Day four began with my alarm…. ringing!! No way I would have woke up on my own :)

Quick shower, McDonalds for breakfast and off I go to my first class.

Bambi Cantrell talked a little about everything - marketing, dealing with clients, thinking creatively and of course posing. She actually demonstrated how to pose a man, a woman and a couple. Half/quarter turn to the light source, hands away from the body, etc. Communicating well with your subject was another tip - when she’d want to pose somebody at a certain angle to the light source, instead of continuously repeating “turn a little more, a little more, the other way, etc…” she’d get in front of the subject who would immediately turn towards her (because it’s natural to turn to somebody you’re talking to) which would automatically put them into position :) She talked about importance of buying good lenses too (fast primes mainly).

Trade show and more albums….

Lunch….

Yervant - oh boy, where do I start :) First of all, even though we arrived to the class almost 45 mins in advance - we weren’t let in until only 10mins prior to the presentation. Apparently Yervant was prepping a “wow” show, and “wow” it was :) His class started with a slide show playing on two big screens accompanied with the music performed by an amazing Russian violinist *live* (see picture by Sandavi Photo)! Not sure if it was a smart move… I paid absolutely no attention to the slide show :) Enjoyed his presentation nevertheless. He also introduced several international photographers (couple of them were from Russia), shared a lot of his work (lots of images from all over the world), showed the process of creating his amazing “dancing under umbrellas” shot which made the cover of the “Rangefinder” and concluded once again with a breathtaking performance of Svetlana.

Jeff & Julia Woods (next class) threw *tons* of information at us! How they started, what their prices were, what kind of work they were doing, what kind of studio they set up, how they improved, how they tried different strategies, how they changed their pricing, where they are now, what sells and what doesn’t, what are the trends, etc,etc,etc. They promised to post their entire presentation online so keep checking their Blog!

Late night class (8-10pm) was by Julieanne Kost - Lightroom workflow. Wow. What can I say. I’ve always been happy with Capture NX but that might change real soon. I’ve never attended a software workshop which was so much fun!! She’s simply unbelievable, especially considering that most of us were up since 6am that day, hungry and ready to pass out - she kept us all on our toes!! She grabbed few images from the Sunday’s mock wedding and walked us thru the entire process of bringing them in, cataloging, rating, adjusting, developing, converting, exporting, etc,etc,etc

I made it to my hotel barely alive… what a long day… fell asleep the moment my head touched the pillow….

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