Autumn Hull Photography: Ten For The Weekend

I missed yet another day of posting due to the Ten For The Weekend workshop going on this weekend. I was going to skip another night, but I got some great behind the scenes shots over the past couple of days that I wanted to share. (A few of these shots were actually taken by students during the workshop, which will be obvious by the fact that I am in the photos!)

We had some cancellations, so it ended up being a smaller group. That worked out well though, as we were able to slow the pace down and allow everyone a chance to ask as many questions as they wanted and they all got plenty of chances to shoot during the practice sessions.

Yesterday was the first day. We started with lighting equipment and I showed them what I use in my studio and how to use it. We ended up getting distracted by all the yummy food that kept being brought in to us, so we ran a little late that day. We also had a nice long stretch of time where we just sat around the table and discussed pricing, marketing, getting established, and all that fun stuff. I could talk about that part of the photography business all day, so I really enjoyed it.

We also studied up a little on the types of photo sessions we were going to have the next day. I planned a marathon photo shoot with back to back sessions all day from 9:30 in the morning until 6pm, so we needed to prepare ourselves!

Today was the shoot, and even though I am exhausted, it was a blast. We had so many kinds of sessions with all different levels of challenge. We got to tackle the toddler session right off the bat, and I had booked a cute as a button 2 year old girl, a shy at first but charming 1 1/2 year old boy, and some wild and crazy twin 2 year old boys and their saintly 6 year old brother.

Throughout the day, we had newborn babies, not-quite-sitting-up babies, sitting-up babies, a family of five and two of the coolest, most fun maternity models I have ever worked with. It was a great variety and a pretty good "slice" of the kind of work I do as part of my business.

Tomorrow we spend the day learning Photoshop, as we take all those images from today and edit them down to just the best, then retouch those images to make them even better. Also tomorrow... the chocolate-themed snack break I scheduled for 3:00. I'll be dreaming about that as I drift off to a well-deserved sleep tonight.

Maybe tomorrow I'll have some finished proofs to show after our day of Photoshop. But for now...

Good Night!