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Music Photography Seminar and Workshop with Jeremy SafferThe workshop will take place on Saturday September 27th in, and around my studio in Chicopee, Ma.Tickets are available for $250 (this includes food and beverage).Click here to purchase ticket
Tickets are on a limited first come basis, as I want to work with an intimate small group.
Here is the rough itinerary…
Introduction
- Intros
- How to get started in music photography
- Goals for the group
The basics of live concert photography
- Lighting options
- Stage light vs. strobe/flash lighting
- Blending lighting
- Concert ethics
- Does knowing a band and their music help?! YES!
- Covering multiple outlets for one show- How to cut post-production
- File organization
- The "Uh-Oh"s, what to do when something goes wrong
- Q&A
Music portraiture part 1. Before the shoot.
- Pre-production and preparations.
- Differences in shooting for a band, label, endorsement, etc.
- Knowing what the band wants
- Concept from paper to print.
- Safe vs. artistic and how to mix them.
- "What do we bring?"
- Clothing choices, what works?
- Location, location, location!
- How to make the "safe" shot, look amazing.
Lunch break!
- Food!!! (there will be vegetarian and vegan friendly food as well as meatetarian options as well)
Music portraiture part 2A. The shoot – in studio
- Gathering the band
- Background choices
- Lighting options
- The do's and don'ts for a band
- Poses that work
- Creating depth
- Using selective focus
- Knowing that bad ideas, are usually awesome.
- Hands-On – Mock photo shoot with band.
- Hands-On – group experiments with in studio photography with band
Music portraiture part 2B. The shoot – on location
- Knowing a location
- Indoor lighting options
- Outdoor lighting options
- Controlling your environment
- Making a set/scene from provided environment
- 5 looks, one location
- When nature attacks…
- Shooting for an environment
- Blending Light
- Hands-On – Mock photo shoot with band
- Hands-On – Group experiments with on location photography with band.
In closing
- Go over the basic learned points
- Q&A forum

Notes – This will be my first time ever doing anything like this… I noticed most seminars and workshops are like 500, 750, 1000!!! That's crazy! I want to make this affordable to those who can really benefit from it… and with that concept in mind; I will be keeping this a small group.