Getting Seen and Going Pro – Professional Photography Workshop

Have you ever thought about getting your images into a magazine or a gallery or a calendar? Have you thought about doing a book but you didn’t know how to go about it? Maybe the thought of earning some money with your images has crossed your mind but you didn’t know where to start? Or you started but your images were rejected and then you gave up. Or maybe you are just stuck in a rut and you want a little inspiration. It sure can be frustrating if you don’t know what you are doing or what the tricks of the trade are.

Every one of today’s successful photographers has had help getting started. If you want to join their ranks, this is the class for you. This is what you will learn: how to think like a professional; how to get, evaluate, develop and execute ideas; how to sell single images and multiple images; how to approach publishers, editors and picture buyers; how to write query letters and book proposals; how to manage your images and process them efficiently for the best results; how to lead photography tours and workshops; how to work locally and regionally for the best returns; how to photograph people in the field; how to run your own stock agency; what equipment is necessary and of professional quality and what is unneeded and substandard; why writing is crucial; what the possibilities are in detail, and how good photos need to be to be published.

In addition, the class will teach the required and the special skills needed to compete in the digital photography world: image management, processing and presentation. Pages of handouts including examples of query letters that worked and did not, book and story proposals that were successful and those that were ignored and sure-fire submission ideas that work in any genre of magazine are included in this course.

“David Middleton’s Going Pro class was the turning point in my photo career. Before the class, I was published occasionally and generally took pictures without a plan of what to do with them. David taught me to how develop a project and use my images to tell a story. I’ve since published an award-winning book and am currently working on a new book project as a full-time professional photographer!”
—David Showalter

David Middleton has taught this class for 10 years and has continued to refine and broaden the material presented in this class. He draws on all of his 25 years as a professional photographer and shares everything. Scott Rouse adds his considerable expertise of the digital world to the class. Scott is comfortable in both the PC and Mac worlds and is equally skilled in Aperture, Lightroom, Photoshop, Bridge and many website building programs.

Most importantly, every participant will leave with at least one well-developed, customized plan for publication to follow. As an added benefit, the class will spend a morning photographing the magnificent animals of the Triple D Game Farm.

This workshops is offered by the Photographers Alliance Workshops (PAW). PAW is a new photography workshop and tour company dedicated to exemplary teaching and superb photography. It is a community of professional photographers brought together to teach and to share their passion for photography. Simply put, we are photographers from all over the country who love to help other photographers be their best. No nonsense, no excuses, no inflated egos, no huge overhead; just folks taking pictures, teaching photography and loving what they do. PAW is how photography ought to be taught.

“David and Scott teach you the “nuts and bolts” of becoming a professional photographer. From creative photographic techniques to saleable subjects; from writing articles to approaching publishers; from book project timelines to marketing, David provides the roadmap to becoming an income-generating professional photographer.”
—Randy Williams

Getting Seen and Going Pro

• Dates: August 16 – 22, 2009
• Leaders: David Middleton and Scott Rouse
• Location: Kalispell, MT
• Cost: $1795
• Register Here

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The Leaders

David Middleton is a longtime workshop leader and a gifted and enthusiastic teacher. David once lived in Oregon and has photographed the coast for more than 20 years. David is the co-author of The Photographer’s Guide to the Oregon Coast so he knows the coast extremely well. Newport is one of his favorite places to photograph and he knows each pullout, tidepool and beach very well. Ask him where his favorite places are to find agates on the coast or where that little café is with the wall of wine for sale.

David has been a professional photographer for 25 years and originated Rocky Mountain School of Photography’s Career Development program and taught a very popular Going Pro class for them for 10 years.

Scott Rouse is a freelance sports and nature photographer based out of Missoula, MT. His real specialty, though, is digital imaging, technology, and workflow. By closely following industry giants such as Adobe and Apple, Scott is able to provide timely and easy to understand instruction to participants.

Scott has taught in Rocky Mountain School of Photography’s Career Training, Workshops, and Weekends programs and now teaches for Photographers Alliance Workshops.

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