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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

Terms and conditions, Cancellation Fees and Policies for 1ProPhoto.Com Workshops. - Please Read
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We rely on your attendance to make important production arrangements, so if for any reason you need to withdraw, please notify us 30 days or more before the start date of your workshop. At that time we will refund your workshop fee, less a $25 cancellation fee. If notification of cancellation is made 15 to 30 days before the start of the workshop, we will refund your workshop fee, less a $125 cancellation fee. If notification of cancellation is made less than 15 days before the start of the workshop, we must retain the entire balance paid. No refund of any fees will be made for withdrawal after the workshop begins. The 1ProPhoto.Com Workshops is not responsible for cancellations due to medical emergencies. The option to reschedule your workshop due to a medical emergencies will be considered on a case by case basis.

We highly recommend purchasing travel insurance. In the event that a workshop must be cancelled due to inadequate enrollment, all fees will be refunded in full with in 4-6 weeks of cancellation, or may be transferred to another workshop within 12 months. The 1ProPhoto.Com Workshops is not responsible for reimbursement of non-refundable airline tickets or related travel fees in the event of a workshop cancellation. Please check on your class status before making travel arrangements.

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 cl
ass 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.
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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!
 
 

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