is equally at home
hovering in a helicopter over a drill rig in the
Andes, creating dramatic lighting in a laboratory
setting or shooting a CEO portrait in New York City.
He is also an effective communicator, comfortable
with all levels of employees from management to
support field staff, and sensitive to the political
and interpersonal issues at work. David treats each
assignment as an editorial essay, stressing strong,
compelling images that communicate the story.
Finally, he is an excellent problem solver, adapting
quickly to changing conditions and technical
challenges, remaining focused on the assignment goals
while adhering to practical time and financial
constraints.
Learn how to get BIG RESULTS from small
strobes!
Join me, corporate annual report photographer David
Tejada, for this one day lighting workshop. With 25
years of location lighting experience under my belt,
I’ll show you that you don’t need to load yourself
down with lots of expensive gear to achieve big
results.
You'll learn how to:
• control and modify the quality of light produced
from a typical shoe mounted flash; • properly use
umbrellas, soft boxes, snoots, grids, silks and
bounce techniques; • use a single strobe combined
with existing light as well as more complicated
multiple light set-ups; • PLUS bonus pro photo
business information.
Use Your Flash OFF Camera
We’ll spend a lot of time learning how light works
and how to get consistent results with your flash
photography. You’ll leave this workshop knowing how
to use your flash off camera and how to consistently
achieve the results you want. You’ll be able to
confidently produce a portrait in any environment
that you encounter on location.
Shoot and Learn
Participants will have the opportunity to shoot each
of the lighting demos with their own cameras as well
as the lighting set-ups during the workshop. Lighting
demos are a wonderful way to build a catalog of
lighting effects that you can draw on for future
reference.
Bonus: Important Business
Information
In addition to the lighting aspect of this workshop,
I’ll share my experience in developing a successful
corporate photography business as well as how I
handle my current workflow.
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This is going to be a great learning experienced and
I’m stoked to be attending.
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!