There's still time to "Create Your Own Creativity"

As I wrote about a couple of weeks ago, internationally recognized portrait photographer Henk van Kooten will be hosting a one-night seminar in Salt Lake City on March 25th. The main subject will be "How to Create your Own Creativity". It only takes a few moments on Henk's website to see how creative and unconventional he is with his photography. He is able to take somewhat radical ideas and introduce it into his portrait work to create stunning results.

This seminar is not only for portrait photographers, but really any photographer that wants to improve the creativity in their work. It doesn't matter if your main subject is landscapes or weddings, Henk will inspire you creatively.

Doors open at 6:30pm and the seminar starts 7pm precisely. It lasts until 9:30 with 2 breaks. The price of the seminar is $85 with a maximum of 40 students. To sign up, email Kenneth Linge's International School of Photography at: intsop@gmail.com. In the mean time, be sure to check Henk's work out at www.henkvankooten.com.

The International School of Photography is a sponsor of LeggNet's Digital Capture. I have attended several of their training seminars over the past year and value their mission of sharing information and training photographers. I will be featuring their programs from time to time on this site.

Photographing People Seminar with Kenneth Linge

I had a conversation yesterday with my friend Kenneth Linge. Kenneth is a world class wedding and portrait photographer as well as a photography instructor. In chatting with him about his upcoming seminar (Photographing People, Part 1) this Saturday in Salt Lake City, he mentioned that there were still some spots available. Being someone who is always on the lookout for something to blog about, I freely offered to pass along the info.

I have attended two of Kenneth's classes in the past year. I find it amazing that a photographer of his level is so willing to freely share the techniques that he has learned in 30+ years as a working pro. Scott Smith (a photographer I met through this blog) attended Kenneth's last class in Salt Lake City. Here's a little bit of what he had to say about it on his blog:

"Kenneth teaches seminars in the US and Europe. He successfully completed five European tours last year. Kenneth and his wife Marylyn taught the class of 15 students. Their class was structured in a way to teach some basic fundamentals with techniques they use and build upon them in upcoming seminars. One of the highlights for me was to participate in a live model shoot in downtown Salt Lake City. It was amazing to watch Kenneth look for the natural available light and apply it to create some amazing photographs."

If you're interested in learning more about the seminar (and possibly attending), pop on over to Kenneth's website for more into: http://kennethlinge.com/seminars.html

And when you decide to attend, you can see yours truly in action. I will be there photographing the photographer :)

Kenneth Linge Photography Seminar

I was invited to attend Kenneth Linge's latest seminar, Photographing People Part I, this past Saturday in Salt Lake City. Kenneth wanted to have some overview photographs taken as he was teaching and demonstrating his photography methods and asked me to provide them.

Today's image is one of the example shots from the class. The purpose of the photo is to show both the setup of a shot and the final portrait. In the left frame you can see Kenneth photographing Kathleen (the model) from a very low angle with her bending over at the waist to create a specific look. The lighting is provided by Kenneth's wife MaryLyn using a single reflector. The right frame shows the stunning final result of this technique. It is simply incredible to see the results that can be obtained with the lighting and posing techniques that Kenneth teaches. I am obviously a fan of Kenneth's photography and his teaching. I have learned so much from him and look forward to learning even more in the future.

For more information on Kenneth's photography and seminars, visit his website at www.kennethlinge.com or his blog at kennethlinge.squarespace.com. He will be teaching at least one more session of Photographing People Part I before he moves into Part 2 in March (a class I will be attending).

Kenneth Linge's New Blog

Kenneth Linge, an internationally recognized photographer and photography instructor, has started blogging. I met Kenneth last July when I attended his Wedding School and immediately became impressed with not only his photography, but with his openness in sharing his techniques. Here's a quote from his blog that illustrates this point:

"I try to live my photography life as a NO secrets photographer. I want to challenge all you photographers to always share of yourself with NO limits, so much of what I know came from being open and the people open up to you."

Kenneth's blog can be found at kennethlinge.squarespace.com. I've added it to my RSS reader and I encourage you to do the same.

Canon 5D, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens - 1/800 second, f/5.6, ISO 100

Levels of Education

Levels of Education, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

Captured at the City Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.