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Saturday 3rd May, 9.30am-1.00pm

You aren't a photographer. You are a director.

Zack Arias

A director is usually thought of as someone who sits in a chair on a movie set and barks orders out to the actors and crew involved in making the director's vision of the movie at hand. For the crew you have people in charge of the camera. People in charge of the light. People in charge of the sets and costumes. Etc. Etc. Everyone is working together to create the Director's vision. You also have the actors on set. They are the ones in front of the camera delivering the lines and emotions needed to fulfill all of this. Dozens of talented people and millions of dollars are all coming together to create 24 still images per second.

On a photo shoot you are the director. You are also the camera operator. You are in charge of the light. You select the wardrobe. Everything is on you to make one image of the subject in front of your lens. When your subject is in front of your camera your number one job at this point is director. You bring everything together to create the image you want. In this class Zack is going to walk you through the process of being a director, a camera operator, and a lighting technician to create the image you need. You'll learn about lights, lenses, exposure, moods, posing, directing, and seeing this process worked out from start to finish.

You'll walk away from this class thinking less like a photographer and more like a director.

Saturday 3rd May, 2.30pm-6.00pm

So, You Just Got This Flash…

Joe McNally

And, you make a picture with it, and the picture is, well, awful. Not to worry, you have lots and lots of company in this regard. After your first few flash attempts, ones where your subjects all end up looking like candidates for a police lineup, you slip this battery operated box of light back into your gear bag, shift your ISO ever higher, and deal only with light you can see. You never open that flash box again, 'cause when you do, just like the board game in Jumanji, bad stuff happens. 

How to manage what effectively amounts to an explosion of light? How to wrangle reproducible results? How do you make your flash invisible? Or look like it's supposed to be there, right alongside the natural light? How does the portrait subject at hand, and the terrain of their face and personality, determine what light shaper, what mood, or even what color of light to apply? 

In a fast paced three hour session, we take one, two, (okay, maybe three) lights, and couple them up with simple light shaping tools to create portraits. Subjects are drawn from the audience. In highly caffeinated, colorful dialogue, each portrait session is discussed and shot, live, with every frame popping up on the screens for all to see. Mistakes, saves, re-directs, and shifts in direction, light and strategy are all part of path to a good portrait, and it will all be done onstage. We will do as many portrait sessions as possible, using different qualities of light, expressed by different types of light shaping tools, from the most simple to the more advanced. In addition to the images shot live, there will be pictures and examples of light and light theory shown, ongoing Q&A throughout, and stories, tips, tricks and survival strategies derived from 35 years of shooting sprinkled throughout the three hours.

Sunday 4th May, 9.30am-1.00pm

Bridal, Lifestyle & Large Group Posing

Louis Pang

The ability to capture great portraits is a skill that makes great photographers stand out from the crowd. No matter who you are photographing, how many subjects you have or what the location and occasion, Louis Pang has the perfect photo recipe. In this live demo, he will leave no stone unturned when it comes to getting the most out of your subjects and making beautiful, memorable portraits.

Shooting tethered, live on stage, Louis will walk you through the three key ingredients that come together to create amazing portraiture; camera set up, beautiful lighting, posing and interacting with subjects.

Covering everything from classical posing with brides, to capturing ‘real moments’ with lifestyle family portraiture, to shooting and compositing large groups. You’ll be treated to a fly-on-the-wall viewpoint, watching Louis at work and picking up invaluable techniques and tricks along the way. Of course, with Louis’s engaging and entertaining style, you are guaranteed a few laughs, too.

Sunday 4th May, 2.30pm-6.00pm

Evocative Light: See It, Understand It, Create It!

Gregory Heisler

There are myriad photo websites, tutorials, webinars, and blogs. So many of them are focused on the gear (after all, that's what sells!). The stuff. "If I only bought that new modifier…" What matters even more than the how is the why. Once you begin to understand light, you can begin to see it better, enjoy it more, think in terms of it, and even make it happen when and where you want. It's the only thing your camera's sensor sees, so you want to use it expressively, not be at its mercy.

In this jam-packed intensive, Gregory will show many of his iconic portraits as well as share his thought process and demonstrate some of the underlying principles live onstage. Not just what he used and how he used it, but more importantly, why he chose to use it in the first place. After all, it's these decisions that ultimately shape our images. There are countless techniques, none of which substitute for vision.

Come curious, leave inspired.

FUJIFILM evening with Zack Arias

Street photography is about a moment; a slice of unscripted life. It’s about getting in close and getting the shot. Join Zack Arias, an editorial and commercial photographer at this talk brought to you by FujiFilm Singapore to be held at SOTA (School of Theatre & Arts) as part of the PopUP GPPSingapore event where he will share his tips and techniques for blending into the scene and candidly capturing the people and places around you.
FREE to Attend but registration is a must.

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When: Sunday 4th May, 7.00pm-8.30pm
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