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Photo Assistant Boot Camp & Studio Lighting Basics
What's the difference between this Photo Assistants Boot Camp and others?
Working as a Photo Assistant is one of the best ways of learning the inner workings of the commercial photo industry, and as a way to become more technically skilled at lighting and production. Photo Assistant Boot Camp is a 2 day intensive 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.
A portion of the topics to be covered are as follows.
Event dates: June 2-3 2012
Location:
Studio 225 Chelsea NYC
Registration fee:
$425.00
REMEMBER!!
Workshops and the travel costs associated with them are a tax deductible (photo education) business expense. Confirm this with your accountant.
Space is limited to 16 people so reserve your spot soon.
REGISTER HERE for our: June 2-3 2012Studio Lighting basics & Photo Assistant Boot Camp
Please note that this is not a 'Photography 101' type of workshop
attendees should have a working knowledge of photography.
Images dispalyed below are a few examples of lighting set ups presented during this workshop.
 
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.
About the instructor
James Sullivan has been working in the commercial photo industry for the past 22 years, 18 of those in NYC. Beginning as a Photo Assistant, and in time being hired as a lighting technician by photographers and later moving on to producer, photographer/director. Recently James has been working on a series of documentary videos for a client as well as working as a freelance photographer for SAKS.Com shooting Fashion and product stills. Some of the more notable photographers that James has worked with over the years as a photo assistant assistant/lighting tech include: Mark Seliger, Francesco Scavullo, Steven Klein, Kelly Klein, Taryn Simon, Warwick Saint, Norman Jean Roy, Michel Comte, Anotine Verglas, Gregg Delves, Guzman Studio, Marco Glaviano, Andrew Eccles, Christopher Michaud, Diego Uchitel, Frank Ockenfels and dozens more... Drawing on all this experience James pulls back the veneer of photographic lighting and presents his workshops in a manor that is easily assimilated by all attendees. James has been presenting his Digital Tech workshop featuring Phase One digital backs and Capture One Pro software since Jan 2004; and has also been teaching his Photo Assistant Boot Camp and lighting workshops since 2005. “During my workshops I like to pull back the veneer of commercial photography” “Many photographers assume that there is some kind of trick or ‘Magic bullet’ to making great images. In reality it is more about learning how to see, paying attention to detail and knowing your lighting and how to make it work for you rather than being a slave to the equipment.”
Due to the productions costs in producing our workshops we need a minimum of 8 people registered to present this workshop. Should the number of sign ups fall below this 10 days prior to the event date the workshop will need to be rescheduled or canceled. If canceled all payments will be refunded in full.
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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.
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. because "speed's expensive, how fast you want to go?" |
Comments from past attendees
I attended both the photo assistant workshop and the lighting workshop put on by James and 1ProPhoto.
"They were awesome!" I had two photo degrees and great people skills, but had no direction. After taking James's workshops I knew how to get where I wanted to go. I knew how to contact people to get jobs. I knew what was expected of me on set and more. The workshop is hands on so I actually got to use the pro equipment and talk shop with James. James was great at teaching the different skills needed to be a great photo assistant. After his workshop I went on to be assist numerous clients in the New York and began working as a studio manager for Bennett Media. It was a great experience and would do it again. I recommend this workshop for anyone wanting to get their foot in the door. Erin Cookerly
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 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.
"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!
Here's what those attending the last workshop had to say. his 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. “..Thanks again for a great couple of days on the photo assistant boot camp. I felt as if I learned as much in 2 days as I would have done in 12 months of assisting ...” It's a great experience; a lot of info that was new for me especially about the real world facts about 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 laid back 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. |
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