Photographer Workshops

      Like everything else in this custom photography website, all photography training is customized for just one client. The training cost is $100 per day. I expect this cost will eventually increase. Each workshop can last up to five days depending on the needs of the photographer client. Most of the training is hands on with some training using video to give the client an overall perspective of the software's used. The goal of the training will be to enable the photographer client to produce one or more interesting and solid photographs and to teach the student what it takes to produce each photograph. The training will start with the taking of the picture either a studio or out in the field picture(need to look at the Fort Pierce Photography page to see the many interesting places for photography) and end with at least one finished picture or video show that I will also publish to my website and/or the photographer will have one or some finished jpeg files.(I know the last sentence sounds murky, but if the client decides to create a picture based on multi -softwares and is only signed up for one day than it's hard to learn about the various software and create more than one good picture in only one day.)  This workshop is open to photographers who already have a DSLR and are looking to take the next step in their photography evolution. Especially if the photographer has opted to use a nude model for a photography session. If you're not serious I will find out as we develop a lesson plan based on your needs and I not going to waste my time teaching you what I know.

List of photography editing and display software taught in the courses.

Don't take my word on it, please click on the various links below to see what the various software's can do for you. Once you have done this and decided these are program that help you increase your bottom line - then you are ready for some workshop training that will show you how to intergrate the various softwares into a finished print that has expanded your creative abilities.

  Check out my photographs on this site, if you have exceeded what I am doing than you have no need for what I can teach. If you haven't then you have to invest in yourself (the only way you will ever succeed long term.) and sign up for a workshop.

1.  Portrait Professional ver9: If you have not heard of this software check out the two pictures of the model on the home page to find out some of the things this software can do to make your portraits outstanding.
2. Pro Show Producer: The best slide show I have ever seen and I have just begun to scratch the surface of this program. While on my home page check out my video at the top, not your daddy's old slide show.
3. Mask Pro 4 by On one software: Essential software if you want to change your backgrounds. Especially in those situations where you're dealing with hair, glass and other transparent objects. Mask pro separated the areas in a photograph that you want to change or get rid of, from the rest of the photograph. Light everything else it is a skill that takes time to learn and some masks that involve the above objects takes a long time to learn. For the photographer unless he or she needs to save their picture by masking, to mask is a philosophical question. Do I believe a photograph should be pure and unaltered or whatever I think the picture needs to be?
4. Genuine Fractals 6: If you want to get the most out of your cameras' limited mega pixels in order to make those bigger print then this software is a must have.
5. Painter Essentials 4 I don't have any painter skill but I like a painter effect on pictures and this program gets the most out of my limited skills.
6. Adobe Photoshop elements ver9:  Adobe Photoshop Elements 8. Easily organize, edit and share your photos. Buy now. (note I am an adobe affiliate and have no problem recommending this software as a useful tool to expand your artistic vision.) No the program isn't as good as adobe photos hop the gold standard for photo editing software. But the program does a lot of interesting stuff that will help most photographers make interesting pictures. A lot of the pictures on this website had at least something done to enhance the picture with this program.
7. Corel Photo Paint: Part of the award winning corel draw program. It does a lot of the things that adobe Photoshop does at a far cheaper price.  

8. X Site Pro ver2: This is the software I used to build this site. See Video about Features.  And yes, this is a naked commercial for the software for I am an affiliate of the software company and the training program they have created.(I do get a commission for each sale and yes, this is another way to generate money from your site.)   If you are looking for a full rigged software that is easy to use to build a professional photographer's site than this software is essential. This is the third site I have created. The first two were built using Microsoft FrontPage. Unfortunately for me Microsoft was discontinuing the software when I brought it. I tried using Microsoft's Expressions but the software proved to be to complicated for me to learn and after blowing a ton of money on the software and video learning tapes, I gave up on the software.(If you don't believe me about the software I am willing to sell you the software and the training videos at a very good price.) I can heartily recommend X Site Pro because it is easier to learn and I am doing stuff like the videos on page one in simple easy to learn steps. However if you want to learn the many things this software can do with the minimum amount of aggravation, than you need to spend the extra money to take the online course offered. The other reason to purchase this software is the help X - Site Pro gives in improving your search rankings with SEO (if you don't know what SEO is than you really need x - site pro) and developing your site into a money maker.

  Accommodations and Travel: There are several hotels that you can book in the Fort Pierce and Vero area. I would prefer that you get a hotel off of interstate 95 and state road 70 in the Fort Pierce area. This would be helpful in coordinating travel arrangements. If you travel by airplane I can pick you up(and return you to) at the Melbourne or West Palm's airports for an additional fee of $40(fee is reduced if you take more then one workshop day) and can also pick up and return you to your hotel and show you the key points of interest in Fort Pierce and Vero(time permitting) after each class.

Class times: usually 10 to 6pm unless we need to do an outdoor photo shoot that may involve sunset or sunrise pictures.

 Photography workshop courses: need to click on the following link for information about courses: Photography Training courses

Create a photographer's web site: You can spend money on a newspaper ad, but there is nothing like a web site for showing off the full range of what you have to offer as a photographer and what types of photography you can do and don't want to do. XSite pro cost me $197 and I brought an on line training course from the same company for the same price. What I learned to do and what I am going to do with this software more than exceeded the price I paid for both. I can also run a 4 day workshop and have you produce a basic web site with this software that you can load on your computer, provided you have brought the software.(and yes: I will not give you a copy of the software as part of the course.)

Payment: The basic charge is $100 per day and what I teach will be worked out between myself and the client. I will accept a personal check but it must be cleared before any training begins. I will not lock in your training dates until your check has cleared.  I will also accept payment via PayPal which accepts various types of credit card payments.

Conditions:  You can cancel your workshop up to one week before the class begins and I will refund 100% of payment. Up to two days before the class I will return 90% of payment. After that I will return 70% of payment. Models are paid after session, but if you wait to late to cancel I will have to pay the model something depending on how much the model has been inconvenienced or incur expenses to make the session.  Models sometimes doesn't show up and I will try to find another model and/or refund the appropriate amount of money paid.

First contact: Please fill out the form on the Photographer Course Form  page to let me know the dates you would like to take the course and what are your specific goals: what areas of photography or website building would you like me to teach. After you have finished please attach the form to an email to my workshop address. Following info would be helpful: What have you done in photography? Do you have a website or page I can check to see what you have already done in photography? Note: If you need transportation please let me know.( see accommodations and travel)

My studio is basically a small area in my home. I use canon speed flashes, a small umbrella, beauty dish with grid and recently purchased a strip light softbox with a grid.  I use a canon  transmitter to coordinate the flashes. I also use energy saving and low heat light bulb to keep the studio from getting overheated. I use a green screen for my background, if you haven't guessed why most of my photographs don't have a green screen in the background, you might not be ready for this course. There are also other areas in my home that I can use for a decent background.

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