PCCI: Celebrity-Glamour Portrait Photography

[randytamayo]

Posting for a friend:

On August 20 to 21, the Philippine Center for Creative Imaging (PCCI) will again hold the workshop, Celebrity-Glamour Portrait Photography.

This workshop will cover the finer elements of portraiture encompassing techniques that professional photographer Dominique James applies when photographing celebrities. With the goal of making subjects look like glamorous celebrities in pictures, Dominique will share valuable tips and hints that are all easy, quick and painless to apply.

The course will break down the various elements that contribute to making a successful and modern "celebrity" type of portraiture both in a studio setup and on location. Distilling his working experience of more than 15 years, Dominique will touch on all aspects of creating visually stunning "celebrity" image portraits.

Under the guidance of Dominique James, participants will have the opportunity to instantly apply the techniques when photographing two popular female commercial models from CalCarrie International. Each participant will have the opportunity to create professional grade, world-class, celebrity-type, portfolio-quality photographs.

What will be covered
• Basic principles of photographing people
• Elements of beauty in photographs
• Mathematical formula/rule of capturing & creating photographic beauty
• Pre-production & conceptual stage of photographing celebrities
• Hair & makeup styling for glamour portrait session
• Dealing with celebrities & talents during the portrait session
• Photo session workflow
• Studio lighting techniques for celebrity portraiture
• Natural lighting techniques for celebrity portraiture on location
• Composing the portrait image
• Portraiture secrets of pro photographers
• Post-production workflow
• The legal & business aspects/arrangements of photographing celebrities/models

Who should attend
This is for amateur and professional portrait photographers who want to make their subjects look like glamorous celebrities in pictures.

What to bring
Participants should bring their own (film or digital) SLR camera. For participants with film-based cameras, film will be provided.

Course fee: P 5,200.00
Course fee for PhilMUG members, P 4,700.00
Class hours: 9 AM to 5 PM

If you're interested, phone PCCI at 759-3087, or email us at inquiry@pcci.com.ph

[randytamayo]

Here is an out-take from the seminar:

[CooLes]

Simply fabulous Randy. Just love the tight framing on that one.

[detz]

hey randy! took ur advice and looked up this site. galeng! it's great for a newbie (though old time mac user) like me.

dett (celebrity glamour portrait photography classmate) :yes:

[detz]

fantabulous ang kuha mo kay Mae! i-post ko rin kuha ko sa yo with the boa feathers? hehehe!

have to say it's so easy to become a disciple of THE Dominique James! Will definitely take the refresher just to hear him again... and again... and again!

[randytamayo]

Ei Detz, Welcome to philMUG!!!

Enjoy your stay here!

i-post ko rin kuha ko sa yo with the boa feathers? hehehe!
Please... nooooooooooo!!!!!

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Here is more from the class. Monica this time.



Full Monica gallery here

Randy

[Edited on 8-22-2005 by randytamayo]

[CooLes]

Love the S-Curve on the bride :winkgrin:

[dominiquejames]

Hey Detz! Welcome to PhilMUG! It's good to have you here. I enjoyed spending the weekend with you guys. Let's see some of your photos! You guys are fabulous!

[Edited on 8-21-2005 by dominiquejames]

[detz]

Hi DJ! I've been browsing the various forums and topics and realized i've only been "skimming the surface" of my mac. this site is great! thanks for introducing me to it.

post my photos here from your course? we-ell... how small should the file size be so it won't eat too much space?

thankya!

[detz]

rands! visited your monica gallery -- really nice shots! what about mae's?