Florida's Birding & Photo Fest official guide 2019 | Page 14

B O B B I L A N E sponsored by Portraits Unplugged | Photography Seminar Bobbi Lane is an award-winning commercial photographer specializing in creative portraits in studio and on location for editorial, corporate, and advertising accounts. Lane’s multi-faceted approach to photography incorporates over 40 years of technical experience with innovative artistic interpretation. Bobbi’s honest and fun connection with her clients allows them to feel relaxed and authentic. As a dedicated photo educator, and author she brings insight and enthusiasm to her students in information packed workshops held worldwide. Bobbi’s excellent rapport and communication with her students inspires and motivates, while her straight-forward teaching style reaches students of many different skill levels. Bobbi is known for her fun-filled workshops, teaching natural and strobe lighting techniques for portraits in the US and worldwide. She and her husband, Lee Varis lead international photo travel workshops to Venice for Carnival, Cuba, Turkey and Iceland. She is a Fuji X-Photographer since March 2014. Photo District News named her one of 13 of the Top Workshop Instructors. Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A South WEDNESDAY 1 TO 2:30 P.M. Price: $25 | Max. No. of People: 30 | Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced Portraits Unplugged is all about natural light, nothing technical or mechanical with reflectors and diffusers as our only tools. Bobbi teaches you how to find and work with natural light to make flattering and dynamic portraits of any subject. The beauty of available light is its ability to describe your subject from powerful and strong to soft and creamy. We work on capturing the essence of the people by the use of posing, expressions, tonality, composition, color, backgrounds and props. Bobbi shows you how to work with all kinds of light: hard, soft, bounced, window, “garage door”, reflected, diffused, etc. Portraits Unplugged* | Field Workshop (co-leader, Lee Varis) Meeting Location: Downtown Plaza (Gazebo), 24 Cathedral Place THURSDAY 6:30 TO 9:30 A.M. Horses on the Beach | Field Workshop (co-leader, Lee Varis) Price: $100 | Max. No. of People: 15 | Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced* *Recommended that participants take the Wednesday 1PM “Portraits Unplugged” Photo Seminar as a prerequisite. Portraits Unplugged is all about natural light, nothing technical or mechanical with reflectors and diffusers as our only tools. Bobbi teaches you how to find and work with natural light to make flattering and dynamic portraits of any subject. The beauty of available light is its ability to describe your subject from powerful and strong to soft and creamy. We work on capturing the essence of the people by the use of posing, expressions, tonality, composition, color, backgrounds and props. Bobbi shows you how to work with all kinds of light: hard, soft, bounced, window, “garage door”, reflected, diffused, etc. Supervised shooting with models. Suggested Gear List: Medium telephoto lens (85mm or longer for full frame, 60mm or longer for crop frame). Meeting Location: Frank B. Butler Park, 5860 A1A South WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY 6:15 TO 8:30 A.M. Price: $100 | Max. No. People: 30 | Difficulty Level: All Levels This field seminar has become the festival’s most popular workshop. Imagine pho- tographing horses running on one of the most beautiful beaches in St. Augustine in the early morning light. During this workshop, we’ll cover how to photograph moving subjects, panning, stop motion, silhouettes, manual exposure, Auto Focus settings and much more. Suggested Gear List: DSLR (Full or cropped sensor), 24-70mm or similar lens, 70-200mm mid-zoom lens, lots of cards, bring your flash if you want to experiment! PHOTOS: BOBBI LANE 14