The last series of workshops in October were a succession of stops:
Hoboken, NJ – New Haven, CT – and then two dates in Boston.
The week started off with an approaching cold front and rain, and driving up to New Haven on Tuesday morning there was heavy rain. By the time I drove up to Boston, I was driving through a snow flurry at one point. So instead of ending the workshops in the evening with a shoot outside in the downtown area, I expanded the scope of the workshop a little bit and adapted the workshop program a bit to involve more practical work indoors. Even while the material that I present is constantly undergoing changes and improved with each workshop, this time I made a few significant changes which I believe will make the material even stronger.
Here’s a photo of our one model, Jaimie, at the workshop in New Jersey. It’s an example from the exercise we did in carefully metering for the available light (using both the histogram and selective metering), and then adding a touch of fill-flash to bring up some detail in the shadows.
Thank you to everyone who attended – I hope the workshop will help in pushing your photography forward. Also, a huge thank you to our patient models at each workshop.
Here is a short review of the workshop by Jennifer Stone,
and another write-up about the workshop by Evroy Anglin.
Emil Sit also wrote a review about the workshop on his blog.
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Thanks for offering the workshop in the NY/NJ area. Topics mentioned on your blog became clearer to me after doing getting some practice.
Comment by Stephen — October 31, 2008 @ 9:16 pm
Neil, thank you so much for holding a workshop here in Boston. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a great deal in one day. Although you are kind enough to put down the techniques for people like me to read and learn, there is nothing like attending your workshop. Reading is one thing but I learned more when I attended your workshop. I will recommend it highly. You are an excellent teacher and humorous one at that.
Any future workshop in the Boston or NY area?
Comment by Rick Dancel — October 31, 2008 @ 11:06 pm
Comment by Neil — October 31, 2008 @ 11:48 pm
Thank you Neil! I know the workshop is not a big money maker and more a labor of love and I appreciated your willingness to give. I learned exactly the kinds of things I had expected to at your workshop and then was able to use those for a client shoot yesterday.
Mellissa
PS Let me know if you want to talk cameras.
Comment by Mellissa — November 1, 2008 @ 3:01 am
You made it make sense for me. If even in Boston, would like to take it again. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Comment by Steve Hill — November 1, 2008 @ 7:22 am
Foremost i wanna say i love your work and tips you given,i’ve learn a lot from them.
The big question is when are you coming to Toronto Ontaro??
Comment by Josh Rivera — November 1, 2008 @ 11:04 am
Comment by Neil — November 1, 2008 @ 11:48 am
Thanks Neil for an amazing workshop!!! I learned so much and you made it so easy to understand.
Comment by Jennifer Stone — November 1, 2008 @ 1:56 pm
Thanks, Neil, for your generosity in sharing your wealth of knowledge with us. Fantastic workshop!!
Comment by Sarah — November 2, 2008 @ 10:13 am
Neil, it’s so great to have people like you in the industry who are so generous with sharing the knowledge. Thanks for coming thru Boston and showing us what’s possible with hotshoe flashes.
-Evroy Anglin
Comment by Evroy Anglin — November 2, 2008 @ 12:56 pm
Neil,
I’ve read through your blog several times and have been very enriched by it. Reading this last entry I realized that I am very ignorent when it comes to metering from the histogram. I know how to read the histogram, but I dont know how to interperate that information and relate it to proper metering. At some point, will you explain your process a little more? Thank you.
Comment by Daniel — November 4, 2008 @ 10:38 am
Comment by Neil — November 4, 2008 @ 12:05 pm
Hi Neil,
I just wanted to drop you a line to say thank you! Your class in Boston was amazing. I feel as though I have been released from flash purgatory. Okay, maybe that’s a bit dramatic but your class was incredibly helpful to me and I am so grateful.
Take care,
Sandra
Comment by Sandra Costello — November 13, 2008 @ 11:46 pm
Hey Neil,
How are you? I participated in the Hoboken workshop on 10/27. I learned alot about flash photography at the workshop and I decided I was going to give it a 100% try at a wedding last weekend. I did not use my flash bracket, I did not use my Lightsphere! It was a fairly large room with high ceilings. I did not have the 1/2 cts filter, however.. I will buy a roll of that stuff… I did have some color cast issues with the color of the walls, but of course with shooting RAW, this issue was corrected….
All I can is “WOW !!!!!!” What an improvement in flash photos! While I still have alot to learn, I thought I got great results for the 1st time! I am happy to report that the Bride absolutely loved the photos! I really feel the $500.00 cost for the workshop is well worth it. I even met a photographer who was at the wedding as a guest and I told him about the workshop! Thank you again, Neil!!!!
Comment by Joe Bastelli — November 16, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
What a wonderful workshop, Neil (Boston)! Just what I needed at exactly the right time. I used the “new” flash techniques with two clients (photography in their homes), and, while I have a way to go, I felt for the first time that my flash gun was a friend, not an enemy.
Thank you!!!!
Gretje Ferguson
Comment by Gretje Ferguson — November 24, 2008 @ 12:43 pm