WrapUp – Page 53

Wrap Up, May 21, 2016

May 23, 2016 By Gabriella Wright Leave a Comment

CANADA - CIRCA 1950s: Reproduction of an antique photo shows girl and boy posing with Christmas gifts in his hands

WEEKLY WRAP UP May 20, 2016

From the NoBs Photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

John Ratchford-Taking the good from America’s Next Top Model
Tue, May 24, 2016 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

This should be fun. John explains the content in this webinar:

*”The webinar will focus on how to listen to your clients, and listen to culture and even listen to divine prompting to come up with new promotions, this one will focus on taking the good from America’s Next Top Model and removing the bad to come up with our own studio’s version of Ratchford Next Top Model.

*How to market to tweens

*how to build relationships with the younger audience and stay relevant, even if your approaching 50!

*How to make everything you do an event!

*Making things an event separates you from the pack and adds excitement to what you do.

*Our annual gala night is a big event in our community, we induct people into our Hall of Fame, where we recognize people from the community for outstanding inspirational contributions. Our local cable channel covers the event too.”

Next Bull Pen Print Competition May 26, 2016

The next Bull Pen is FILLING up! But there’s still room…next Thursday, May 26th your nobull team
Ernie, Maggie, Rob and Ian will critique and judge your submissions….
The top three winners win cash……JOIN US:

Bull Pen

Frontline presentation with Connie Meyers….

She’s been in the game for over 30 year and shares her hard won wisdom and
insights on running a portrait studio.

Click

Rob’s First Communion Session

Rob will be posting some pullback shots soon, but click
here to see more of these sessions.

Yeeeaaaa! The Fuzzy Factor…..

The complete Transcend the Ordinary Series with Fuzzy Duenkel is
now in the forum for members only.

Fuzzy!

Shot at a bit of compositing

I’m always fascinated by compositors and how their minds work.
I do admit that some of the crazy artistic compositing I’ve
seen is not for me, but I had an idea and thought I’d give it a try.

Judy C

Easy Interiors Video

An oldie but a goodie; learn with Rob how to
do commercial interior photography.
Watch more

Yours in Photography and all things NoBs,

Gabi Wright

Friday Wrap Up May 13, 2015

May 15, 2016 By Gabriella Wright Leave a Comment

CANADA - CIRCA 1950s: Reproduction of an antique photo shows girl and boy posing with Christmas gifts in his hands

WEEKLY WRAP UP May 13, 2016

From the NoBs Photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

REPLAY: Rob Provencher-5 Essential Poses

Watch

Next Bull Pen Print Competition May 26, 2016

Prizes include $200! For more info, click this

May 17th Marketing Mastermind

Join us. Bring your biggest, baddest, most pressing issues, struggles…

Some topics I’ll be discussing:
*Studio signage strategies for your photography studio
*Running Facebook ads for your studio promotion
More

Lighting Mastermind May 11, 2016 REPLAY

From last week, where we got together to discuss real, from the trenches lighting situations and solutions:

Watch

The “Uber” of Photography?

Is this the Uber of photography? Read more

Replay: Principles of Design/Studio Decor Principles With Tana Lemay

Looking for ideas to decorate your studio reception area? Tana Lemay is the
industry leader when it comes to studio design. Watch the replay.

More from Canon 600ex-rt flashes Thread

Marian posted: “I just got in the Godox TT685 Speedlite ($119 @Amazon)
and the Godox X1C Transmitter and Receiver kit. These are the Canon compatible
versions……”:

Yours in Photography and all things NoBs,

Gabi Wright

Friday Wrap Up, May 6, 2016

May 8, 2016 By Gabriella Wright Leave a Comment

CANADA - CIRCA 1950s: Reproduction of an antique photo shows girl and boy posing with Christmas gifts in his hands

WEEKLY WRAP UP May 7, 2016

From the NoBs Photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

Live webcast with Rob (fineart) on posing the bride and groom

Kerry Allan, founder of the infamous Ditto cams
asked me to present this Tuesday…

“Five essential poses you can’t miss….”

JOIN US….Tuesday, May 10th, 7:00PM EST

Next Bull Pen Print Competition May 26, 2016

Prizes include $200! For more info, click this

Alicia Birch Fairy Workflow

This is good…very good…
Rob (fineart) posted a webinar….
As a result from an ongoing thread, we had Alicia show us her fairy workflow….

Lighting Mastermind May 11, 2016

Lighting Mastermind May 11…Got light? Join us….bring any
questions, challenges, curiosities reL lighting and all the challenges that
comes with this simple, yet complex tool in photography.

More…

Fuzzy Duenkel Series

Transcend the ordinary with Fuzzy Duenkel….Part two is up in the forum.

It’s been said that lighting is everything. And that lighting is infinitely complex, and crazy simple, all at once.
A four part, six hour online presentation by Fuzzy Duenkel, one of the best portrait photographers around today.
Part two is up……in the forum.

Getting Into This Photo Painting Thang

Bill Guy, the photoshop guy and super guru posted some cool painted images.
Read more

More from Dang, Joe Buissink is Good thread

Judy C comments:

“Joe Buissink was my first wedding inspiration when I started 17 years ago.
Super, duper nice man and incredibly talented. I’m hoping to make Yervant’s
workshop here in Toronto in June if I can afford it. Joe is on the ticket along with
Sue Bryce, who I’d always enjoy learning from….”
Read on…

Yours in Photography and all things NoBs,

Gabi Wright

Friday Wrap Up April 22, 2016

April 24, 2016 By Gabriella Wright Leave a Comment

CANADA - CIRCA 1950s: Reproduction of an antique photo shows girl and boy posing with Christmas gifts in his hands

WEEKLY WRAP UP April 22, 2016

From the NoBs Photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

Frontline Webinar With Ron Hare
Join us on April 27th for a Frontline webinar with
Ron Hare. Click here to register: FRONTLINE

Composite For A Dental Office

Using screen capture videos to pitch ideas for for affiliation marketing and display in dental office….From Rob

Watch

Portrait Skin Craig’s Action vs Manual Sharpen and Blur

Dont know if this is significant for those who like to treat photos with skin
softening or getting a painted look. I have been using porcelain skin downloaded
from photosuccess. Works pretty good. But I tried these manual steps from a
youtube tutorial (published 8 years ago!) which takes only a minute to do.

Fairy Sessions. “How Much Do You Charge?” They Ask.

So I’m excited to say that I am finally about to do my first fairy days, running
a living social deal, and the word is getting out a little with those I know.
But I’m already being asked about my rates.

Pricing

Lollipop Inspired Photo Session

This young guy contacted us while we were in Costa Rica and wanted a session.
We found it unusual, and odd. Not really sure if he was legit. Well, he was.

More…

Bank Shoot

Bread and Butter photography session. Robz commercial portrait shoot for a national bank.

Cha-Ching!

Inferno Replay: High End Portraits With Maggie Habieda

Maggie is one of the most loved, inspiring and informative speaker in the
industry today…and Maggie presented at TWO inferno 3 Day Workshops….

Watch

Yours in Photography and all things NoBs,

Gabi Wright

Friday Wrap Up, April 15, 2016

April 17, 2016 By Gabriella Wright Leave a Comment

CANADA - CIRCA 1950s: Reproduction of an antique photo shows girl and boy posing with Christmas gifts in his hands

WEEKLY WRAP UP April 15, 2016

From the NoBs Photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

Next Bull Pen Print Competition April 21st, 2016

Less than one week away! Get your images in before we fill up.
Next Bull Pen Print Critique is April 21st 9:00PM EST.

Sign up here

The Wedding show report from Marian has created one of the best, and on going threads on attending wedding shows. He keeps adding new updates and very good info for anyone who wants to come up with the very best in wedding show booths…..check it out:
HERE

Maternity On The Beach In Costa Rica

This young lady is about to have a baby any day…
I’ll be creating a video soon explaining in detail how I shot, and processed these…

More…

Fairy Day Ads Using Canva.com

Rob’s back in the saddle running his studio. Fairy day is set and already booking in. See his ads created using the new service canva.com posted here:

Check it out

Fairy Portraits Mastermind Bull Pen

Speaking of fairy day promotions (and how much moolah you
can make running them) here’s two of the best
presentations from the recent past
on selling and promotion faiy day portraits.
Click

Mastermind on Selling Fairy Day With Tina Provencher

Watch

Feedback: Communion Portrait

Want feedback? of course you do. Ok, it’s a straight on portrait,
communion, of a young girl looking at the camera, slight smile.
Read More

Another Beach Session…

I know, I know….not another beach shot. I had like three in
our last week in Costa Rica…
started to feel like I was making inroads and a name for
myself. But alas, we had to go home.

Who knows where and how this will evolve. If we stayed
there permanently, I feel there’d be
a market, judging by the response so far, and I have
a fairly good idea how I would push
offers and promotions to said markets.

Beach

Wedding Season Is Here… Looking For Inspiration?

Time for some wedding photography inspiration? Wedding season is
upon us and there is some great information from Vanessa Joy, Sam Sciarrino,
Rob Provencher, Jaco Fourie and many others in the wedding success section in the forum.

Yours in Photography and all things NoBs,

Gabi Wright

Friday Wrap Up April 8, 2016

April 10, 2016 By Gabriella Wright Leave a Comment

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WEEKLY WRAP UP April 8, 2016

From the NoBs Photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

Get Ready For The Next Bull Pen Print Competition on April 21st!

Don’t miss out on this; we expect a SELL OUT! Get your
submissions in and increase your chances to WIN cash: Enter here.

Wizard of Light April Podcast – Now Up!

Listen

Brian DeMint April 7th Creative Cross Training Replay

Have your images critiqued by Brian DeMint in the next
Creative Cross Training presentation!

Replay

Ready, Shoot, Aim

I’ve witnessed a few friends who started businesses, and agonized over the set up phase, and
eventually nothing happened. Their ideas and dreams fizzled out.Frustrating. I think they lacked
a BIG vision and thought the details would somehow make it happen.

More…

Yes, I Have Lost My Marbles!

For those of you who watched the Fuzzy Duenkel webinars, he mentioned that
whenever he is on location in a house, he will hold out his hand to “see” the existing
lighting that is in the room, so he can use it, modify it, do whatever he needs with that
light, to make his portrait.
Read More

A Grand Master

Head over to this post to give Neil some feedback on this portrait
of a Masonic Lodge Grand Master. And no, this isn’t
a member of ZZ Top!

Beard

My Website Circa 1999-ish

Everyone’s gotta start somewhere. Rob shares
his website circa 1999. Do you think this would
still work today?
Click for more.

Canon 600ex-RT Flashes

Here’s a great discussion on strobe lighting
and equipment. Hop on over to read more.

Yours in Photography and all things NoBs,

Gabi Wright

Friday Wrap Up April 1, 2016

April 3, 2016 By Gabriella Wright Leave a Comment

CANADA - CIRCA 1950s: Reproduction of an antique photo shows girl and boy posing with Christmas gifts in his hands

WEEKLY WRAP UP April 1, 2016

From the NoBs Photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

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Get Ready For The Next Bull Pen Print Competition on April 21st!

Don’t miss out on this; we expect a SELL OUT! Get your
submissions in and increase your chances to WIN cash: Enter here.

Lighting Mastermind Replay

Catch Rob’s recent Lighting Mastermind webinar via this link.

Brian DeMint April 7th Creative Cross Training

Have your images critiqued by Brian DeMint in the next
Creative Cross Training presentation!

Behind The Scenes of Descension

“I recently won 1st place in the March Bull Pen Print
Competition with the image below entitled Descension.
Here is a behind the scenes look.” Read more.

Reminder: Google NIK Collection Now Free!

In case you were hiding under a rock somewhere in
the Pacific…. Previously
priced at $149, the NIK Collection is now
free! Get your free copy here.

Using Canva

Canva.com is a very cool site that we can all use for our studio marketing.
I recall hearing about it from Maria Forleo and recently on Bruce Hudson’s
podcast, so I signed in again and started playing.
Click here for more info.

Getting Started In Pet Photography

Advice from Rob for newcomer Gene from South Africa
who wants to specialize in pet photography….“You’re gonna wanna
start with Margaret Bryant’s stuff on dog photography….it’s top notch.”
Watch the replay Margaret’s webinar here.

Food Photography

I’ve been considering for a while getting into food photography. When
I shoot weddings, one of my favourite parts of the day is the details and
the food … photographing it, I mean ? As a result of that, I’ve been asked
by several venues to photograph their property and one of them was a restaurant
so they prepped all of their meals for me. It’s quite satisfying to see their website
setup with 90% of my photos …

If you’re into food photography, jump in and share who inspires you!

Yours in Photography and all things NoBs,

Gabi Wright

Bull Pen December 16th

March 27, 2016 By Robert Provencher Leave a Comment

We’ve opened this event up the everyone.

BULL PEN December 16th 9:00PM EST

Get your best images ready, the Bull Pen is back in business.

BIGGER PRIZES!

The winning image will receive $200 in cold hard cash!! (via paypal)

Second place image wins an exclusive hour long tutorial with award winning photographer and digital artist Maggie Habieda of Fotografia Boutique.

Third place image receives a Topaz Labs PhotoShop plug in.

Please Note: Email up to a maximum of 3 images (NoBS Members) or a maximum of 2 images (for non-members) (unique images, not a series of similar ones) to me at bullpenprintshow@outlook.com and be sure to put “Bull Pen” in the subject line. I will send a confirmation back to you when I have received your entry. Images should be named with the title of the image.

If you do not receive a confirmation email please let me know in case I didn’t receive your submissions.

Please resize your entries to 1200px on the long side, jpg only. Watermarks are NOT allowed.

name your image as the title for your entry.

Give your images a title that is suitable. Use the title in the file name so we can track it easily.

Judges will each recommend the image as either Not Accepted, Accepted, Merit, or Excellence.

We use PPA, PPOC, and WPPI style print competition levels.
*Not accepted= means it does not meet the minimum level requirements to “hang” as they say.
*Accepted prints= (at these events) will be put on display in the print room. And win a ribbon.
*Merit= means it’s a better image yet. Has reached a higher level of visual impact and accomplishment.
*Excellence= is the highest achievement

If you were to attach a numerical value, not accepted 79 or less, accepted would score an 80 of higher, merit 85-95. Excellence would score 95+

This is going to rock! Don’t wait until the last minute, enter now for your chance at cold hard cash as well as a Topaz Labs prize.

What kind of images can you enter? Check out the replays of previous Bull Pen sessions to see how it all works. Bull Pen Replays