1ProPhoto.Com - Photo Assistant Boot Camp
& studio lighting basics
"What's the difference between this Photo Assistants Boot Camp and others?"
This is a Hands on workshop. You will be working with every piece of equipment that you would regularly come across during your first 6 -9 months of assisting.
We produce this Boot Camp ourselves and we present many different studio strobe manufacturers equipment.
"No company sales reps are present at these workshops."
We're here to teach you not try and convince you to consider buying some companies products.
Our proven method of teaching old-school photo knowledge, on set skills, set-etiquette, and business practices mean you are better prepared then others.
Our workshops have trained people from the following studios:
Christopher Michaud, Gregory Heisler, Russell James, Timothy Hogan, Michael Thompson, Annie Leibovitz, Sand Box Studio, Industrial Color, FotoCare rental, American Express publishing, QVC, Publishers clearing house, Conde' Nast studio, Scheimpflug digital,
DATE: September 11-12 2010
Saturday September 112010 10:00 Am until 5:00 Pm
Sunday September 12 2010 10:00 Am until 6:00 Pm
Space is limited to 12 people so reserve your spot soon.
Early registration discount fee: $475.00
(That amounts to just 2 days of assisting work. A lot less than what school cost you.)
Payments can be made via Credit or debit card on-line through PayPal.
LOCATION: Rental Studio in NYC to be announced.
REMEMBER!!
Workshops and the travel costs associated with them are a tax deductible (photo education) business expense.
Confirm this with your accountant.
A portion of the topics to be covered are as follows.
Flash Meters
Color Temperature meters
Color Correction C.C. Filters Gels
Flags, Nets, & Cinefoil
Soft Boxes, Mola's, Grids & Light modifiers.
The perfect White Back ground
Strobes Profoto, Broncolor, Dynalite
Syncing strobes Hardwire, Slaves & Remotes
Business practices marketing yourself and your skills
On set etiquette
Marking Stands & tripods
Coiling cords
Light stands & grip equipment
Your “Kit” what you should be carrying
Set cart organization
Receive a FREE copy of: 'How to be a photo assistant' E-book & DB
Here's what those attending the last workshop had to say.
This workshop was certainly a one of a kind. I feel very lucky to have discovered the site, attended the workshop and met all the professionals involved. I feel that this workshop was very unique and important because so much of the material addressed could not be acquired by any other means. I am very satisfied with the experience!
I will take this opportunity to thank you. I enjoyed your workshop and appreciate both your efforts to educate as well as your lively and straightforward personality. Hopefully I can start applying and building on the information that I have gained soon. I will be looking out for that lighting workshop and other future ones as well.
It's a great experience; a lot of info's that new for me especially about real life of this industry. Great tip's and this workshop should come to schools or ads at magazines, good to build strong ground for any assistant (maybe photographer) how to act and work.
It was all very helpful and I'm definitely more confident about getting out there and working now that I have the knowledge to back me up. I would like to attend more workshops in the future.
I love the laidback feel of the workshops, I love that we can all communicate instead of sit and listen, I love the hands-on, I love the stories and tips, I would love to attend a lighting workshop because I think you have SO MUCH knowledge to offer in terms of lighting (among everything else), and I love New York.
I graduated from the University of Miami. Their program does not live up to it's potential, and it's a gigantic waste of money. I've learned more in your workshops than I did in Miami.
REGISTER HERE for our: September 11-12 2010 Photo Assistant Boot Camp
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Transfer Policy
If for any reason you wish to transfer to a different workshop, please notify us at least 30 days before the start of the workshop you wish to withdraw from. You may only make one transfer at a charge of $30 (plus tax). We reserve the right to allow or disallow any transfer. You must register and complete a new workshop within 12 months of the withdrawal. There are no exceptions to our cancellation and transfer policies.
Please note that we do not allow any audio or video recording devices at this event.
**www.1ProPhoto.Com only recommends seasoned first assistants that have over the years proven to other assistants and photographer that they have the skills needed for us to recommend them. All recommendations come from other assistants and photographers directly to us; so don't email us asking to be recommended. Check the database and you'll see that we have recommended people from around the world.
Services for this workshop
provided by the following
companies.
There
are few old school
photographers and
experienced assistants
around any more to teach the
basics so we have taken it
upon ourselves to do so.
When I
started assisting there was
no one willing to tell me
how to go about it, and
trying to get work with
photographers that were
willing to train you and pay
you at the same time were
few and far between. "You
can't get work with out
experience & You can't get
experience unless you get
some work!"
Now you have the option
to get some experience and
learn some of the skills
that will help you to get on
jobs quicker.
This
workshop/Boot camp removes
some of those variables and
provides you with the
opportunity to learn from
those in the industry and to
speak with camera and
lighting company reps.
It is
our hope that the rental
companies and photo
companies/manufacturers will
take the initiative and also
get involved since all of
you are there demographic;
both present and future.
Q.
Hey James, why are you going
to charge assistants and
students for this info, you
should give it away for
free?
A.
"Speed costs money, How fast
did you want to go?"
Comments
from past attendees
Sent:Monday, September
08, 2008 2:11 PM
Subject:Photo Ass't Boot
Camp - THANKS!!!
Hey James...
Michael here from this past
weekend's photo assistant
boot camp. Just
wanted to say THANK
YOU for a very informative
experience. I really
feel like I learned a lot of
new things, and added
to/tightened up
some things I
already had some idea about.
It was refreshing to have
such a hands-on experience.
Far too many seminars
involve an
instructor sitting
in front of a class
endlessly talking
about
techniques that make
little or no sense because
you are not able to be
handling equipment
and trying them out for
yourself. This was the
opposite. All the
equipment you could ask for.
Again, thank you!!
...As
with anything, it is what you put
into it. For me, the workshop
provided all the resources necessary
to supplement what I already knew. I
dove in and got my hands on every
piece of equipment that I hadn't yet
seen on set, and walked out at the
end of the weekend with an added
degree of confidence.
The cost of the workshop more than
paid for itself, when two weeks
later, I was booked on a 4-day job
as the only assistant on a large
format shoot. Of course, I did make
my share of mistakes. But I take it
as all part of the journey towards
finding my proper place in this
field we've all chosen.
Read the whole
post
Sent:
Sunday, January 13, 2008
9:56 PM
Subject:
"Photo Assistant Boot Camp"
Hey
James - thanks again for another
great course! Between this
weekend's Photo Assistant Boot
Camp and the digital tech
workshop I
took back in November, I'm
confident I'll be able to jump
start my
assisting/digital teching
career!