Photography Workshops 101

Fashion Photography Gallery

Fashion Photography is one of the most popular and highly lucrative style of photography. Our comprehensive hands on fashion photography workshops and courses can help you get one step closer in becoming a FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER. Our fashion photography classes include extensive technical and practical instructions along with some of the most beautiful fashion models , professional hair & make-Up artists as well as the best fashion stylists in a fully equipped studio or on location. The emphasis of these workshops are on learning various lighting techniques such as working with professional studio lighting , natural or ambient light as well as mixture of daylight and strobes. Using variety of modifiers like Keeno Flos, beauty dishes, soft boxes, rim lights, hot lights, fill light, catch light, umbrellas, reflectors in combination with natural lighting and more...

Each Photography workshops are carefully designed for each attending photography students.Covering the fundamentals of fashion photography, team management to posing your models, directing and evoking your subject matters for the best mood and emotion and learing how to execute a perfect shoot every single time. Also an opportunity to Work alongside a leading fashion photographer by learning his trade secrets, lighting techniques and much more.

Our students have actually compared our extensive courses to some 2 years plus photography school programs. Read some of the recent testimonials here. Photography students, amateur or professional photographers all have endorsed us as one of the best photography workshops available today.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Editorial Photography Gallery

Editorial Photography can be raw, creative and stylish all at the same time. Each photo assignment requires a certain look and feel, most editors suggest a theme or a storyboard to the photographers. Each photographer's unique style and creativity can lead them in to much bigger and better jobs.

In our Editorial photography workshops we will discuss and create scenes and assignments that will teach you those principles under the same guidelines and complex art direction as any editor in magazines such as Vogue, Elle , GQ or even National Geographic, Times, Newsweek, etc...

Our indoor and outdoor assignments will walk you through the step by step process of what it takes to create those provocative editorial images that any magazine would be happy to publish. Our outdoor editorial photography classes will take you to some of the most popular locations in Los Angeles, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, San Diego or even San Francisco and Las Vegas. With specific photography and lighting techniques worthy of many international publications. Learning how to sell those images as Stock photos, can also be a great way to make a living as a freelance stock photographer.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Beauty Photography is and extension of fashion photography, we strongly suggest that if you wish to become a fashion photographer make sure you will attend this comprehensive workshop that is full of valuable techniques in lighting and styling used by some of the most famous magazine cover and beauty photographers.

Shaun Alexander is known for his master beauty lighting and highly styled beauty photography work worldwide, having him as a photography instructor can give you the opportunity to use the trade secrets used by some of the top expert beauty photographers and later implement on your own work.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Commercial photographers are also on top of the well paid photography professionals for their skills and ability to photograph almost anything and everything that is sold in the commercial market, some may even consider Portrait photography, Product photography , Architectural photography Corporate photography, Industrial photography, Advertising photography, Fashion photography, Beauty photography, Travel photography, Food and Beverage photography, Lifestyle photography, Editorial photography and even Stock photography as a form of commercial photography. That's why a great commercial photographer has a vast knowledge of photography in general and he or she may choose to emphasize in an area that interest them the most.

That's we will discuss and learn some of the most popular commercial photography techniques used by some of the most successful commercial photographers. Learning how to shoot products, catalogs, or a building, learning the right lighting and composition is the most important aspect of these workshops.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Finding the best advertising photography workshops online is perhaps an impossible task, there are many photography courses offered online, but rarely one can find a great advertising photographer such as Shaun Alexander that would offer years of his knowledge and expertise to eager students and professionals.

Shaun Alexander is responsible for countless national and international ad campaigns fashion spreads worldwide. His images have decorated the walls of many galleries, billboards and magazine covers.

Producing great advertising images come with understanding of the entire creative process of campaign photography. Those step by step instructions combined with years of invaluable experience by a world renowned photographer is what separates our advertising photography workshops from the rest.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Glamour and Boudoir Photography workshops offering the most comprehensive photography courses for those that wish to become glamour and Boudoir photographers. We all have glanced at those Victoria's secret catalogs, playboy magazines or Sports illustrated calendars wondering how does one get paid to shoot those gorgeous super models all day long?

Yes, you guessed it right, professional Glamour and Boudoir photographers do just that, shooting beautiful glamour models or anyone that wishes to look sexy and glamorous, using their photographic skills to make them look alluring and desirable. Glamour photography has become much more popular since the start of digital revolution. Glamour photographers have more access to sexy and beautiful models online that ever before, and this profession is no longer controlled by handful of photographers.

Glamour photography can challenging and complicated. In these classes we will discuss some of those glamour lighting techniques used by many famous glamour photographers along with some of the most beautiful glamour models to kick start your portfolio with images you could only dream of.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Catalog & Lookbook Photography Gallery

In the world of catalog Photography, top catalog photographers are highly in demand. With almost everything in the world needing to be photographed, most catalog houses need a few great catalog and lookbook photographers. From shoes, Jewelery, watches and fashion accessories and all the new fashion trends in mens, womens apparel, evening dresses, clothing companies all the way to the toys, home furnishing, kitchen supplies to every makeup and hair products rely on great catalog photographers that can show case those products in a highly styled and professional settings. That's why shooting catalogs can be a very detailed and technical oriented work and it takes certain knowledge and expertise.

The purpose of catalog photography workshop is to review some of those technical aspects in lighting, styling and to discuss and practice those techniques with live models and products in hand

Catalog photography workshops will teach the photographers everything they need to know in order to shoot those clean, crisp and beautiful images as seen in the above links and most popular department stores such as Macy's, Target, Barneys New of York, etc... To book your private workshops call us at 310 -213-7700 or to register for an upcoming group session write us that info@photographyworkshops101.com

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Portrait & Corporate Photography Gallery

Portrait Photography , people photography or even corporate photography is one of the oldest photography professions . Many portrait photographers make a great living shooting a wide range of things from family portraits, children or baby photography, prom photography, graduation photography, birthdays, event photography or working with fortune 500 companies as corporate photographers.

No matter what type of photographer you choose to become, learning portrait photography techniques is almost mandatory and it is the base of any style of photography you wish to pursue if you are planning to photograph people for living.

Portrait photographers adapt to their own unique style that separates them form the rest. sometimes it is as simple as color themes of how they edit or their unique composition and style, or sometimes they are known for their simple or dramatic studio lighting. Portrait photography workshops offer a wide range of lighting techniques used by some of the most popular portrait photographers world wide, and if you happened to work with Shaun, He will discuss some of his favorite portrait lighting techniques. This class is offered Privately and in groups of no more than 10 Students.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Headshot photographers in Los Angeles are some of the highly in demand professionals. Shooting a perfect headshot takes skills and knowledge of the acting industry, especially in Hollywood, when one is dealing with celebrities and stars. Shaun Alexander started his fashion photography career as a fashion headshot photographer.

He photographed thousands of actors and models in his career and developed a technique that captured his subjects essence, resulting in more additions for them. His headshot photography became so successful that he branched out in to fashion and the rest is history. A great headshot photographer can an ordinary person to look like a star, giving the X-Factor everyone is talking about.

A great headshot must be simple, yet perfectly beautifully lid, making sure that your subject's best features stand out the most. Shaun Alexander headshot photography workshops can teach you how to take incredible headshots with the simplest lighting techniques.

Come and join us in our next headshot photography workshops, we will have plenty of tricks in the bag for you.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Wedding Photography Gallery

Best wedding photographers did not just become great at what they do by trial and error, they have taken the time to learn their crafts and become top wedding photographers for a reason. Wedding photography is one of the most demanding and also most rewarding professions. Capturing the most intimate moments of a couple's life takes talent, artistic eye and technical perfection.

Most wedding photographers today are traditionally trained photographers, but again after digital photography revolution, many claim to be professional photographers. But wedding photography is no different from shooting a fashion spread for Vogue or a Guess ad campaign. Wedding photo shoots are as important and take as much knowledge and experience.

Most successful wedding photographers are the ones that shoot beautiful portraits, fashion or beauty photographers. without understanding the lighting for beauty and fashion, no one can become a great wedding photographer.

Wedding photography is challenging and exciting, and in order to get those amazing romantic shots, one must know what it takes when it comes to perfect lighting. Where to use strobes VS on camera flash, what is the difference between the two, and what type of lighting equipment is needed for a successful wedding shoot.

At Fashion Photography workshops 101 we offer one of the most comprehensive wedding photography workshops in Los Angeles, New York and Europe contact us with your desired expectations and available and we will do our best to accommodate you.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

When it comes to product photography, most people automatically think Food and beverages or fashion Jewelry or clothing accessory photography, but Product photography is the widest range of photography that enables the photographer to shoot almost any non living objects by creating the most suitable lighting.

Approach to product photography is not much different that shooting a beautiful fashion model, as long as you feature the most attractive part of your product by the right highlights and shadows while keeping the details in focused and natural, you can start shooting any product even in the back of your garage In this workshop we discuss several product photography techniques, from shooting reflective glass, wine bottles, Jewelry etc...to shoes, bags, accessories, etc....

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Fine art Photography or the art of photography is perhaps one of the most commonly used terms for any photography , referring to photographers that wish to express his or her artistic perceptions and emotions on a two dimensional photographic image and sometimes sold or show cased in art galleries , online photo contests such as spider awards or magazines like Popular Photography, American Photo or Photo magazine.

Shaun Alexander is the winner of prestigious Spider awards and he has been published in " The world's greatest Black and White book, show casing some of the world's best fine art photographers worldwide.

In our Fine Art photography workshop, we will discuss the basics fundamentals of Fine Art art Photography, from lighting to composition, model posing, styling, and also photo enhancing methods that helps you get those rich and contrast black and white images worthy of an art gallery exhibition.

We all see things differently, and we all like to think of ourselves as artists, regardless of what other experts think about our work. But we only grow and become better with professional criticism and by training our eyes to see things beyond what is in front of our lenses working with a trained professional can help you get on the right direction.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Finding the best advertising photography workshops online is perhaps an impossible task, there are many photography courses offered online, but very rarely you can find a great Advertising photography workshop offered by some credible top advertising photographer.

Shaun Alexander is responsible for countless national and international ad campaigns worldwide. His images have decorated the walls of many galleries, billboards and magazine covers.

Producing great advertising images come with understanding of the entire creative process of campaign photography. Those step by step instructions combined with years of invaluable experience as a world renowned photographers is what separates our advertising photography workshops from the rest.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Nude Photography workshops or "Nude photography classes" are not to be mistaken with Erotic photography, Glamour photography or pornography. Photographing nudes is the art of depicting human body as a study.Capturing beautifully composed images that shows extreme light and shadows or even the texture of the subject photographed. Nude photography has also become more popular since the digital revolution and the accessibility to more male and female models on the internet.

Shaun Alexander is the winner of the international Spider awards Competition for his exceptionally beautiful black and white nude photography. His legendary black and white nudes have been on the walls of many galleries and celebrity homes. Shaun's Nude photography workshop is a great place to start when it comes to studying light, shadows and composition when you are shooting a male or female subjects in nude. Models are hand picked and provided for these nude study classes. The class will consist of lighting techniques, compositional techniques and very specific instructions on how to capture stunning nude photographs with almost any lights. Just like a nude drawing class, the students are given short sequences of 10-15 minutes in order for the students to come up with their own unique compositions, this fast pace of shooting under a very specific lighting techniques will help the students to think more creatively very quickly and therefore training their thinking process and compositions increasing the right brain activities, a part of the brain in charge of artistic emotions and expressions. These artistic nude classes and workshops are held in los Angeles, New York and some exotic European countries and locations, offering the best photography instructions, lighting tips, how to pose a model, how to create moods and atmosphere for nude photography along with beautiful models and styling team. Call us for our next adventurous nude workshop in Los Angeles or our 7-10 days nude photography workshops and trips to, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Budapest, Ukraine and more....please put your name on our mailing list to be notified about these trips and events simply write in the subject like " Interested in Photography workshop trips" and we will keep you posted with all of our upcoming events and exciting photo workshops Photography workshops mailing list

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Digital photography for Digital SLR's offers a comprehensive understanding of Digital photography which is very different from traditional Film photography. Dealing with Raw files Vs Jpegs, learning how to enhance your images in photo software programs such as Photoshop, Lightroom, the bridge, etc...Learning development techniques that can make your images look like a million bucks, learning your camera's features and making those custom settings...all take an expert professional to explain how everything works and why.

In our Digital photography workshops, we will use live models, colors, and techniques that can help almost any photographer to create crisp, clean images that are worth of magazine covers and ad campaigns. Contact us for upcoming schedules.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Photography lighting is perhaps the most important part of any style of photography. Discussing several lighting techniques is the focus of those classes. The idea is to step outside of your comfort zone and try new and exciting techniques, resulting in highly creative images with much more dynamic range, with perfect highlights and contrasts

Lighting techniques are divided in two workshops, Basic and Advance. These comprehensive hands on lighting classes are designed to enhance any photographers technical knowledge of lighting.

The goal is to learn and implement them on your own time. The lighting techniques discussed in these workshops are mainly focused for fashion, beauty, glamour, headshot, portrait, people, product and nature photography.

For attending a specific photography lighting workshop please contact us with a brief description of your needs along with a few of your latest images to info@photographyworkshops101.com

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

This action packed Portfolio workshops are perfect for those photographers, models, make up artists, hair stylists and even fashion stylists that always wished to have stunning images like ones seen here, but never had the opportunity to do so. work with someone like professional ,or fashion styling but never had the right tools or the guidance to take your passion to the next level.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

As a photographer you will be able to work with Shaun Alexander and his brilliant team in order to create the most incredible eye catching and exciting portfolio images for your professional portfolio, promotional use, website or ad campaigns in order to impress the type of customers you wish to attract. These classes are only offered privately upon availability. please contact us with your specific questions and set of your latest images at info@photographyworkshops101.com

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Modeling Portfolio Gallery 2

Modeling portfolio workshops consist of

1-A comprehensive DOs and DONTs of the modeling industry
2-The art of posing and working in front of the camera
3-looking and feeling better by learning how to have more positive energy and projection
4-Increasing your success rate in castings and auditions
5-Increasing your confidence 6-leaving a great first impression
7-Diet and skin care plans to make you feel and look healthier
8-make up and beauty tips that can enhance your best features
9-most importantly creating the best modeling portfolio by Shaun Alexander and his team

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Just like most photographers and models, Make up artists, Hair stylists and Fashion stylists also need a portfolio in order to get better jobs and eventually to advance in their career. Unfortunately most of them suffer from the lack of professional and high end images that can secure them higher paying jobs or even the agencies they have been after.

Our portfolio workshop is the perfect solution for those creative minds that wish to have magazine cover quality portfolio images but have never knew where to go or how to acquire Vogue like images for their portfolio.

Finding those professional photographers, models, stylist photo retouching experts that most magazines use can be very expensive and time consuming, Let's not forget all the disappointments along the way of this exhausting search.

Our portfolio courses can guarantee the results you have been looking for in the shortest amount of time.Stop wasting years testing with some amateurs photographers when you can get what you need in fraction of the time and cost by working with the best team with decades of flawless experience in creating the most eye catching portfolios.

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

All in One workshops offer a great range of photographic techniques for all photographers that wish to gain a general knowledge of fashion, beauty, glamor and portrait photography. In this workshop we will discuss the most popular lighting scenarios, learning the use of studio lighting, strobes, beauty dish, soft boxes, Umbrellas, reflectors, etc... Using a live model along with professional make up and styling will guarantee each students the experience necessary to use at a later time. These workshops include:

1- Unlimited technical and artistic instructions

2- A Professional photo studio with all amenities

3- All Professional lighting equipment

4- Professional Models

5- Professional Make up

6- Professional fashion Stylist

7- Photoshop tips and techniques

8- 50% discount on any future online classes

9- 3 months of unlimited online support

10- WORKSHOP COMPLETION CERTIFICATE

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us

Basic Digital Photography 1 Day Workshop

Digital Cameras, Camera's setting and understanding the digital technology is what every beginner needs to know in order to take better pictures. Learning the basic photography lighting and how to control any type of light, color or atmosphere to your advantage is what we will cover in the Basic digital photography workshops

The Basic Digital Photography courses covers the following:

• Introduction to digital Photography
• Camera settings to capture the best quality images
• White Balance and how to control that for optimum results every time
• Shutter Speed, ISO & Aperture settings
• Auto exposure VS Manual Exposure and how to meter the light
• Basic composition
• Image Processing & Workflow

Please bring:

• Your Digital SLR or Point & Shoot Camera with all your lenses plus your camera manual

These classes are offered privately and in groups of 10 people call for more info 310.213.7700 or contact us