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Last week I had the great honor of teaching my Badass Class to a group of 20 professional photographers in Queretaro, Mexico. I was invited by Diana Chavez and Irving Guzman, a talented and amazingly nice couple. They made me feel right at home and treated me as we had known each other for years.
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My workshop consists of different sections: a presentation about what I do, why I do it, when I do it and how I do it. I also comment on the portfolio of every student, which I believe is one of the most valuable aspects of the workshop (thank you Huy). For this workshop I incorporated a wedding simulation using a real bride and groom (reprising their roles) with the students playing typical wedding day roles (Mother of the bride, make up artist, wedding planner, etc.). I asked the students to create situations to challenge me. I wanted them to see how I work as a photojournalist(without directing people) during different parts of the wedding day. The students were great! They worked very hard to make my job hard :-). I took the following photos during these exercises. For the next workshop, I am going to ask the students to get tougher. ;)
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I am very happy looking forward to my upcoming workshops, I am really loving doing this very much!
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Toby (right) as over protective father of the bride (Dafne).
Diana Chavez acting as the wedding planner, demanding that I stop shooting.
Father of the bride pleading with his daughter to not wear Converse shoes.
Dafne and Yaravi see each other for the first time.
And we do a short portrait session.
Right before the “ceremony” is about to start.
Alfonso performing the role of priest.
The students acted as guests but Alfonso did such a great job as officiant that they all became enthralled with the ceremony and forgot that I was shooting it.
Toby takes the Oscar.
First dance.
A few more portraits.
I also gave the students a reception lighting demo that they can all use at their weddings.
Two great friends, Arturo and Toby.
A few weeks ago, while I was in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; I was interviewed by journalism students at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais TV. I was a little nervous because I had not been interviewed like that before, it was a very interesting experience. They asked me a lot of questions about my approach to wedding photography, how I started, why I love it, etc. etc. I was not going to blog it, but an upcoming bride urged me to do it (thank you Ngoc). Here is the You Tube video, I hope you like it. :-)
I was invited by Vinicius Matos and his Escola de Imagem to teach a two day workshop in Belo Horizonte Brazil last week. I imparted my Badass Class and talked about my approach to weddings. The whole class consists of a slide presentation, a photo shoot with two models, off camera flash basics and student portfolio review.
These are some of my favorite images of the photo session with two wonderful models Luh and Rapha.
