GLAMOUR UNLEASHED
Master Light, Pose & Style
A Glamour Photography Master Class
With Rick Ferro
Master Photographer | Director of Education, Phottix
Take your photography to an exciting new level in this dynamic, hands-on, master class with Rick Ferro. Discover how to combine creative lighting, elegant posing, dramatic movement, and artistic vision to produce extraordinary glamour portraits.
Throughout the day, Rick will share professional techniques developed over 40 years of photographing and educating photographers.
Mastering Light & Glamour Portraiture
The Ultimate Glamour Headshot
Learn how to create stunning beauty portraits using multiple colored gels, creative lighting patterns, and carefully controlled highlights and shadows.
The Magic of the Eye-Lighter
Learn how this powerful lighting accessory can open shadows, enhance catchlights, and bring extraordinary beauty to your subject's eyes.
Posing, Movement & Creative Lighting
Flying the Dress — Creating Drama & Movement
Learn how to transform flowing gowns and veils into breathtaking photographic images. Discover proper lighting, assistant direction, fabric movement, and camera angles.
Mastering Outdoor Off-Camera Flash
Take control of natural light! Learn how to balance flash with ambient exposure, control harsh sunlight, and create beautifully lit outdoor glamour portraits.
Bringing it altogether using Luminar-Neo the most powerful software in the World. Rick will share his editing tools for the perfect results.
**Attendees should bring to class: your camera, something to take notes with/on and something for editing**
Rick Ferro
Biography
In the last forty years, Rick has impacted the photographic community by being one of the leading wedding photographers in the nation. In addition to wedding photography, his clients have included 7-UP, Sprint, the Miami Dolphins, Master Card, and Mercedes Benz.
In 1993, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, approached Rick to create for Disney a wedding photography department. Rick became the Senior Wedding Photographer for Disney and trained their photographers. Rick was a photographer for ABC’s “Weddings of a Lifetime”
and the “Regis & Kathie Lee Show”.
Rick currently has photographed “Weddings of a Lifetime” for Disney’s “Free Form” channel. Rick has owned and operated over five photography studios and operated a photography concession for an international cruise line for three years.
In 1999 Rick wrote his first book, “Creative Techniques For Lighting and Posing”, published by Amherst Media. Since then, Rick has had over eight books published in multiple languages.
Because of Rick’s experience as a photographer, author and teacher, he is asked to speak at professional guilds, conferences and conventions and has taught in the United States, Canada and internationally in the UK, Scotland, and Ireland. Rick currently shares his insights and techniques on social media.
Rick is a Lifetime Member of WPPI, Wedding & Portrait Photographers International, and is a member of PPA, Professional Photographers of America. Rick has an Associate of Science Degree and is a WPPI Master Photographer. Rick has received his PPA Master Photographer & Craftsman degree. He has also earned the honor of his images meriting the PPA Loan Collection and Showcase Collection. In 2006 Rick received, along with his wife, the United Nations Leadership Award from the International Photographic Council at the United Nations in New York City.
Currently Rick is a Lead Photographer and Trainer for Walt Disney World’s Fine Art Department.