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Watching a three day on-line workshop about the business of children's portraiture produced by Creative Live  with Tamara Lackey.  The workshop will be a combination of Q&A, tutorials, pre-taped on-location shoots, live demonstartions and critiques.

The Agenda is:

Friday, Nov. 19th, 2010.
Start time, 10am PST. End time, 6pm PST.

Introduction and An Overview

All About Kids - Theory

To The Tape! Walking through some just-shot sessions with various children (with various personalities) and examining what works, what doesn't and the photographs I get.

Lunch Break

Image Critique with the Entire Audience, via Flickr Pool

Photographing Families. (Or: Kids and The Adults They Love.)

To The Tape! Walking through an in-home family shoot that was taped the day prior.

Overview of Establishing a Studio

Saturday, November 20th, 2010.
Start time, 10am PST. End time, 6pm PST.

Establishing A Studio

The Budget Design Challenge!

Additional Budget-Friendly Ideas from the Worldwide Audience

Simple Lighting Theory

Studio Lighting Set Up: Hands-on Placement of Lighting

Mini Shoot to Showcase Lighting Setup

All The Technical Specifics of Shooting
(Composition, Depth of Field, Shutter Speed, All The Basics!)

Lunch Break

Hands-On In-Studio Shooting of Models with the In-Studio Photographer Audience, including Live Feedback and Instruction

Image Reviews and Critique

Q&A

Sunday, November 21st, 2010.
Start time, 10am PST. End time, 6pm PST.

The Business of Photography:

- How To Run An Efficient Business
- Studio Workflow
- Marketing & Consultative Sales

Post-Processing Walkthrough of The Family Shoot

Consultative Sales Session with Family from The Taped Session (with images fresh from post-processing)

Lunch Break

Work/Life Balance (Or: How To Do It All??)

- Overview
- Open Discussion
- Q&A

Closing Program