The Portrait Journey
with Ken Merfeld
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011, 7pm–10pm
For more than 20 years Ken Merfeld has been one of the most prolific people shooters in Los Angeles. Ken has photographed a myriad of commercial, fashion, fine art, and personal portrait projects with a variety of lighting styles, printing techniques, and aesthetic approaches. Enjoy a journey through Merfeld’s enigmatic world of portraiture and learn how one artist has managed to survive, and continually reinvent himself, in this rapidly changing world of art and commerce.
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011, 7pm–10pm
The time is now to pick up our still cameras and make your images move. The age of digital film-making is upon us. With minimal gear and your creative eye you can do it.
Your instructor Eric Poppleton will take you through his personal experience in making this leap from still to motion. Eric’s past work in the still world consists of 360° panoramic’s for architecture and automotive products.
Wednesday, October 12th, 7pm – 10pm
The daily discipline of professional photography means accessing creativity on demand, producing quality on a deadline, and making images in a tempest of budgets, logistics and committee opinions. After a while photography can seem like a job, and we forget the reason we started doing this in the first place. Reclaim your enthusiasm for photography in an evening of dialogue about personal photography and the synergy it should have with your commercial work. Not another lecture, not just a slideshow - join in a workshop of EXPLORATION and CHALLENGE.
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011, 9:30–4:30 pm
Join veteran beauty/portrait photographer and filmmaker Richard Radstone as he shares some of his lighting, business and directing insights. This 6-hour program will get both your technical and creative gears turning, all while strengthening your understanding of what it takes to shoot beautiful skin, direct for emotional performance and develop a personal creative-point-of-view.
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011, 7pm–10pm
Still life photographer Pete McArthur shares his sources of inspiration and methods of developing concepts for advertising and editorial applications. This will be a lively and practical three-hour lecture that will demonstrate Pete's process of creating engaging photographs that need to communicate specific visual information and yet be artistically satisfying.
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011, 7pm – 10pm
Michael Becker is an established television and celebrity photographer with show credits that include American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, House, The Practice, Ellen DeGeneres, The Mentalist and many other hit TV shows. In this course, Michael will discuss how he broke in to this competitive field, and what it takes to stay there.