The Art of The Engagement Session
Want to increase your profits, get to know your clients better and create one-of-a kind, highly stylized images to take your portfolio to the next level? Adding a unique Engagement Photo Session to your wedding package establishes the relationship foundation between photographer and bridal couple, enables everyone to have a little fun and "feel like a star for a day!" (even if they're not!)

In just 2 days you’ll Learn how to:

* RESEARCH & DEVELOP UNIQUE SHOOT THEMES: Learn how to customized themes for each couple’s personality & appearance.

* PREP FOR THE SHOOT: Learn how to location scout for ideal environmental settings, and consult on the perfect hair, makeup, and wardrobe to match the theme of your shoot.

* SHOOT REAL MODELS in a stunning location setting: Make your own amazing images from 2 different, highly stylized, engagement photo themes!

* CREATE DYNAMIC IMAGES THAT LOOK LIKE AD CAMPAIGNS, MAGAZINE SPREADS & FINE ART! Get your creative ideas pumping and make some incredible "Wow" images to take your portfolio to the next level!

* DOUBLE YOUR PROFITS! With a host of unique post-production, one-of-a-kind photo novelty items you can boost your profits yet again and provide the convenience of a one-stop-shop for your clients!

These one-of-a-kind engagement images are sure to take your work to the next level. Together, The “Dream Team” we’ll teach you how to create your own unique style that gives YOUR photography business the edge in a competitive marketplace.

REQUIREMENTS:
- Intermediate understanding of photography
- Digital 35mm SLR camera.
- 2 digital memory cards
- wide angle lens or zoom (i.e. 28mm-105mm)
- portrait lens
- notebook
- pens
- Laptop computer with protector case, image editing software, (Photoshop, Iphoto, Lightroom, Aperture etc…) for editing your images, mini portable hard drive for backing up your images,
Note: all photo equipment must be on your person at all times while shooting. We recommend a small backpack in lieu of a photo bag to carry add’l notebooks etc…While the workshops will be held in considerably safe/low crime areas we are not responsible for lost or stolen property. Please make sure your equipment is insured.
OPTIONAL BUT RECOMMENDED: flash, flash diffusion box, reflector, filters, wrist watch

BIO:
The photography career of Elizabeth Etienne has taken her around the world and back; from the cobblestone streets of Paris to the sandy beaches of California she now calls home. She attributes both her French-American up-bringing and her many years living in Paris shooting film stills, album covers, advertising, weddings and fine art, to giving her work a unique “Euro-American,” cinematic stamp that is hers alone.

Award-winning and published in numerous magazines, Elizabeth Etienne has become renown for her one-of-a-kind engagement sessions that resemble a celebrity spread in Vanity Fair, a vintage Hollywood film still, an ad campaign or antique French postcard. After shooting dozens of upscale weddings for more than 20 years Elizabeth has become one of the most sought-after wedding photographers in the U.S. and abroad. In between shooting couples she applies her unique style to her timeless & contemporary lifestyle images for advertising, stock, and fine art. She is one of the very rare photographers that can do it all and do it well. Her style remains consistent no matter what she shoots.

Elizabeth Etienne is now an elite member of Kodak's advisory committee, a featured Kodak Pro Pass photographer and a platform speaker at the famous WPPI convention in Las Vegas. She is also the author and contributor of 3 books and graduated from Brooks Institute of Photography in 1989.

Santa Barbara 10:00AM to 7PM Sat/Sun

$395 includes catered Lunch