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Taking your creative vision to the next level

• Recognizing your greatest asset.

1. •Developing your personal vision.
   

2. •Promoting yourself as an artist, not a technician.
   

3. •Keeping up with the industry trends.
   

4. •The basic fundamentals of lighting.
   

5. •Breaking the established rules.
   

6. •Experimentation is the key to innovation.
   

7. •Hands on lighting demonstrations.
   

8. •Capturing the image is just the beginning.
   

9. •Mastering Photoshop is a necessity.
   

10. •Some tricks of the trade.
    

11. •Keeping it simple.
    

12. •Marketing, competing in todays marketplace.

Throw out those lighting diagrams, the annoying lighting ratios and sell your flash meter on eBay.  A technical instrument can never make a creative artistic decision.  This is reserved for the creative mind.

This workshop is a must for those who what to take the mystery out of using strobe lighting and THNIK LIKE AN ARTIST and become a creative force.

Over the two days Joel will be covering how to use all sorts of modifiers such as soft boxes, the beauty dish, octagon banks, umbrellas, grids, etc., while working from an intuitive, emotional approach.  This is without question the key to the whole creative process.  You will be presented with ways on how to develop your personal creative vision that is unique to you.

During the two days, Joel will be having a few fashion/beauty/sports models on site for the hands on lighting demonstration portions.  Each of the attendees will have an opportunity to experiment with the various lighting techniques covered in the lectures, so bring your basic camera kit.

And not to be overlooked, Joel will be covering his Photoshop techniques used in his photographs, including the HDR techniques used for all his backgrounds.  Joel holds back nothing in revealing his photographic process. 

Los Angeles, CA, November 6-7, 2010 (Sat. - Sun.)

Price:  $799 USD

Travel, lodging and meals are separate.  We will be taking a one hour lunch break off premises each day.

For questions, please email me, joel@joelgrimes.com

or call 520-237-5687

Due to a cancelation, payment will be refunded 100 % if notification is at least two weeks prior to the workshop date.

There were a number of people that missed out getting into the September 11-12 workshop so Joel has added one more for 2010.  This workshops will be held at His LA studio just off the east side of the main downtown.  This a small intimate group with the number of attendees limited to nine. 

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Please bring your basic digital camera kit and a laptop computer if you have one.  

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This workshop will be held at the Factory Place Lofts 1308 Factory Place #302 Los Angeles CA 90013.  Link to view some samples of the Factory Place Lofts backgrounds.