Hello and thanks for taking the 1st step into the lighting world!! For the past 15 years I have been working as a top professional lighting tech to professional Fashion, Catalog, Music, and Celebrity photographers from around the world, while also shooting as a professional editorial and advertising photographer. I have watched as over the years my lighting has been in Top magazines and print advertising: Maxim, Stuff, Vogue, Teen People, Macy's, Nordstrom, Italia Moda, Pirates of the Caribbean …

The Film Production Workshop, FPW, is a non-profit collaborative workshop held every month to make a short film with members (a crew) who have a basic level of relevant skills--namely, writers, actors, lighting technicians, DP's, directors, editors, makeup artist and special effect artists. Those wishing to break in to the industry as well as those already in the movie industry are both welcome. Its purpose is for participants to advance their skills through practice, to save money on ridicu …

The Photography Workshop Series will now be going in a completely new direction.  It is now directed by Advertising, Celebrity and Editorial Fashion Photographer Kevin Michael Schmitz, who is represented in New York, and primarily shoots between Los Angeles and New York.  For over 2 years, Kevin Michael Schmitz has directed the "Location Lighting Fashion Photography Workshop Series" with fantastic success teaching 20 workshops in LA to photographers from all over the world.  The original founder …

… Seeking crew members, from DP’s with cameras, to lighting specialists, boom holders, PA’s, editors, scorers, web designers, location scouts, etc., to volunteer…because you are ready to shape the future. Also seeking those who may be willing to invest or who are connected to people who are. First two projects: a sketch comedy webseries and a video to promote this particular gay rights movement . I am the writer, the director, and the speaker. I am ready to shape the future and I need a visionary …

Hello Filmmakers, This meetup is about making films. We will mainly focus on shooting scenes andshorts in class for the purpose of finishing work as part of our curriculum.We will cover the basics of lighting, camera handling and shooting, scene scripts and screenwriting, acting and continuity, shot list and frame selection, acting basics and editing, among others.This is for beginning filmmakers so that they can workshop all theaspects of filmmaking using the equipment (lights, camera, boom mi …

Standby: Meet others in your local area interested in Acting on all levels. Action: Improv. Comedy, Burlesque or Drama, from novice to professional. Come and just have some fun time. Events occur sometimes on the week-end during the day, mostly on week ends. We record it on camera when desired. Build some scenes, put them together on DVD and use our collaborative product in our respective portfolios, whether we are actors, directors, camera, sound or light people, writer, animator or simpl …

… We also offer a variety of workshops including Basic Photography, Basic Camera Skills, Composition, Lightroom, Photoshop Elements, Photoshop, Portrait Lighting, Off-Camera Flash, Macro and close-up Photography, Fine Art Printing, Digital Asset Management, and much, much more. Join us for an excellent adventure of learning great photography techniques, skills and meet other photographers with a similar passion.

… This group’s emphasis is on the ability to use your camera to the fullest extent of its abilities.  Learn how to read an image and deal with quality elements to produce great images.  Additionally this group will learn indoor and outdoor photography dealing with all types of lighting scenarios including available, hot lights, strobes, and reflected lighting.  The subject matter will revolve from large products, to people, to sporting event to landscapes.  No matter what the subject is the qualit …

Welcome Photographers! I will instruct you from everything from Lighting Techniques, Composition, How to work your camera to its fullest capabilities, Posing the Models and Photoshop Techniques. I am very easy to work with and very patient. I love photography and we will all have fun learning. I will pick locations that will give you a very different backround and your photos will stand out from the rest!