"Pro for a day" - Melb Studio Workshop

[michael_]

unfortunately i couldnt change my previsou plans so will not be able to attend

current list;
1.oz_beachside
2.Jonesy
3.Ant
4.Steffen
5.Onyx
6.Kyle
7.pucara
8.pucara (friend)
9.Louie
10.7zark7
11.olrac
12.kab
13.kab (Lou)
14.photograham
15.photograham (Margaret)
16.glennles
17.Willy wombat
18.servaasproducts
19.russell d.
20.gregB
21. Peter Canon5d
... <add your ID here>

[whoalse]

I am in (new here and pretty new to Melbourne)


current list;
1.oz_beachside
2.Jonesy
3.Ant
4.Steffen
5.Onyx
6.Kyle
7.pucara
8.pucara (friend)
9.Louie
10.7zark7
11.olrac
12.kab
13.kab (Lou)
14.photograham
15.photograham (Margaret)
16.glennles
17.Willy wombat
18.servaasproducts
19.russell d.
20.gregB
21. michael_
22. Peter Canon5d
23. whoalse (Allen)

[simonrenton]

G'day Beachside. How many places do you have available for this workshop now? I might have another person who might be interested. Have you worked out the cost yet?

[Oz_Beachside]

G'day Beachside. How many places do you have available for this workshop now? I might have another person who might be interested. Have you worked out the cost yet?

there are still a few spaces available, I'll PM you the details.

are you and your friend in?

[simonrenton]

there are still a few spaces available, I'll PM you the details.

are you and your friend in?

Yep I'm in (just me though). I'll pop the money into your account today.

Thanks Beachside.

Simon

[Oz_Beachside]

current list;
1.oz_beachside
2.Jonesy
3.Ant
4.Steffen
5.Onyx
6.Kyle
7.pucara
8.pucara (friend)
9.Louie
10.7zark7
11.olrac
12.kab
13.kab (Lou)
14.photograham
15.photograham (Margaret)
16.glennles
17.Willy wombat
18.servaasproducts
19.russell d.
20.gregB
21. Peter Canon5d
22. whoalse (Allen)
23. simonrenton

[skyva]

Hi Oz_Beachside,

Is there room for one more? Please pm me if so and I will send the money.
It sounds like a great idea.

[Oz_Beachside]

skyva, PM sent, lots of places left, its going to be a big day

current list;
1.oz_beachside
2.Jonesy
3.Ant
4.Steffen
5.Onyx
6.Kyle
7.pucara
8.pucara (friend)
9.Louie
10.7zark7
11.olrac
12.kab
13.kab (Lou)
14.photograham
15.photograham (Margaret)
16.glennles
17.Willy wombat
18.servaasproducts
19.russell d.
20.gregB
21. Peter Canon5d
22. whoalse (Allen)
23. simonrenton
24. skyva

[Willy wombat]

Im so pumped for this workshop.

[Greg B]

Stay calm Steve, still a month to go.....

[Oz_Beachside]

its gunna be a great day.

so far, have the following friends helping us out...






and some still life stuff too

[curilin]

do you still have a space for me? if yes, I'm in.

I'm new to this forum and not sure if I reply in the right place

thanks,
sintia

[Oz_Beachside]

do you still have a space for me? if yes, I'm in.

I'm new to this forum and not sure if I reply in the right place

thanks,
sintia

Hello Sintia,

Yes, you will be most welcome, and we look forward to meeting with you!
I will PM you payment details tonight.

the growing list of keen members;
1.oz_beachside
2.Jonesy
3.Ant
4.Steffen
5.Onyx
6.Kyle
7.pucara
8.pucara (friend)
9.Louie
10.7zark7
11.olrac
12.kab
13.kab (Lou)
14.photograham
15.photograham (Margaret)
16.Willy wombat
17.servaasproducts
18.russell d.
19.gregB
20. Peter Canon5d
21. whoalse (Allen)
22. simonrenton
22. skyva
23. curilin

[michael_]

hasnt kyle pulled out?

[Oz_Beachside]

hasnt kyle pulled out?

not that i'm aware of...

[curilin]

Thanks, waiting for your PM...

[W00DY]

Hey Oz,

If there is room for one more let me know... I will then see if I can get down there using my points with Virgin. At this stage there is some flights available.

Cheers mate,
W00DY

[simonrenton]

What made you change your mind, mate?

[W00DY]

What made you change your mind, mate?

I know what your implying

Nah, just thought a weekend in Melbourne would be nice, was going to call you tonight.

[Oz_Beachside]

Hey Oz,

If there is room for one more let me know... I will then see if I can get down there using my points with Virgin. At this stage there is some flights available.

Cheers mate,
W00DY

Hi, yes, its a very large studio, and we will have lots of space.

welcome

1.oz_beachside
2.Jonesy
3.Ant
4.Steffen
5.Onyx
6.Kyle
7.pucara
8.pucara (friend)
9.Louie
10.7zark7
11.olrac
12.kab
13.kab (Lou)
14.photograham
15.photograham (Margaret)
16.Willy wombat
17.servaasproducts
18.russell d.
19.gregB
20. Peter Canon5d
21. whoalse (Allen)
22. simonrenton
22. skyva
23. curilin
24. W00DY

[W00DY]

Thanks mate,

Will transfer the funds tomorrow.

Cheers.

[Oz_Beachside]

i'll be putting together the run sheet for the day shortly, to discuss with the instructors over the next week. Please post any ideas, topics, techical questions etc that you might like to learn or experiment with on the day.

thanks heaps in advance, I cant wait for this workshop!

[Greg B]

At the risk of being a bit daggy, what do we all think of having name tags on the day? With real name and forum name?

With 25+ people, it is impossible to remember all names.

Just a thought.

[W00DY]

At the risk of being a bit daggy, what do we all think of having name tags on the day? With real name and forum name?

With 25+ people, it is impossible to remember all names.

Just a thought.

You Dag

MNo, it is not a bad idea, I can never remember anyones name and this way I can take a photo of you with your name badge on so I know who you are afterwards

[Louie]

At the risk of being a bit daggy, what do we all think of having name tags on the day? With real name and forum name?

I'm a dag, and terrible with names as well. I think it's a great idea (though if someone holds up a big camera and says 'follow me' like a tour group the label is off!!)

[Oz_Beachside]

name tags are a good idea, I'll try to pre-print them, and bring some to write on on the day.

what about ideas for sets? i have a lot of army set/props I can bring that, we need to set up a few studios

[W00DY]

what about ideas for sets? i have a lot of army set/props I can bring that, we need to set up a few studios

I wouldn't mind some really basic sets for the models, just a funky chair or something they can interact with. Is there a large fan at the studio to get some hair moving.

As for the stills, I prefer LOT's of colour... maybe some colorful toys (Bruin brand are good), something that we can pretend we are doing a catalogue shoot for to give us some direction, rather than just shooting away at an object.

Some suggestions anyway.

[W00DY]

If anyone is traveling down from Sydney or NSW are you interested in sharing a drive?

I am undecided whether to drive or fly. I have a 7 seat Pathfinder so plenty of room (and a DVD for the people in the back )

If you are interested either post here or PM me soon otherwise I might book some flights.

[photograham]

Bruce, do you ever see copies of the USA mag - Digital Photo Pro. Front cover is regularly a portrait of a model with "weird" eye make up. Would.t mind adding this onto the day's list if we have a make up artist and/or model is agreeable. With varied lighting, these could make another good series of shots.

In any case, varied portrait lighting would also be great to do more of.

Looking forward to the day!

[W00DY]

Bruce,

PM sent mate... unfortunatly something has come up which means I can't make it, very bummed out

Which also means the offer to share the trip is also gooooooone!!!

[Oz_Beachside]

meeting the gang tonight, any last minute requests for the day's agenda?

[simonrenton]

Just confirming that the venue for this meet is at Daylight Studios in St Kilda?

I saw the rough address posted earlier, but no name for the studio...

Simon

[Oz_Beachside]

well, the week has finally arrived... and what a day this saturday will be!

When: we will open from 830am, for a 9am start, opening with an introduction to light, concepts for the day, and a run thorugh. will then break into groups (we may split into beginners and intermediates) and spread ourselves around the 4 workstations. We will have 3 studio sets, and 1 still life. We will be using studio flash, natural light, and speedlights (on and off camera).

Where: Enter the front door of daylight studios at
Daylight Studios,
First Floor, 122 Chapel Street,
St. Kilda, Vic 3182
, walk up the stairs, and register at the landing. From there make your way to the kitchen break out area.

What to bring: bring your camera (we will have a few there, and santa may even have a nikon D3), bring your speedlight if you have one, a suitable lens, perhaps a mid range zoom, or a standard lens. Plenty of batteries, cards, and energy!

we will have a light lunch brought in, and there are shops nearby also.

see you there!

[!~DeViNe~DaRkNeSs~!]

Congrats on organizing another one Bruce.
The one i went to at ur place with Matt k was brilliant and im still using skills i learnt on that day...
pity my funds wont stretch to make this one....spesh considering the Stunning models u have arranged
Have Fun Lads

[Reschsmooth]

Sounds like it is going to be an awesome day - make the most of it, and enjoy. I look forward to seeing the results.

[Greg B]

Excellent work Bruce, many thanks. Looking forward to Saturday very much.

Just looking at the wonderful Google maps, the satellite view shows a good size car
park right behind the studio - hopefully allowing all day parking.

[Jonesy]

5 sleeps and 5hrs of driving! the excitment is building, just wish the driving hrs would disapear like the sleeps will

[photograham]

Bruce, thank you for organising the day. We are both looking forward to it, and especially my wife, Margaret, as she has never done a studio shoot or used lights.
To everyone else coming, let's all have a great day.

Graham

[servaasproducts]

Hey Bruce

What is the parking like on Chapel st? Any recommended spots?

Cheers

Jeff

[methd]

Have fun all. Would have been good to just come down and meet everyone.

[Oz_Beachside]

Hey Bruce

What is the parking like on Chapel st? Any recommended spots?

Cheers

Jeff

Jeff, Greg, others,
ample parking behind the venue, in the supermarket carpark. first few rows are all day. its the quiet park of chapel st, so parking should be fine, particularly at that time of day.

see you there

[whoalse]

4 more sleeps and we'll get to have some fun.......!!
Can't wait...
Pardon me, i'm quite bad with remembering names......!

Thanks, Bruce!

[Steffen]

Regrettably, I have to pull out. Work requires me to be on standby this weekend and I can't find a substitute, which means I can't go out of town.

I suck at portraits and was really looking forward to this workshop. Just my luck I guess...

Cheers
Steffen.

[Willy wombat]

See you there guys

What time do we think it will wrap up?

Steve

[whitey]

Wish I had found this forum a month or two earlier. Only a noob but would still have loved to come. Will need to wait until the next one - maybe in Syd.

[Oz_Beachside]

Hello,

This saturday, we will open from 830am, ready for a 9am start. Parking at rear, enter from Chapel St, walk up stairs, and see you there!


Daylight Studios,
First Floor, 122 Chapel Street,
St. Kilda, Vic 3182
Phone : (03) 9525 7622
Fax : (03) 9525 7300
Mobile : 0400 584067

[Louie]

Only one more sleep!!! Must go and check my camera batteries are charged ..... looking forward to seeing everyone there

Elena

[Oz_Beachside]

See you there guys

What time do we think it will wrap up?

Steve

we will aim for a close at 5pm, so we are packed up and out by 6pm.

see you there

[whoalse]

Hi guys,

It was certainly a wonderful whole-day workshop and didn't seem to be enough! LoL

Nice meeting up with all that came and I'm still struggling with the names while trying to digest what have been shared by antsl, pirostitch, daveb and oz_beachside. Thanks heaps for organising this workshop, Bruce.

Now plenty of images to look through!

[Louie]

ditto what whoalse said! I had a great day and met great people, even managed to learn a few things along the way - now I just need to remember them ...

Thanks again to Bruce for putting it all together and to Anthony, Wayne and Dave for giving up their Saturday to educate us!


Elena


ps Pics to come soon .........................................