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Union Station provides the perfect backdrop for hands-on learning and spacious classrooms for lecture and live demo classes.
With over 100 classes, there’s something here for everyone!

How do I pick my classes?
You will be able to register for classes IN THE SHUTTERFEST APP two weeks before the event (first come, first serve). The app is released about a month before ShutterFest. READ THE FAQ and/or monitor the private Facebook group for more details.

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OCF 101: Your First Off-Camera Flash Session

Speaker: Amber Henry (Website) (Social Media)

Hands-On   

Beginner   

Overwhelmed by taking the flash off camera? Let’s simplify it. Amber will cover basic flash setups – what to bring, settings, modifiers, and triggering systems coming soon. Then she will bring it into a hands-on session where you practice lighting simple portraits using one or two speed-lights or small strobes with models and learn the basics of proper exposure. You’ll leave finally feeling confident in using off camera flash for real-world shooting, balancing light for well exposed images, and go home with a new love of light and photography! No more blown out skies or bright orange-skinned clients in your future!

Primary Topics: Lighting – Off-Camera

Rainbow Alchemy: Gels + Prisms for Mood & Magic

Speaker: Amber Henry (Website) (Social Media)

Hands-On   

Intermediate   

Dive into creative light manipulation using color gels & prisms. Amber – sometimes called “the Queen of Color” – will demonstrate how to layer colored light, project prisms, and control mood through light and color. Then we’ll switch to hands-on practice using props, gels, and prisms to transform ordinary portraits into vibrant, cinematic magic. Perfect for photographers ready to explore bold visual storytelling in immersive classroom settings and learn how color interacts with environment and skin-tones. Bring your camera gear, triggers, gels and lights ( we will also have stations set for you) so that you can get hands on into creating with all the colors of the rainbow!

Primary Topics: Lighting – Creative and Special Effects, Lighting – Off-Camera

The Portrait Killer: Bad Light, Awkward Poses

Speaker: Amber Henry (Website) (Social Media)

Hands-On   

Beginner, Intermediate   

The one stone every photographer trips over – posing the body and lighting it right. With this class Amber will be teaching the synergy between posing and lighting. These are the two core skills every photographer needs to develop to succeed and stand out when capturing people. Amber will guide you into easy to remember, simple light setups (both natural and strobe) combined with posing strategies that visually and emotionally enhance your subjects. No matter what size, shape, or color your clients come in, the need to understand how the body reacts to light and movement is critical to a successful photographer. This class offers shooting time with live models to cement learning and fundamentals. Never pose them awkwardly again!

Primary Topics: Posing

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SKILL LEVELS

Beginner: Just starting out or relatively new to a given subject matter. Basics will be covered and the course will move at a slower pace. The instructor will spend a little more time trying to explain concepts to ensure everyone is following. On a scale of 1-10 consider this level a 1-3 on the given topic.

Intermediate: Has a grasp of some basic concepts. This course level will move at a faster pace and assume you have basic knowledge covered on the given subject matter. On a scale of 1-10 consider this level a 4-6 on the given topic.

Advanced: You have working knowledge of the given subject matter, but are looking for more fine-tuning and some advanced topics to take your work to that next level. DO NOT expect instructors to explain basic concepts in this course. On a scale of 1-10 consider this level a 7-10 on the given topic.

Class Types

Hands-On

These are shooting courses. You will be shooting and working. Bring your camera, gear, or whatever you need for the course and to create create images. Expect to have some level of shooting.

Live Demonstration

These are instructor-led courses where you will see a live demonstration of what the instructor is teaching. You can still bring your camera to these courses and you can photograph, but the goal of the course is NOT for you to shoot or to ensure you get a shot. The goal is for you to see how and why the instructor does what he/she does in order to get the final result.

Lecture

These are non-shooting courses. Typically classroom-based, bring your laptop and notepad and focus on learning!