Using your Images from the Workshop

Please enjoy sharing your creations from the workshop, but do it respectfully!

Some guidelines:

• Please do not represent these images as your own creations, including using them in competitions or for your business advertising. You did not create the concept, style the model or set, or execute the session. Therefore, claiming credit for the image would be unethical.
• Please tag Florida School, the models (London or Shoshana), and Shannon in your images!
• Facebook: London Simone, Florida Professional Photographers, Inc. (FPP), NanliteUSA, NanliteGlobal, and Shannon Squires Photography and Creative Academy.
• Instagram:@LittleLondonsLife, @fpp_fl, @nanliteusa, @nanlite_global, and @ShannonSquiresPhotography.
• Associate Photographer and Assistant Instructor Jeff Jackson's accounts: ShotGroupPhoto on Facebook and @ShotGroupPhoto on Instagram.
• DRAGON PHOTO (Facebook):
  - Instruction by Shannon Shannon Squires Photography and Creative Academy
  - Photo by Jeff at ShotGroupPhoto
  - Model: Shoshana Shellans
  - Florida Professional Photographers, Inc. (FPP), NanliteUSA, NanliteGlobal
• DRAGON PHOTO (Instagram):
  - Instruction by @ShannonSquiresPhotography
  - Photo by Jeff at @ShotGroupPhoto
  - Model: @shoshandshield
  - @fpp_fl, @nanliteusa, @nanlite_global
• If in doubt, please just ask!

 

Administrative Info

Class Schedule
https://floridaschoolofphotography.com/index.php/schedule-2023/

Holiday Inn Orlando Lake Buena Vista
13351 FL-535, Orlando, FL  32821
Google Maps Link

Shannon's and Jeff's Equipment

Here's a short list of the equipment Shannon uses in the studio and to edit.

Canon R5 - Be sure not to buy the International Version unless you're willing to forego the warranty.

Canon EF70-200mm f2.8L ISIII - Be sure not to buy the International Version unless you're willing to forego the warranty.

Canon EF-EOS R Mount Adapter - Sure, she could get the RF70-200, but the EF one is a powerhouse of a portrait lens, especially for outdoor sessions, and this adapter works flawlessly.

Wacom Intuos Pro (Large) - Shannon carries this big thing around in its original box when she travels! She doesn't even use all the space but she likes to put it on her lap and prop it up on the desk to get comfortable.

Wacom Pro Pen 2 WITH CASE!! - Shannon doesn't use this one because she carries that whole box around the airport, but Jeff does and he gets comments on how convenient it is whenever he takes it out during classes. The travel case protects the pen and it stores extra tips in the end!

Spyder by Datacolor screen calibrator - Proper color calibration for your monitor is critical when editing photographs, especially when the goal is to print them.

SmallRig Super Camera Clamp Mount, Double Ball Head Adapter - This clamp is super handy, with a 1/4-20 male (that's the part that screws into the bottom of a camera or, in this case, the Pavo tube clamp) on one end and a vice-style clamp that attaches to a desk, light stand, fencepost, etc. This is one tool we use to connect the Pavo tubes to light stands.

SmallRig Folding Tool Set - A multi-tool for cameras and grip equipment. This has saved our butts on location several times...and some other photographers, too.

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Class Equipment

Nanlite Forza 500 II - We used this for the main light.

Nanlite Softbox - Parabolic 150 - Large softbox modifier on the main light. Generally, the larger modifier you use, the softer your light will be. Shannon  normally prefers soft light in her fine art images, so we often use large modifiers placed fairly close the subject. 

Nanlite Pavo Tube 4' - These are the "light saber lights" that we used for the hair lights to provide separation from the backdrop. (Shannon has the four light kit at the studio.)

Nanlite 10" Pavo Tube - This is the short version of the Pavo tube.

 

Props Shannon Likes

Quill Pen and Ink Set Feather Pen with Ink and 6pcs Nibs Calligraphy Pens for Beginners (LINK)

Compass Vintage Leather Journal - Antique Handmade Leatherbound Journal with Deckled Edge - Paper Diary - Leather Sketchbook - Drawing Journal Notebook (LINK)

114 Pcs Junk Journal Pages Vintage Ephemera Pack Kraft Paper, Junk Journal Vintage Paper for Scrapbooking and Decoupage (LINK)

Vintage Genuine Leather iPad/Tablet/tab/Kindle Satchel Cross Body Shoulder Messenger Bag (11 X 9 Inch) (LINK)

Bowtie Brooches Collar Pin Jewelry (LINK)

Cryptex Da Vinci Code Mini Cryptex Lock Puzzle Boxes with Hidden Compartments (LINK)

Necklace with 1-3/4 Inch Optical Magnifier Lens and 36-Inch Gold Chain for Library (LINK)

 

Richard Sturdevant's Brushes

Shannon used Richard's Wildlife Bundle as a mixer brush for much of this workshop's painting. B-06 Spatter-59 for model's hair and dress, and B-03 Hair 1 for the horse's mane.

 

Upcoming Workshops

OWN THE LIGHT (SIGN UP NOW!)
Advanced Compositing Workshop by Shannon Squires and Jeff Jackson
February 16-18, 2024
Home Studio, Colorado Springs

EMBELLISHMENTS (SIGN UP NOW!)
Learn Physical Embellishments to Digital Prints from Shannon Squires and Richard Sturdevant
April 5-7, 2024
Home Studio, Colorado Springs, CO

 

Resources

Dynamics of Symmetry book by Tavis Leaf Glover
Tavis Leaf Glover, The Rule of Thirds - 10 Myths [Powerful Techniques] (2016)
Tavis Leaf Glover, Dynamic Symmetry - How to use it in Photography and Painting

minutephysics, Trinity of Quality

Neil deGrasse Tyson - Now NOT to Raise Your Children