Just a quick heads-up on upcoming Strobist events. If you are local to Buenos Aires or Dublin—or have ever wanted to spend a photo-centric week in Havana—check out the details below.
Buenos Aires, Argentina: November 17-19
I’ll be doing a seminar and two workshops in Buenos Aires in November. In the half-day seminar on the 17th, we’ll move beyond F/stops and shutter speeds and take a step back to look at photography from a broader perspective. How can you approach your photography in a way that also incorporates your other skills and expertises? How can you turn this approach into sustainable business models and ecosystems?
Whether your goal is to make money or just to become more aware of and focused on who you are as a photographer, this talk is designed to prompt deeper thought. And because of the Contrastes Magazine’s sponsorship, the talk is *free*. Well, at least for subscribers of the magazine. (Which means that if you are not yet a subscriber, the half-day seminar will only set you back the cost of a magazine subscription.)
On the 18th and 19th, I’ll be teaching small-class workshops on lighting. These are shooting workshops, and are appropriate for anyone who wants to learn (or learn more) about small-flash lighting. Because of the sponsorshop, they are also economically priced.
More details are here: Buenos Aires Workshops
Dublin, December 3-5
I’ll be both speaking and teaching for the Irish Professional Photographers Association in Dublin in December. More important: Italian photographer Sara Lando will also be teaching here during this time.
Sara and I will both be speaking on Sunday the 3rd. Sara will talk in the morning about the thousand things you wouldn’t think about that go into a successful conceptual portrait session. I’ll be talking in the afternoon about how to incorporate your photographic expertise into a wide range of external possibilities—and how to build digital and economic ecosystems around that.
On Monday and Tuesday the 4th and 5th, I’ll be running a two-day, small-flash speedlight bootcamp. This is a small class, and we’ll be shooting the whole time. But between us, where you really want to be is in either or both of Sara’s two classes. Her unique approach to creative portraiture will cause you to completely re-examine your own approach. Honestly, the less creative you feel you are, the more you can benefit from spending a couple of days with her.
More details here, with early bird prices in effect until October 31: Dublin Workshops
X-Pedition Havana, January 12-19
Our inaugual Strobist X-Pedition is set for Havana, Cuba, from January 12-19. This is not a photo junket. This is an intensive week in perhaps the most photographically (and culturally, economically, etc.) interesting city in the western hemisphere.
The US government makes it a total pain in the butt to get to Cuba, and it is becoming far more so under the tightening restrictions. But having been there, I can tell you it is well worth the trouble. Go while you still can.
Our week is designed around learning and photography in a tight, small-group environment. When the light is crap, we’ll be indoors learning how to think and see more like a photojournalist. When the light is right, we’ll be out shooting. We have several location shoots lined up, and you’ll get plenty of time to explore on your own as well. Throughout the week, we’ll also be learning to bridge the perception-reality gap for lesser-traveled destinations.
Our goal by the end of the week is threefold: to make you a more observant and focused traveling photographer, to learn to shoot efficiently while retaining time for yourself and/or family while on the road, and to have the knowledge and experience to grab your camera and confidently head to nearly any place in the world.
This trip is nearly full. As of this writing, we have only one spot left in our Havana X-Pedition.
More details: X-Pedition Havana
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I’m stoked about each of these, and very much hope to see you there.
-DH
Strobist
