My husband and I are professional photographers and we would love to share our program on the Distinctive Black and White Character Portraits that we have become known for. During the program we will touch on the following topics • Composition • Lighting • Editing (Lightroom and Photoshop) • Marketing We present several example images and show how they evolve from the raw camera file to the final print. During this segment we touch on composition, lighting, painting with light in Photoshop, and introduce the editing process we use to produce this distinctive look. We capture some images with a live shooting demo. During this segment we touch on lighting, composition, and posing. The class will pick some of the captured images and go over the workflow from start to finish in Lightroom and Photoshop. During this segment we show how we use Lightroom to prepare the image for Photoshop. In Photoshop we show the editing steps we take to achieve our character portrait look. We show how we paint with light in Photoshop to enhance the impact of the image, talk about print presentation, and how all of this relates to print competition and how it improves your daily work. Attendeeʼs will walk away with more creative ideas to offer their customers by creating a distinctive heirloom art pieces. We own Fusion Edge Photography in Robins Iowa. Fusion Edge Photography is a full service portrait studio photographing high school seniors, families, children, pets and a variety of sports. Our business started 13 years ago. Mark is a Certified Professional Photographer. In 2012, 2013, and 2014 he was named “Top Ten non-Master Iowa Photographer” by the Professional Photographers of Iowa Association and received the Bronze Photographer of the Year by PPA in 2013. Mary received her Master Photographer degree from the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) in 2012. She is also a Certified Professional Photographer. In 2010 and 2011 she was named a "Top 10 non-Master Iowa Photographer". In 2012 and 2014 she was named a "Top 10 Master Iowa Photographer" by the Professional Photographers of Iowa Association. In 2012 and 2013 she was honored with the Bronze Photographer of the year from PPA and is a PPA Elite 2014 Member. She currently has 3 loan prints. Our work can be viewed on our website at http://www.FusionEdgePhotography.com
