Every year for many years now, I’ve been asked to speak at the world’s biggest weeklong workshop in the world, Texas School! It’s for professional photographers who want to learn sharpen their saws and do better in all areas of their business from creativity to technical to business.
I create images right in front of people and show how things are done, as well as take classroom time to delve into deeper concepts. It’s a way for photographers to spend a whole week with me and really learn a lot.
Here are some images I created while teaching there this year. I created these first few images while talking on fashion lighting, posing, and creativity. I was how to do a fashion shoot and make the most of the model and the local area. This particular model was a lot of fun with her funky clothing and pink hair.
These images are un-retouched too, straight out of the camera. I speak a lot on getting images that look great right in the camera — nailing the lighting, the exposure, the white balance, the expression, and the positioning. Everything should look great without any computer work and images should not need lots of retouching. One of my big pet peeves actually is when I see photographers over-retouch their images. I don’t like to see “plastic” people.
These next images were how to light and photograph women in a studio setting, and and make them look good and real. Because she was a young girl (senior age), I also showed how to create and use fun effects like special color toning and edges.
This series of images below were on how to photograph couples. As is the case in each of these shoots, I meet the people I’m to photograph for the first time as I actually photograph them. Unlike working with actual clients in my studio where I get to first meet people at least a few times before photographing them and build a rapport, these people I meet just as it’s time to photograph them. It’s a fun challenge to take complete strangers, and in front of a watching crowd of photographers, create images that bring out these people’s true personality.
Then I took some of their images and made up a design trio.
I love to tell stories in three images.
So the Texas School workshop is not just about intense training every day for a week, but they do a great job of making things fun at night too. On one night, the Texas group hired a band, on another, they had a massive image shoot-out, and on another, they had a Mardi Gras party. I didn’t have a costume for the Mardi Gras party, so my assistants made me one. It consisted of a purple cape, crown, and feather boa.
And one of my favorite things about going to Texas is seeing a lot of my favorite friends.
If you’re a photographer and would like to attend one of my events, please check out my speaking website for an updated schedule,BryCoxWORKSHOPS.com. Also, if a big event isn’t your style or if there aren’t any events in your area, you can host a small and intimate event at your place as long as at least 8 photographers attend. If you can get 8 or more there, you can attend for free! Call me for more details.
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