Creative Portrait Shootout: A Hands-On Styled Portrait Experience with Sony and Tony Gale- Hunt’s Melrose
July 12 @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Also of note... There are two sessions available! This session is from 1:30-4pm.
To sign up for our other session, click here.
Class Summary
July 12 @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
THREE great instructors- Sony Ambassador Tony Gale, frequent Hunt's Photo Education guest instructor Henry Marte, and Hunt's Photo Educator Paul Nelson
TWO separate sessions- 10am or 1:30pm (This one is the 1:30pm session)
ONE photographer needed (that's you!)
- Feel free to bring your camera with a standard zoom lens. A 50mm or 85mm prime lens would also be a good option.
- Sony will also be on site with gear available to rent! Make sure to bring an extra SD memory card.
- You will not need a tripod. Space will be limited, so feel free to bring your gear, but keep it light. 🙂
- As always, bring your enthusiasm and creative thoughts!
As always, if you are sick or feeling unwell, STAY HOME! You must contact classes@huntsphoto.com prior to the event for a credit towards a future walk. Please see Cancellation Policy for details.
Refund Policy – Classes / Walks / Workshops
For classes, walks, & workshops, cancellations and postponement can be made up to 48-hours prior to the scheduled time. Refunds cannot be granted for cancellations placed less than 72-hours/3-days before a class or walk, but you can receive a 75% credit toward a future class, walk, or workshop.
For all cancellations, you must contact classes@huntsphoto.com prior to the event. If you register for a class and do not show up, your payment will be forfeited..
Please note: This workshop previously had a slightly different title (Capture the Moment). All other details are identical.
Join Hunt’s Photo Education and Sony for a hands-on event with a trio of photographers (Sony Ambassador Tony Gale, frequent Hunt’s Photo Education guest instructor Henry Marte, and Hunt’s Photo Educator Paul Nelson) guiding you to capture amazing portraits!
In this Portrait Shootout, we will have four unique portrait setups for you to photograph. Each setup will be a little different, placing our models in unique scenery, props and costumes. All setups will have lighting provided. The goal is to put you, the photographer, in front of as many opportunities to capture unique portraits. Through scenery, props, costumes, atmosphere, and lighting, you’ll be able transform a simple portrait into a more complex story! You also don’t need to be an expert at any of these elements to participate. Many of these setups will be built, so you don’t need to worry about knowing the lighting or even how to pose the model! However, we will have enough instructors to describe how or why you light or pose a subject in a specific way, if you want to know!
The Creative Portrait Shootout aims to inspire and invigorate photographers to create something amazing. Join us for this fantastic opportunity!
This event is sponsored by Sony, but ALL photographers, regardless what camera you have, are encouraged to attend. Sony loaner gear (cameras and lenses) will be available for ANYONE interested! (Make sure to bring a driver’s license and credit card for loaners.)
Sony Contest!
In addition to the event, attendees will have the opportunity to post up their best image to IG in an attempt to win a prize. Details to be announced at the event!
About Tony:
Sony Ambassador Tony Gale is a NYC based award winning portrait photographer shooting for a range of advertising, editorial and corporate clients. Tony was raised in Bellingham, Washington (90 miles north of Seattle) and spent most of his time as a child exploring the woods behind his parents house. At 19 after visiting Bruce Lee’s grave in Seattle, and taking his first photo with a disposable camera, he bought his first camera. He promptly broke it and bought his first SLR. At 21, he moved to Seattle to pursue photography and in fall of 2000 moved to NYC, the center of the world.
Tony has taught photographic lighting at FIT in NYC and Parsons the New School for Design, judged photo contests, and has traveled the country leading workshops for American Photographic Artists.
About Henry Marte
Henry is a published photographer and credited filmmaker. He specializes in various forms of photography, including portrait, events, headshots, drone, and commercial photography. Other than attending MassArt’s Documentary Film School, he is almost entirely self taught. He runs a small media production studio called Marte Media, based out of Western Avenue Studios in Lowell. Some of his clients include Spartan Race, UMass Lowell, Phillips Academy, Navigation Brewing Company, and more. Originally from NYC, he now calls Lowell, Massachusetts his home. He enjoys New York style pizza, walks with a camera, and hiking to active volcanoes.









