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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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Making Tweens Shine

Speaker: Kobie and Tyler Langford (Website) (Social Media)

Hands-On   

Intermediate, Advanced   

When it comes to photography, tweens are an under-served age group. Mom likes to get pictures of her babies and then often skips right through the tween years and doesn’t think about photos again until her babies are high school seniors. So what do we do to motivate mom to bring her tweens in to see us? We’ll tell you exactly what our tween experience is and how YOU can implement it too, and we’ll make a real artist of you in the process. Come prepared to shoot so that you can have those promo images ready!

Primary Topics: High School Seniors, Shootout-Style Styled Shoot

Take Your Senior Posing to the NEXT LEVEL

Speaker: Kobie and Tyler Langford (Website) (Social Media)

Hands-On   

Intermediate, Advanced   

Back by popular demand! Do you want to take your senior photos to the next level? Posing can be key! In this class, we’ll not only give you posing ideas for both girls AND guys, but we’ll show you how to make your poses better to be more flattering for your clients and create better images. Come ready to learn and shoot with us!

Primary Topics: High School Seniors, Posing

Taking Badass Senior Sports Pictures

Speaker: Kobie and Tyler Langford (Website) (Social Media)

Hands-On   

Intermediate, Advanced   

Are your sports pictures falling flat? Do you even offer sports pictures to your senior clients? There are at least 3 elements that are required for badass sports pictures, and we’re going to teach you just what those elements are and how to effectively use them so that you can begin to offer an elevated experience to your seniors and MAKE MORE MONEY. Let’s take some badass sports pictures together!

Primary Topics: High School Seniors, Sportraits

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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!