Jarvie’s Flash Adventure – Portraiture, Speedlights and Creative Solutions

(A WORKSHOP)

TITLE: Jarvie’s Flash Adventure – Portraiture, Flash and Creative Solutions

(AKA… Experimenting with being awesome)

Short and Sweet Recap

I am willing to go Anywhere (in the world) and teach a full day workshop to a minimum of 5 photographers at a price ranging from $350-550 and I’ll include a 100+pg workshop guide/book.

Now if that seems interesting check out the details below.

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UPDATE : Purchase a Ticket NOW – Anything listed in the event itself is more final than this post. Florida – Texas – Arizona

Why Start Now?

After 7 years of learning and teaching myself and several years of teaching and training dozens of photographers (many that have gone onto great things in photography) , after more than half a million pictures and consistently spending 12hr+ days working on and improving on photography I’m ready to go on the road teaching and sharing my passion for photography. I’ve taught for a long time now… but never focused on it as a way to pay bills… mostly I taught so that the student could help me with my work such as with interns.

But I have a desire to travel the country and the opportunity to do so during portions of several months next year.

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Below is my attempt to answer the questions I think you’ll have.

Doing things Different -

Jarvie does things different and this workshop series will be no different.

Different in how it will be scheduled … anyone can get a say.

Different in the presentation and content.

To Make it Happen-

I will go wherever 5 photographers combine to let me know that they would like me to come to their town (or near their town) (Foreign = 6 minimum)

Limit -

The limit on the workshops will be low at abt 10 people. After which times there will be a waiting list. (Check details on waiting list)

Locations -

I’m serious when I say that it doesn’t matter where. I’ll go there. If it’s outside of US/Canada or Europe I’ll simply raise the cost by only $100/us and request a minimum of 6 photographers.

No Travel Sur-charge – Your cost is your cost. I will take care of travel expenses.

Why it’s possible?

How am I able to do the low cost + intimate all day workshop + travel anywhere?

1. Because I’m combining it with a couple other things.
2. Because I’m dedicating several months of doing just this.
3. I will be in charge of the scheduling and I’ll be attempting to schedule them close together.
4. Because I’ll also be offering portrait photoshoots on off days in those areas.
5. Because I am going to do free SmugMug presentations as well.
6. Because I simply want to travel and travel some more and take pictures everywhere.

Waiting List -

I will make a waiting list when the number hits 10. If someone drops out those on the list will get first choice of purchasing the available ticket. If the number hits 5 people on the waiting list I will start looking for an additional professional photographer experienced with flash lighting and then allow the number to grow above 10. That way when we have our on location shooting with models and equipment there will be two instructors assisting and answering questions. The instructional portion will still be focused primarily with me.

+10 photographers -

Every photographer over the limit of 10 (not the initial 10) will be charged $100 extra dollars to justify the payment to the second instructor and the extra flash equipment I’ll be providing.

EXPECTATIONS OF THE WORKSHOP

Equipment Provided (to use not have)

• I will have flashes available to use. Including primarily Nikon.
• I will have an assortment of ways to trigger those flashes. TT5s, PWII, Generic Triggers, Nikon CLS, SU-4, Sync Chords and I-TTL chords.
• I will have an assortment of speedlight light modifiers and lightstands.
• I will even have extra D-SLRs to use

LEVEL of PHOTOGRAPHER

• This is a portrait centric workshop.
• I will teach about a client-photographer relationship but will welcome anyone that does this for purely personal use.
• We will be using  D-SLRs – I will teach with them in mind.
• Photographers interested in the workshop should know how to operate their D-SLR camera and feel “ready” to tackle/start learning flash.
• I welcome any photographers that already knows a decent amount about flash and wants to learn even more.
• Knowing how to operate a D-SLR includes (but probably not limited to) working in Manual mode or Aperture mode+EV values.
• My hope is they already understand the basic concepts of exposure and f-stop.

Booking and Costs

To Make Happen- A non-refundable (but transferable) retainer is $100/person… and like stated there needs to be at least 5 interested in the party.

(This is also what qualifies the person for the Early Bird Special – see below)

The retainers can be paid as a lump sum with someone in charge. But if needed can be done separately. (Pay-Pal or Check)

Schedule – I am in charge of the Schedule… because it’s only profitable for me at this cost if I can book these while on a cross country tour. Price goes up by 50% if you request a specific date that doesn’t match a sequential schedule created by myself.

I will give the group a minimum of two options on dates. And where possible I will give them several more options on dates. The date with the most people interested I will do.

Early Bird Christmas Special - The initial group that solidifies the workshop 5-10 get $50/each off of the cost.

Mid-Week Discount- I plan to do all my workshops on Saturday or Friday but if a group decides on a Mon-Thurs I will discount the cost $50 per person

Refund – Sell

For those not able to do  that date:

I will give their spot to someone on the waiting list and refund their money.

If there is no waiting list…

They can sell their spot in the workshop.

Or…

They can get $50 back from their retainer and the remaining $50 goes towards a retail copy of the Workshop Guide-Book or the digital version.

Costs

Base Cost – Is $475

Early bird group = $425

Midweek Discount = $425

Early Bird + Midweek = $375

Waiting List entries = $550 (or $500 for midweek workshops)

SCHEDULE of the DAY

(A basic outline)

1. Early morning we meet.

2. I give 2 quick presentations to establish my foundational view of photography and how to get the brain in the game and the eyes ready to understand.
The presentations will be visual with many photographic examples.

There’s plenty of time for Q&A during the classes and lunch.

3. We have a simple lunch which will be provided in the fee.

4. We have a presentation about flash

Understanding the ways to trigger the lights.
Understanding the quantity of light .
Understanding light modifiers.

5. We start  discussion about interacting with and posing clients.

6. We all take portraits of the models focusing on using flash

Flash during the middle of the day

Flash at sunset

Flash at twilight

Flash at night

7. The workshop ends but everyone is invited to go to dinner together and ask any further questions they would like to.

CLASSES instead of WORKSHOPS

I will consider doing classes instead of a workshop to accomodate larger groups at a discounted rate.

The minimum is 20ppl and doesn’t have a max limit.

I would adapt #6 in the schedule since only I would be doing the shooting and access to going outside is less likely.

There also would not be individualized one on one assistance but will remain primarily a class environment though there will be Q&A

I could only promise a digital version of the book and a discount towards a physical copy of the book.

The price would start at $100 for the initial 20ppl
Prices would go down based on the amount of people interested or non-weekend days. (Or go up if outside the US/Canada/Europe)

This represents me being able to place the class into my schedule and does not represent a cost if it is based on a desired date that would be less beneficial and more expensive for me.

NEWSLETTER FOR UPDATES

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EXAMPLES of MY STYLE

POSTPONED

Workshop + Book

Workshop Guide-Book - I will be making a Book containing over a hundred pgs of examples and writeups that will be delivered prior to the Workshop. To help speed up and more importantly make more effective the instructional portion of the workshop.

Book = Ticket – I will treat the book as the ticket to the workshop. I will emphesize that people read through the book so we can all be that much more advanced at the time of the workshop.

Book Production = The book is presently being made.

Book Promises

You will have a copy of the book prior to your workshop. (Digital or Physical)

You will get a physical copy of the book.

You will be able to upgrade to a larger version of the physical book for book production cost + nominal fee

You will be able to purchase any following editions of the book for almost book production cost itself.

Book Content

A collection of the best of my writeups from years past Including pictures.

It will be Photographically-Philosophical and technical. All writings will be revised and updated.

A selection of example pictures demonstrating the ideas and techniques we’ll be going over in the workshop.

New writeups.

A selection of pictures with corresponding interesting Story and Tips.

Book Expectations - It will contain lots and lots of information and pictures and good info… but I must manage expectations as I am not a professional book-writer and I can only gaurantee that version two will be better than version one.