The Photography Workshop Series presents a MAD MEN Fashion Workshop on Lifestyle Photography in Chicago on June 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 2023. Directed by Celebrity Lifestyle Advertising Photographer and TV Director & Host, Kevin Michael Schmitz, you will take your career to the highest level! This Elite Photographic Experience will be focused on shooting a World Class Lifestyle Portfolio with Top Agency Represented Models, World Class Fashion Stylists and Epic Locations! Over the last 13 Years of The Photography Workshop Series, our students have been published in 200 Magazine Editorials with 10 Covers! You will learn art direction, posing and executing an evocative and expressive Lifestyle Ad Campaign that you will command a set and photograph for your own portfolio. You will learn all aspects of branding, marketing & maximizing your photographic business to the highest level. Learn the secrets of high end lighting & natural light manipulation for shooting major ad campaigns!

June 7, 2023 – The Essentials Day is focused on Maximizing your Business as a photographer and art directing a high Lifestyle Advertising Campaign. You will have the opportunity to storyboard aesthetically powerful and emotive photographic images to develop an elite photographic portfolio. You will art direct under the guidance of world famous Celebrity Fashion Advertising Photographer and TV Director & Host, Kevin Michael Schmitz. You will learn proven strategies to maximize profits as a self-employed photographer with your own unique style of work and develop yourself with a strong presence in your niche industry. We will be going into detail about the business of photography, marketing, and negotiating usage rights and creative fees, networking, and self-promotion. After the first half of the day on the Business of Photography, you will spend the second half of the day shooting a High End Vintage Fashion Editorial Shoot on Location with Top Models!

June 8, 2023 – MAD MEN Fashion Editorial Photoshoot Day will entail You Commanding a Set and Photographing fashion editorial for 6 Solid Hours with a Completely Hands-On Shooting Experience. You will shoot a vintage MAD MEN Fashion Editorial with World Class Top Fashion Models from the Top Agencies in Chicago. You will have access to $100,000 of high-end location & studio lighting & photographic equipment that will give you the opportunity to shoot a fashion lifestyle editorial at the highest level. Learning all aspects of light modification, ProFoto Equipment and Manipulation of Natural Light with Giant Scrims and Bounces, you will create a cinematic fashion story that will take your portfolio to the highest level. You will work with a top Celebrity Fashion Styling Team and world-class Makeup and Hair Stylist with a team of assistants to maximize the look, feel and style of your editorial. This will be the opportunity of a lifetime as you create some of the greatest images of your career and command a set that is equivalent of a $60,000 per day production. Photographers who attended our workshops are now published in VOGUE, FLAUNT, Marie Claire, ELLE Magazine and The LA Fashion Magazine and are even represented by top photography agents worldwide!

June 9, 2023 – Fashion Editorial Photoshoot Day will entail You Commanding a Set, photographing another high end fashion editorial and Filming an epic fashion film for 6 Solid Hours with a Completely Hands-On Shooting Experience. You will shoot another high end vintage Fashion Editorial with World Class Top Fashion Models from the Top Agencies in Chicago. You will have access to $100,000 of high-end location & studio lighting & photographic equipment that will give you the opportunity to shoot a fashion lifestyle editorial at the highest level. Learning all aspects of light modification, ProFoto Equipment and Manipulation of Natural Light with Giant Scrims and Bounces, you will create a cinematic fashion story that will take your portfolio to the highest level. You will work with a top Celebrity Fashion Styling Team and world-class Makeup and Hair Stylist with a team of assistants to maximize the look, feel and style of your editorial. This will be the opportunity of a lifetime as you create some of the greatest images of your career and command a set that is equivalent of a $60,000 per day production. Photographers who attended our workshops are now published in VOGUE, FLAUNT, Marie Claire, ELLE Magazine and The LA Fashion Magazine and are even represented by top photography agents worldwide!

June 10, 2023 – Lifestyle Slice of Life Advertising Photoshoot Day will include You Commanding a Set and Photographing a Health & Wellness Lifestyle Ad Campaign for 6 Solid Hours with a Completely Hands-On Shooting Experience. You will photograph World Class Top Models from the Major Agencies in Chicago. You will have access to $100,000 of high end location & studio lighting & photographic equipment that will give you the opportunity to shoot a Lifestyle Advertising Story at the highest level. Learning all aspects of advanced location lighting and manipulation of natural light, you will create a dynamic lifestyle story that will take your portfolio to the highest level. You will work with a top Celebrity Fashion Styling Team and world class Makeup and Hair Stylist with a team of assistants to maximize the look, feel and style of your editorial. This will be the opportunity of a lifetime as you create some of the greatest images of your career and command a set that is equivalent of a $60,000 per day production to create a powerful body of work to market to major brands!

June 11, 2023 – Lifestyle Advertising Photoshoot & Commercial will entail You Commanding a Set, photographing another high end fashion editorial and Filming an epic fashion film for 6 Solid Hours with a Completely Hands-On Shooting Experience. You will shoot another high end lifestyle ad campaign with World Class Top Fashion Models from the Top Agencies in Chicago.  Learning all aspects of light modification, ProFoto Equipment and Manipulation of Natural Light with Giant Scrims and Bounces, you will create a cinematic fashion story that will take your portfolio to the highest level. You will work with a top Celebrity Fashion Styling Team and world-class Makeup and Hair Stylist with a team of assistants to maximize the look, feel and style of your editorial. This will be the opportunity of a lifetime as you create some of the greatest images of your career and command a set that is equivalent of a $50,000 per day production. Photographers who attended our workshops are now published in VOGUE, FLAUNT, Marie Claire, ELLE Magazine and The LA Fashion Magazine and are even represented by top photography agents worldwide!82