The Photography Workshop Series presents an Elite Workshop on Lifestyle Photography in Chicago on June 13 & 14, 2018. Directed by Celebrity Lifestyle Advertising Photographer and TV Director & Host Kevin Michael Schmitz Represented by Jorge Perez Reps, you will take your career to the highest level! There is an Optional Extra Shoot Day on Fashion Lifestyle Photography that will be held on June 15, 2018. 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 8 Years of The Photography Workshop Series, our students have been published in 52 Magazines with 9 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 and connect major photographic industry decision makers as panelists. Learn the secrets of high end lighting & natural light manipulation for shooting major ad campaigns! The Extra Shoot Day on Fashion Lifestyle Photography will be available and highly recommended for those enrolled to double the size of your portfolio during the experience in Chicago!
June 13, 2018 – 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 Represented by Jorge Perez Reps. 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. Our guest panelists will be an Executive Creative Director from an ad agency or Photography Agent Who Represents Top Photographers. This networking opportunity will give you the opportunity to connect with top decision makers and have your portfolio reviewed by an expert. We will be going into detail about the business of photography, marketing, and negotiating usage rights and creative fees, networking, and self-promotion. You will have an in-depth lesson on editing, post-production, retouching, color correction and consultation from a world class retoucher. Most importantly, we will help you strategize, design and implement your marketing campaign to reach key clients in commercial and consumer photography to take your business to the highest level!
June 14, 2018 – The Photoshoot Day will include You Commanding a Set and Photographing a 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 $50,000 per day production to create a powerful body of work to market to major brands!
June 15, 2018 – The Extra Optional Photoshoot Day will entail You Commanding a Set and Photographing for 6 Solid Hours with a Completely Hands-On Shooting Experience. You will shoot a Fashion Lifestyle Editorial with World Class top 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 $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!
