Classes
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 register for a class?
You will be able to select classes IN THE SHUTTERFEST APP two weeks before the event (first come, first serve). READ THE FAQ and/or monitor the private Facebook group for more details.
SF25 Class Lineup
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Specialty: Lighting, Posing, Composition for weddings and portraits
Focus on Love: Perfecting Engagement and Couples Portraits
Speaker: Clay Souza (Website) (Social Media)
How do you capture the connection between a couple?
Discover the art of capturing love and connection in our Engagement and Couple class. Learn essential techniques for creating stunning portraits that tell a unique love story.
This course covers:
– Posing and composition for couples
– Using natural light and flash to create stunning portraits
– Building rapport and making couples comfortable
– Creative ideas for engagement shoots
– Details that you CAN NOT miss in an engagement session
And much more!!
Specialty: Lighting, Posing, Composition for weddings and portraits
Posing Prompts to ‘Unpose’ Any Pose – Bring out the most natural and authentic expressions in your subjects using easy to remember AND UNDERSTAND verbal prompts.
Speaker: Clay Souza (Website) (Social Media)
This class is designed to help YOU bring out the most natural and authentic expressions in your subjects.
In this class, you’ll learn a variety of creative prompts and techniques to transform stiff, conventional poses into relaxed, genuine moments.
Whether you’re photographing individuals, couples, or groups, this class will leave you with the skills to capture true emotions and personalities, making your images more engaging and impactful.
Join us and discover how to turn posed shots into candid, timeless images that resonate with authenticity and bigger sales!!
At the end of this class you’ll be able to:
– Pose with confidence and naturality
– Never run out of posing ideas
– Produce a variety of fun prompts to make any pose look natural
– Extract real emotions from your subjects
Specialty: Lighting, Posing, Composition for weddings and portraits
Stop fighting the sun and start, WORKING WITH IT! Balancing Natural Light And Flash!
Speaker: Clay Souza (Website) (Social Media)
Join us and learn the art of balancing flash and natural light to create stunning and magical images. We’ll teach you how to use natural light to your advantage and add artificial light to achieve the desired mood and effect.
From shooting in harsh sunlight to capturing intimate moments in low-light settings, we’ll cover it all. You’ll learn how to use your flash and ambient light sources together to create cohesive and beautiful masterpieces.
Whether you’re a portrait photographer or a wedding photographer, come and discover the secrets to creating truly magical images that take advantage of both, natural and created light!
Leave this class with these new skills:
– Be able to ‘read’ the light and know what to do with it
– Dial as much drama as you (or your clients) want. This ‘little’ detail completely changed our business
– Create amazing images even under harsh light
– Be free from the fear of fractions and light ratios.
– BONUS… I’m known for talking out loud while I’m thinking. You’ll peak inside my brain of why I’m doing this and not that!!