If you ever have women in front of your lens, this is for you!

I’m honored to be working with the very talented Neil van Niekerk for an all-day, hands-on workshop in Feminine Portraiture and Boudoir Photography. The workshop will be held at (my studio)Clique Studio, in Schenectady, NY (minutes from Albany).

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Here are the details!

Date: May 31, 2015
Time: 9am – 6pm
Fee: $495

With this workshop 2 experienced models will be available wearing a variety of clothing as well as lingerie for boudoir. Attendees will have the opportunity to apply posing and lighting techniques learned throughout the entire day.

The workshop will be limited to 15 attendees.

We will provide morning coffee and snacks, lunch, two models, two stylists, loft styled studio, and outdoor shooting spaces!

I find it hard to believe there may be people out there who do not know Neil’s work. But, if you are not familiar here are a few of his images along with a link to his website: Photography by Neil van Niekerk.

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What you will learn during this workshop:

1.) Neil will be sharing a variety of his lighting techniques:
There will be a huge range of lighting gear available through the day to try out and play with.

  • Profoto B1 – studio quality lighting on location!
    500 W/s flash with numerous modifiers.
    We will have softboxes and gridded stripboxes and a beauty dish on hand.
  • Speedlights with softboxes.
    We can accommodate 4 different systems, in case we have Nikon, Canon, and two other systems, simultaneously! So we can help you with lighting using your speedlight!
  • Westcott Spiderlite with softboxes.
    Continuous lighting that is daylight balanced.
  • Video lights – Tungsten and LED video lights.
  • LED Fresnel lights -continuous lighting for dramatic Hollywood glamor style lighting.

2.) Posing instruction will focus on:

  • Foundation poses for portraits and boudoir
  • How to use verbal and visual cues to contour the female body and create dynamic shapes, and captivating images

3.) Business and marketing elements for boudoir photography.

  • I’ll share insights on the client connection, and how I use Sticky Albums for marketing!

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Register for the workshop – $495

Payment of fees for the workshop is via Paypal.
If you wish to pay via credit card or check, please call Neil at 862-485-7276