YORK W.A. WORKSHOP

OUR NEXT WORKSHOP IS ON 19TH AND 20TH MARCH 2012 AT 

YORK (Perth).

We will cover:

 how to create a profitable studio

 intensive lighting, business, sales workshop

 develop low key selling strategies

 receive feedback on your portraiture

 Rob takes you through the entire portrait process from first   contact with the client, the portrait shoot and workflow, to the  final viewing session.

For more information phone 0413430445 or email us: rheyman@mac.com and we will send you the pdf with all the information.

2011 Seminars and Workshops

Hi All!  These are the dates of this year's workshops. We start with Adelaide in February and it seems to be non-stop from there.
Please phone now rather than later if you wish to join us at any of these events. There are limited numbers available in each group, so it's first in, best dressed.

The Greek island trip is filling up fast with quite a few photographers bringing their families and extending the trip to other countries. Once you are on that side of the world it is not far from anywhere!

2011

FEB 2nd and 3rd  ADELAIDE workshop 1

FEB 4th and 6th ADELAIDE workshop 2

MARCH 14th and 15th PERTH (tentative dates)

APRIL 5th, 6th and 7th ARMIDALE, NSW. Workshop for masters and past workshoppers

APRIL 12th and 13th CANBERRA Workshop 1

MAY  20TH - 27TH GREEK ISLANDS

JUNE -JULY? CAIRNS dates to be set.

AUGUST EXPOSURE on Gold Coast 22,23,24,and 25th

SEPTEMBER VICTORIAN workshops. Dates to be set but after the 18th.

OCTOBER 19TH, 20TH COFFS HARBOUR

Shirl's Business seminar, Week 1

A full compliment of ten attendees arrived this morning at 9:30 for a 10am start to the first of a series of 6 Business seminar/workshops. This class will run one day a month for six months.

GREECE AND PRAGUE 2010

Shirl and I have gone on from the New York and Paris workshops to check out Prague and Greece for next year's workshops. This is a little of what we found. If you would like to come with us in 2011, give Shirl a call and discuss the details with her.

Sunday: Prague is a city of both extreme simplicity and incredible complexity, where ancient and modern coexist in what appears to be total harmony. The skyline of the old city is a barrage of domes, spires and fairytale-like towers, while below at street level there is an eclectic collection of extremely modern, chrome-and-glass shops co-existing with a small, hole in the wall type, traditional doll maker or a boot maker. Oh, and the ubiquitous McDonalds has made its presence felt!

The main problem for me, as a photographer, is that it is difficult to photograph around the tourists! I have found it almost impossible to get a clean shot of any building without the footpath being cluttered by people of all types, sizes and nationalities. I initially thought that we would have a language problem, but almost everyone speaks English. Much more so than Paris, where it was sometimes quite difficult to make myself understood with my schoolboy French and their non-existent or fractured English. Perhaps it will be better tomorrow, being Monday. We arrived on Saturday and have only experienced a weekend so far. Do tourists go back to work Monday? 

It remains to be seen.

Monday: Nope!! They are still out in force and determined to be in front of my lens wherever I point it. I climbed the shot tower to get a nice pano of Prague from a level above the people. I can see why not many people make the climb. Built in the 12th century, they neglected to include a lift, and the walk to the top takes almost ten minutes of spiralling up an extremely narrow staircase, barely wide enough to accommodate a pair of broad shoulders. Fortunately I am more pear shaped than broad shouldered. The shot of the clock is a clip from this VERY large pano. The tower is on the extreme right of the pano

NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT....

The above four pics are some of Shirl's.  Not bad eh!?

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Tuesday:  OK.........   In Mykonos in the Greek islands now, and there is no way that we can upload pictures from here to the blog apparently. 

I have been logged on for nearly an hour and not even the first small image has completed upload. I'll give it one more try! The speed of the internet is way below dial-up speed and I have used up 50 minutes of a card just trying to get this post up. No time to fix mistakes or tidy things up. You'll just have to read it as is, people. I'll try and fix in Singapore!

Fixed it!!  Our room must be in the shadow of the signal or something. I moved to the lounge near the reception and have signal!!!

Wednesday: 
Mykanos, Mykanos, Mykanos!!!  Mixed feelings at the moment. Last night after dinner we were walking back to our room when Shirl tripped over a piece of uneven ground and broke her ankle. All her time in Greece will be horizontal with one leg in the air. I think she only did it to get attention. She now has her own personal room service and I have had to make a slide show of all the images I took today so she can see what she missed. 

Speaking of images, these are a few I did today on a walk through the town. I am absolutely OVER carrying the Nikons and lenses so all of these are with the little Canon G9 point and shoot. (on manual and RAW, of course.) It is absolutely amazing how the contrast of the light here is so low that we can have detail in both highlight and shadow at the same time, unlike Australia where the shadows are black! (It may have a little to do with the reflection into the shadows from all the white buildings. :-))

There is no Photoshop trickery on any of these except conversion to B&W and some exposure control on one of them. Not my usual work, but I enjoyed the change and photographed more “pretty shots” than usual. Not saleable, but just for our memories. 

For those of you coming with us next year, I can absolutely recommend it! For those of you  who have not decided yet......... just do it!!!

UPDATE:

Have just arranged with the hotel owner to have cable internet available in our rooms next year to give all of us 24hr access without the wi-fi problems. 

Paris Workshop 2010

We are in the middle of a trip to New York and Paris at the moment and I am being very selfish and taking a few shots of the NON-PORTRAIT type. I haven't done this for years and I would encourage all photographers to do something for yourself!  We are all very busy doing what we need to do to earn a living but sometimes we forget that photography is a reward in itself and we should be enjoying it. These images are very simple and a bit postcardy but it is great for our family to remember the trip.  I will put up some of the "real" images at a later date.We went on a boat trip along the Seine for a couple of hours and these are two of the shots I have finished so far. I must download Shirl's before I go to bed. You can see a slightly larger version of this image by clicking on it. 

There are a hell of a lot of dogs (and owners) in Paris. All shapes and sizes.

Every doorway is a Brisbane wedding photographers dream. What could you do with doors like this??

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS

for wedding and portrait photographers.

2010
Workshop 1("Springboard") is for people who are ready to take their business to the next level or to give new businesses starting out a huge boost. New businesses must know their camera and be already working with portraits or weddings.

Everyone must do workshop 1 to follow the system through workshop 2 and 3. The workshops are designed to help you grow your business, organise and plan your marketing, product, image and clients, challenge you in your photography and to keep up with changes out of your control.

Workshop 2 ( "Take the Lead") continues on when you have the above systems in place. We now prepare you for the next stage of your business growth, and challenge you in your photography. Our industry is constantly changing and we will help you adapt to those changes.

Workshop 3. ( "Stay on Top") You now have a viable business system in place and your photography maintains a high standard. Now we guide you towards the goals you have chosen and help you reach them. Challenging photography exercises are provided with models and a lot of shooting time. One day is business, two days of photography in a variety of conditions.

Workshops start at 8.30 and finish at 6-7pm.

Newcastle NSW workshop 1 "Springboard" FEBRUARY Sunday 14th, Monday 15th.

Newcastle NSW workshop 2 "Take the Lead" FEBRUARY Tuesday 9th, Wednesday 10th,Thursday 11th.

Sunshine Coast Qld Workshop 2 "Take the Lead" APRIL , Weds 21st, Thursday 22nd, Friday 23rd.

Sunshine Coast Qld Workshop 1 "Springboard" MAY Monday 3rd, Tues 4th.

NEW YORK May 24th-28th and/or PARIS May 31st- June 4th. For Experienced Professionals only, NOT for beginners.

Perth WA Workshop 1"Springboard" JULY Tuesday 20th, Wednesday 21st.

Townsville Nth Qld Workshop 1"Springboard" JULY Tuesday 27th, Wednesday 28th

AUGUST EXPOSURE

Monday 23rd, Tuesday 24th, Wednesday 25th, Thursday 26th August, Sea World Resort, Gold Coast.

VICTORIA Workshop 1"Springboard" SEPTEMBER Monday 13th, Tuesday 14th

VICTORIA Workshop 2 "Take the Lead" SEPTEMBER Wednesday 15th, Thursday 16th, Friday 17th

NSW Coffs Harbour Workshop 1 "Springboard" OCTOBER Monday 25th, Tuesday 26th

NSW Coffs Harbour Workshop 2 "Take the Lead" OCTOBER Wednesday 27th Tuesday 28th, Wednesday 29th.

NSW/QLD Workshop 3 "Stay on Top" October Monday 12th, Tuesday 13, Wednesday 14th. Location to be decided.

2011

South Australia Workshop 1 "Springboard" and Workshop 2 "Take the Lead" , February. Dates to be announced.

Private mentoring is available in some areas. This is for a full five days and CONDITIONS APPLY. We only take five a year and two places are booked for 2010.
Contact us for application details.

LAST TWO WORKSHOPS FOR 2009

THIS IS OUR 4TH YEAR OF COFFS HARBOUR WORKSHOPS.

These workshops were designed to help both established studios and new photographers to gain the necessary skills to offer the best product possible to their clientele, while ensuring that they remain profitable.

26th and 27th of OCTOBER 2009. At the Novotel Coffs Harbour Pacific Bay Resort.

16th and 17th of NOVEMBER 2009. At the Novotel Sydney Manly Pacific Resort. (This is the last workshop we will hold in Sydney)

For more information: phone Shirlene on 0413430446 or email her at heymanev@bigpond.net.au.

WORKSHOPS FOR 2009

MELBOURNE:

Workshop 1 - Tuesday & Wed 10th and 11th March.

Workshop 2 - (for those who have done wks 1)

Thursday & Friday 12th and 13th March

SYDNEY:

Workshop 1 - Monday & Tuesday 16th and 17th March.

Workshop 2 - (for those who have done wks 1)

Wednesday & Thursday 18th and 19th March

ITALY AND USA: May and June.

TOWNSVILLE:

Late July

AUGUST EXPOSURE NATIONAL CONVENTION:

24th to 28th August (5 days)

email heymanev@bigpond.net.au to be put on the email list.

KINGAROY and ADELAIDE WORKSHOPS

KINGAROY WORKSHOP: 

February 2009, Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th.

Taabinga Homestead is hosting our workshop and provides a beautiful location

for photographers. It is only 9kms from Kingaroy. www.taabingahomestead.com

ADELAIDE WORKSHOP: 

February 2009, Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th.

Oaks Plaza Pier, Glenelg. Located on the beachfront with a choice of photographic

locations including the beach, jetty, marina and coffee shops.

We will cover the entire portrait process in a jam-packed two days.

FOR INFORMATION AND MORE DETAILS  EMAIL TO heymanev@bigpond.net.au

ONLY 20 PEOPLE PER WORKSHOP

Topics include:

Lighting, using available light or studio light

Composing

Location selection-not the park

Client preparation

THe photography session

Outdoor photography sessions

Feedback on your portraiture

digital workflow

image presentation

Sales

Allow the client to buy

How do I know what to charge?

Create a profitable studio

Take your photography to the next level

Project confidence and professionalism

We only take 20 photographers per workshop and they book out early.

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