Scott Kelby in Philadelphia – An Attendee’s Perspective – Light It, Shoot it, Retouch it. Live!

September 27th, 2011

Light it, Shoot it, Retouch it. Live!

As the calendar swings into Autumn in the Philadelphia area a different presence descended upon the city of brotherly love as the superb Scott Kelby and the gang from Kelby Training rolled into town with the hottest show on turf, the highly educational and informative seminar, Light it, Shoot it, Retouch it. Live! Presented by the always entertaining Scott Kelby.

Junkies, Whack-jobs, & Nuts

Myself and three friends took the day and a short trip into the city to the PA Convention Center. There was pretty decent turn out for the event and there was no shortage of photographers spitting every imaginable bit of photo-jargon and babbling about snooze-inducing things like aperture, f-stops, ambient light, seamless backgrounds, fake eyelashes, and bass guitars (really, bass guitars were actually mentioned!). In short, it was a melting pot oozing with photo loving maniacs and sharpness obsessed creatures like myself and every other camera-tottin’ nut who attended.

Get this party started!

We kicked off the day with a brief introduction, gear overview and tethered shooting setup with Adobe Lightroom, but quickly jumped into the first shoot. Scott spent a little time shooting some wonderful beauty head shots using a variety of clamshell lighting techniques as well as his amazing back lit softbox background technique -if you’re not sure what this is… you should have been there! Or check out KelbyTraining.com for some tutorials on the method.

The Day went like this…

After the shoot Scott covered some great Photoshop and Lightroom techniques for retouching the images he had just shot. This was the theme of the day. Light. Shoot. Retouch. The rest of the day went something like this:

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Dramatic lighting class.

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Retouching those images.

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Lunch (Reading Terminal Market all the way, baby!)

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Edgy light for corporate type head shots or magazine cover.

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Retouching those photos and even creating that magazine cover!

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Athletic edgy light photo shoot (captured an amazing boxer photograph during this shoot).

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Retouching and editing those photos.

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Fashion/High Fashion photo shoot.

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Retouching those fashion photographs.

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Shooting images for a composite.

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Compositing a studio lit model onto an amazing location image.

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Shooting a different look for a composite.

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Compositing that image with a variety of industrial backgrounds to create some amazing artwork.

Tips, Tricks, Goodness all day

Add to that all of Scott’s mini-tutorials and tips all throughout the day and you have an amazing learning experience top-to-bottom. Considering the amount of tips and the quality of content, this was the best Kelby Training hosted event I’ve been to yet.

Funny guy, eh?

Scott also shared a healthy does of his comedic side as he fumbled around on stage for the 6+ hours he was there, ragging on himself, ragging on Brad (his trusty main-man), ragging his subjects (albeit, gently), and us, the audience! I wouldn’t rather have it any other way! Haha! It was awesome! Rag away, Scott, rag away.

Dazzling

In this 6 hour spectacular Scott did an amazing job of starting at square one and building soup-to-nuts, everything. From brand new shooters to seasoned vets, everyone walked away with valuable tips, tricks, and glistening with an arsenal of new-found photography confidence and inspiration!

Thank you, Kelby Training!

A huge thank you to the crew who made this whole event happen and thanks for the great time you gave us all, Scott! Hope you enjoyed your stay in Philadelphia as much as we enjoyed having you! Look forward to the next time you swing through the Keystone state.

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