Back in May I had the honor of being invited to represent one of my favorite lighting modifier manufacturers as a “Top Westcott Endorsed Pro”. Here is a quick blurb from the Press Release about what exactly this means.
“The Top Westcott Endorsed Pros was developed for photographic education and inspiration. This elite group is comprised of talented photographers from around the world, each a master of his or her own creative specialty, including fashion, sports, wedding, nature, photojournalism, advertising, portraiture, food and travel photography. Most Top Pros share their photographic and technical expertise with eager audiences of photo professionals, hobbyists and enthusiasts in a variety of workshops throughout the world.”In essence they saw that I live and breathe lighting and photography and love to share my knowledge and energy whenever I get the chance. Naturally when a fellow Westcott Top Pro called to say he would be in town recently we quickly got to work on organizing a workshop to do exactly that, share our knowledge.
With the help of Westcott and the Tampa Bay area’s large Meetup & Strobist communities we filled up all the available workshop slots in 24 hours! On top of that, local photographers Jim Sykes and Kathy Porupski let us use their studio, perfectly located in the Ybor City Art Community.
As people started to arrive the day of the workshop I was stoked to hear that 2 attendees, Michael and Mel, had driven from as far as Atlanta, GA and Jacksonville, FL to attend. It was an amazing opportunity to share my passion with people obviously eager to expand their own knowledge and create some awesome photographs along the way.
The images in the BTS (Behind the Scenes) video below were all made by the guys and girls that attended our workshop. Im not sure if it was the instruction, or just the raw talent everyone brought to the table, but they rock. Enjoy!
Westcott Top Pros Workshop – BTS – Tampa, FL from Erik Valind on Vimeo.
Also be sure to check out more great shots from this event at the Group Flickr Pool.
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Thanks again for a great workshop! It was well worth the drive! Hope to do it again!
Thanks for making it out Mel! Your testimonial video with the kids rocks. I’m working on some fun stuff in the next few months so make sure to check back.