Brooks Digital Week only happens once a year and this summer it’s going to be hotter than ever. This comprehensive, five-day workshop combines lecture and hands-on instruction. You’ll participate in a rigorous shooting schedule both in-studio and on location, and spend ample time in the digital lab photo finishing and printing your work. The end result is that you can gain considerable knowledge about how to break into and navigate the business world of photography and you’ll have created a series of images that not only tell a story, but constitute your own professional commercial portfolio. The course will focus on journalistic style and will include all phases of commercial photography from set up of a commercial shoot to retouching and printing in the digital lab.

About the Instructors
Jason Madara's work is described as startlingly raw and real or ephemerally beautiful, often at the same time. He finds inspiration from his subjects and the locations where he shoots. Earlier in his career, Madera spent a few years working in Europe and South Africa shooting fashion for magazines, catalogs and ad campaigns. He moved to San Francisco in 2001, where he continued to fulfill his creative ambitions by producing images for editorial and advertising clients, including Pac West Telecommunications, Bosch, Fanta, Interview, Entertainment Weekly, Business 2.0 and Fortune Small Business. Semi-annually, he is found conducting lighting seminars at Brooks Institute. For more information, visit: www.JasonMadara.com.

Jim DiVitale is an Atlanta-based commercial advertising photographer. His clients have included, Toshiba, Kenneth Cole, JP Morgan Financial, Coca-Cola USA, and Scientific Atlanta among others. He’s an accomplished photographer, lecturer, author and instructor. His work has been published in such magazines as Rangefinder, Professional Photographer, Create Magazine, and Photo District News. He’s spoken at countless conferences, expos and workshops, including Seybold, Photo Plus Expo, Imaging USA, the World Council of Professional Photographers, Brooks Institute, San Francisco’s Academy of Art, and The Portfolio Center.
DiVitale holds MA degrees in photography, electronic imaging, and photographic craftsman and is a PPA Approved Photography Instructor. He’s a member of the Professional Photographers of America (PPA), a Fellow of the American Society of Photographers and a Canon “Explorer of Light.” He’s the author of multiple Adobe Photoshop training CDs with Software Cinema and writes the “Digital Capture Workshop” column for Photoshop User Magazine”. For more information, go to: www.DiVitalePhotography.com

Day 1 9AM Studio light history
Day 1 1pm Studio Shoot
Day 2 critique and location shoot
Day 3 critique and location shoot at the Polo field
Day 4 PhotoShop tricks for fashion
Day 5 Photoshop other tricks Printing Images.

What you need: Camera, preferably digital with a Hot shoe. A jump drive to transfer images.

What is nice to have: a laptop to work with your images but you don't have to have one.

We will supply the studio lights and pocket wizards and light meters You won't need a tripod but I always like to have one and assorted lenses are nice but the teacher just recommends a 50mm.

Recommended Experience
Intermediate – Advanced.

SAVE OVER $1700.00 in PRO PHOTO lighting equipment and/or other equipment. THIS WORKSHOP PAYS FOR ITSELF!!

Instructors: Jason Madara and Jim DiVitale
Date: 6.23.2008 – 6.27.2008 –9 AM – 5 PM
Cost: $1350*, includes catered lunch

Also, ask for a Brooks cooperate rate for weekdays at Holiday Inn 805-963-9757 Book room by 5/22/08
The Inn at East Beach 805-965-0546 $145/$235
Pacific Crest- 805-966-3103 $99 (like motel 6)