FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY 3 DAY WORKSHOP, UAE
18 - 19 - 20 MA R 2019
H E L LO !
MS Photography is a fine art photography business focusing on high quality photography services for sophisticated couples. Whether it’s choosing the right suppliers, a great print paper or working with the most talented editors and stylists, quality is something we don’t compromise on. We believe in timeless, classic, elegant and authentic imagery. Headed by Maria Sundin, we’re really committed to genuine and natural photography and we believe that a good photo shouldn’t be distinguished by trends. It might be captured today, but just as well, it could have been captured 20 years ago or 20 years in the future. And that’s why we specialise in analogue film photography.
For the last 7 years, I have been working to produce beautiful wedding and portrait photography in the UAE and I have developed a concept that works really well for weddings & couples that love and appreciate the same things I do. That’s why I feel that now is the time to share the things I have learnt over the years and to bring together the fine art wedding photography community in the region to create a stronger unity and to start creating TOGETHER. So, are you ready for a real fun, beautiful and challenging adventure together with a bunch of talented photographers?
T H E
WO R K S H O P
The principles behind this fine art photography workshop is to offer a retreat style editorial and fine art focused workshop where we find inspiration in the beauty of the Arabian culture and its different elements. We have packed 3 days full of sessions and we are planning on long days full of learning and meaningful exchanges. All the editorial photoshoots will be designed around an element of Arabia, either a minimalist style influence or a heavy influence but always with a refined touch. We will use the opportunities to explore posing, direction and by highlighting the importance of light and capturing beautiful imagery where each images stands on its own to enhance your portfolio. We will of course also have classtime to highlight the aspects of photography I find most pertinent to the business of photography such as natural posing and direction, shooting for yourself, fun techniques and composing beautiful flat-lays and lots more. I hope you are as excited as I am to come join us!
W HAT WI L L
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LE AR N
EXPAND YOUR PORTFOLIO with EDITORIAL SHOOTS BECOME A FLAT-LAY PRO CREATIVITY CHALLENGE MASTER LIGHT THE WEDDING PROCESS DOUBLE EXPOSURES
These six areas mentioned above will be included in the 3 day workshop but the emphasis lies heavily on expanding your portfolio with work that’s been styled to the tee by professionals that have been in the industry for many years. Over the three days we are invested in the workshop, we will have three editorial shoots.
E D ITOR IAL O L D
SHOOT
1
WO RL D E UR OPE M E E TS M O D E R N AR ABIA
An editorial shoot that has touches of old world Europe but with an Arabic minimalist blend at a brand new historic venue in the UAE. The venue has simple lines and light beige walls where you will have the chance and time to explore with your camera the first day. E D ITO R IAL O L D
SHOOT
2
WO RL D E UR OPE M E E TS M O D E R N AR ABIA
An editorial shoot that explores the Emirati heritage and culture and brings an incredible interesting element to the world from our region.
E D ITOR IAL
SHOOT
3
N AT U R A L POSING & R E FIN E D CO M P O SIT IO N W ITH A R E AL COUPL E This editorial shoot will be an engagement shoot with a real couple where we teach how to pose and let you play around with posing in a fun and different way always considering a refined composition. Learn how to give actions so make the shoot more fluid rather than stiff. Also here, we will rely on an arabian inspiration to the styling of this shoot.
FL AT
L AY
STUDY
The way I work at weddings is all about telling a genuine story with beautiful influences of the bride and groom. This means a focus on details. Every wedding is immensly different and part of this is shown off in the details the couple has spent time and effort to create. We will have a flat-lay study where we work on creating beautiful flat-lays with both stationary, flowers and other items. This will be a great experience and vital to know at upcoming weddings.
C R E AT IVITY CHAL L E N G E & S HO OT ING FOR YOUR SE L F The aim of photography is to find your artistic expression and not be bogged down by what others have done in the past or what you see on Pinterest or other social media channels. So let’s go about finding our own creative voice. One section of the workshop will focus on challenging yourself to think outside the box and to think about and develop your own creativity. It is also immensly important to ALWAYS take some time to shoot for yourself. I explain my philosophy on how I do this. For the creativity part of this topic, we are working to bring an internationally acclaimed photographer who is one of a kind at expressing herslef as just that, herself. She has inspired me from the start of my career and continues to inspire me and is one of my biggest crushes in photography!
M ASTE R
L IG HT
Since I shoot film a lot of the time, light is even more important than it ever was. Light still remains the key component to any beautiful shot but oh have I learnt about light in the past few years. So much so that it’s the one thing dictating the spots we choose. We will talk, find and play with directional light.
T HE
W ED D ING
PR OCE SS
Weddings are my forte so you can’t leave this workshop without getting a my best tips and tricks on how to manage a wedding day with all the time constraints and challenging light situations. How to plan the best timeline that works for both you to create the most beautiful photos and also so the clients are happy and feel they are able to enjoy their wedding day.
D O U BL E
E XPOSUR E S
I love double exposures. It’s something so fun to create a double exposure in camera and wait to see how it will turn out. This is the fun part of the workshop where you can try it out and try to have fun with the concept. If you have an analogue film camera, you won’t be able to see the result just yet, but that’s the beauty! We’ll also talk about how to do this with a digital camera!
M IN G L E
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SUPPORT
We can’t forget each other, so naturally throughout the workshop, my hope is that we will all be dedicated to finding ways of supporting one another. In a perfect world, we will have a united front as wedding professionals in the wedding industry so that we can push quality and rewards up together. Mingling, laughing and connecting to create a strong photography peer group where we all push forward together is a great start. If one of us is succesful, we will all follow. So this is what lunches, breaks and dinners are for! AND most importantly, when you’re shooting, the key is to have a lot of fun and not letting fear hold you back. Just dive in!
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WO R K S H O P
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PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OPEN FOR FILM & DIGITAL SHOOTERS
If you are looking to take your work to the next level and you shoot FILM, this workshop is made for YOU. If you are a DIGITAL shooter and you’d like to take your work to the next level, this workshop is made for YOU. If you are an amateur photographer that’s just starting out and are still learning the settings of your camera, this workshop is not for you. We will not go through basic exposure settings or white balance settings. If you’re looking to further build your portfolio with Arabian inspired editorial shoots styled by experienced professionals that only use the highest quality suppliers to create their scene, this workshop is for YOU. We will focus on a modern editorial style with cultural elements that have been styled so that it will appeal to a wider crowd of potential clients.
17 t h
M AR CH
18.00 WELCOME & INTRO 18.20 HISTORICAL WALK THROUGH 18.45 WELCOME DINNER
DAY
1,
18 t h
M AR CH ,
H OT E L
9 - 10.30
RUN AN EFFICIENT WEDDING PROCESS
10.30 - 11
BECOME A FLAT-LAY PRO
11 - 12
LUNCH
12 - 14
BECOME A FLAT-LAY PRO
14 - 15
SHOOT PREP & STATIONS
15 - 16.30
EDITORIAL SHOOT 1 - PART 1
16.30 - 18.30
EDITORIAL SHOOT 1 - PART 2
19.00 DINNER
DAY
2 ,
19 t h
M AR CH
D E S E RT
9 - 10
MASTER LIGHT
10 - 11
MASTER LIGHT PRACTICAL
11 - 12
LUNCH
12 - 14
DETAIL SHOTS & FLAT LAYS FOR EDITORIAL 2
14 - 15
SHOOT PREP & STATIONS
15 - 16.30
EDITORIAL SHOOT 2 - PART 1
16.30 - 18.30
EDITORIAL SHOOT 2 - PART 2
19.00 DINNER
DAY
3 ,
2 0 t h
M AR CH ,
T BC
9 - 11
CHALLENGE YOUR CREATIVITY
11 - 12
LUNCH
12 - 14
DOUBLE EXPOSURES
14 - 15
PRACTICAL
15 - 16
SHOOT PREP & STATIONS
16 - 18.30
EDITORIAL SHOOT 3
19.00 FINAL DINNER
DUBAI
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H OT E L S
DUBAI is generally an expensive and restrictive place to host a workshop at. We are trying to keep our rates to as good value as possible while still maintaing a possibility to shoot freely which you area able to do at private properties. We have partnered up with two 5 star hotels, both with a very regional vibe. We will experience incredible food, service and support from the hotels during our workshop hours and we will also be able to enjoy beautiful dinners in great company of both florists, stylists, hosts and fellow photographers. Outside of the workshop, we’ll be happy to recommend things to do, places to shoot at, help you arrange your own shoots, street photography etc. For hotels, we recommend FORM Hotel Dubai as it’s reasonably priced at around 400AED per night. We are also able to obtain media rates for the 5 star hotels we are photographing at, these hotels would charge a significant higher rate, around 1500AED per night. https://www.form-hotel.com/ Please note that hotels are not included in this workshop.