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Duality of Business- The Business of Photography with Jeremy Saffer and Anabel DFlux

March 21, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Class Summary

Date & Time:

March 21, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location:
Hunt's Photo Melrose (or Online)
Featuring:
Learn two distinct approaches on how to navigate the business of photography from two industry leading photographers
Skill Level:
All Skill Levels Welcome, but having a basic understanding of photography, camera settings, and being familiar with your camera is important. Students do not need any prior lighting experience.
Co/Guest Instructor:
Rock & Celebrity Photographers Jeremy Saffer and Anabel DFlux
Misc:

Duality is day 1 of 4 weekend workshops with Anabel and Jeremy.  Thursday is Duality, Friday and Saturday are Creating The Cycle, and Sunday is Oh My GOTH! If you would like to sign up for all four days at a discounted rate, make sure to choose the Four Day Option!

Important Notes:
Please note: Since this class is a seminar only, you can attend live in our Melrose store location or streaming (via zoom). Please sign up for the appropriate ticket above!
Policies:
Refund / Cancellation Policy

Refund Policy – Special Workshop

Certain special workshops, such as this one, are non-refundable. However, we understand that life happens, and you can receive a 50% credit towards a class in the future if you need to cancel.

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.

This is an ALL AGES event open to any photographers (pro, amateur, hobby, etc)

Please note: This class is a seminar only, which you can attend live at Hunt’s Photo or watch streaming (via zoom) – both tickets are available.

OVERVIEW

As a photographer you want to focus on creating images, but a camera is just as important as business practice and knowledge in the career of any working  photographer. From those who want to afford their hobby to those already who want to expand their income as a full time photographer, being successful is half  business knowledge and half photographic knowledge. The unknowns within the business side of photography can seem limitless, confusing, and  stressful when you only want to focus on creating.
In Duality you get not one but two successful photographers sharing their vast separate and combined knowledge of the business.
From the beginnings such as  breaking into the industry, getting your foot in the door, the ins and  outs of concert photography and touring, getting your work noticed and finding your  voice as a photographer to more seasoned knowledge such as how to  properly quote job rates, negotiate, read and write contract agreements, touring, and what conditions you need to make sure are met before you hit the road, how to best sell your work editorially and commercially  time and time again, even getting paid multiple times for a single job,  retaining clients and so much more.
Anabel and Jeremy will also cover the best ways to turn photography from a part time hobby into a career and what crucial steps you should take to get there, how to turn your work  into artist approved physical art that you can sell, how to properly  market both yourself and your work physically and online. Additionally, they will be going over some photography etiquette, how to create  additional revenue streams with your work, and making sure you are fully  protected from anything that could harm you or your career and so much  more. Aside from all of the good things, he will go over each and every  major mistake he’s made along his career and what he would have done  differently to correct it. Anabel and Jeremy will go over many hurdles they have faced  so you don’t have to, and will talk about all the hard times he didn’t  have to go through if they had the knowledge they do today. In this  seminar, Anabel and Jeremy will give you all the business tools possible to help  bring the blur that is the business of photography into sharp focus.
TOPICS COVERED
• Breaking Into the Industry
• Getting Published/Getting Paid
• Touring as a Photographer
• Setting Your Rates for Success
• How to Sell Your Images
• Making a Living with Your Photography
• Marketing Yourself and Your Work
• Contracts, Agreements, and Licensing
• Deliverables and Expectations of Work
• Creating the perfect client experience
• Booking the Shots you Want• Protecting Yourself and Your Work
• Creating Additional Revenue Streams in Photography
• And Much Much More!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Anyone with an interest in photography will gain much from this  program as will anyone interested in the business side of photography.  While the focus of the business is music photography and music  portraiture, much of the business of photography is transferable.

ATTENDING LIVE OR ATTENDING ONLINE 

You can attend  this workshop live at Hunt’s Photo in Melrose or online via Zoom. The recording can be streamed for 30 days after the recording date. 

ABOUT OUR WEEKEND OF WORKSHOPS WITH JEREMY SAFFER AND ANABEL DFLUX Duality is day 1 of 4 weekend workshops with Anabel and Jeremy.  Thursday is Duality, Friday and Saturday are Creating The Cycle, and Sunday is Oh My GOTH! If you would like to sign up for all four days at a discounted rate, make sure to choose the Four Day Option!

About Jeremy Saffer: Since 2004, photographer Jeremy Saffer has been making figures from the world of music, movies, and pop culture look iconic. Rightfully regarded as one of the most stylish and likable visual artists in contemporary media, he has crafted a recognizable, unique and fantastical range of styles that continue to dazzle in fresh and creative ways.

Utilizing his natural gift for alternative flair, it is Jeremy’s calling card to develop images and looks for clients that truly make the subject matter shine with star appeal and majestic imagery. For these reasons plus his likable, knowledgable personality, his portfolio extends to the covers and inside the pages of international publications such as Kerrang, Revolver, Metal Hammer, Alternative Press, Guitar World, Outburn, and countless other publications.

For a look at the caliber of entertainer who trusts Jeremy with their iconic imagery, you can look to the likes of hard rock and metal legends from Alice Cooper, Metallica, Slayer, Korn and Megadeth to contemporary heavyweights Slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold, Ghost, Bring Me The Horizon and more, movie and TV legends from A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Walking Dead, Hellraiser, A Clockwork Orange’s Malcolm McDowell and many, many more.

Saffer has been enlisted by both publications and the talent themselves, providing eye-popping album covers for the likes of Killswitch Engage and A Day To Remember, producing multiple A-list print series projects and gaining millions of YouTube views from music videos he has directed with In This Moment, Buckcherry, members of Rob Zombie and New Years Day and more.

On top of this elite tier talent list, for the past 10+ years, Jeremy has held seminars and workshops all across the United States encouraging droves of budding photographers and helping tomorrow’s visual artists develop a style of their own.

As you would expect for someone with such a dynamic and interesting style, Saffer extends to fine art photography with a litany of impactful and cinematic shots and scenes in his archive. His international back catalogue also includes hundreds of models and settings being used across a multitude of books, galleries, displays and art prints that have been sold all over the world.

The wealth of vision from his storied and unique career can be found in Jeremy’s latest project, The Daughters Of Darkness. A fearless and provocative hybrid of his iconic music photography and penchant for fine art, the project explores beauty within the macabre and features tributes to his love of black metal, doom and fantastical imagery. Daring to take his art into the furthest reaches of his imagination, this is sure to be a milestone in a career that continues to impress and expand into bold and brave new horizons.

About Anabel DFlux: Anabel DFlux is a published photographer hailing from Los Angeles and Las Vegas, known for a vast array of photographic work. Art is her passion in life, and in 2009 she made her dream a reality by establishing DFlux Photography, LLC. Since then, Anabel has become renowned for her innovative work including exotic animal photography, live music shooting and dynamic, imaginative portraits.

DFlux Photography began as a canine portrait service, servicing pet owners in the Los Angeles area at local dog parks and community events. She then swiftly moved into the marvelous world of dog sport photography, going on to currently receive a position photographing for three agility clubs, one scent sport club, and one barn hunt organization. However, throughout her career, she has worked with two dock diving clubs, one herding organization, six agility clubs, one flyball club, and two disc dog clubs. Her work has been featured and used by the American Kennel Club and the United States Dog Agility Association. Anabel has had the honor of photographing both national and international canine champions, as well as their litters. To help in her ability to work so well with dogs, Anabel has taken up agility classes and taken seminars on body language.

Simultaneously, Anabel’s teenage love for music manifested in her desire to photograph musicians and their various escapades. Having shot her very first musician portraits at the age of sixteen and her first concert the same year, her music photography career began rolling very quickly. Despite the industry’s hardships and tumultuous statistics, Anabel persevered in her desire to be a part of the music industry, albeit in a photographic sense. Since then, she has worked tirelessly with hundreds of bands, had her music photography published just as many times (in print and online), and received Senior Journalist positions at three music magazines, such as Outburn Magazine. She had previously worked for Substream Magazine, and had her work featured in Revolver Magazine, AP, Blabbermouth, and more. Anabel loves promoting all of the musicians that grace the front of her lens, and found a deep love for writing about their music. As of 2017, Anabel can officially say that her music work has reached an international level, with her photography being published in various music outlets within Finland, England, and Norway.

In 2015, Anabel DFlux had officially made her photography classes available to the public, and in 2017, she had been offered a positions as an educational writer for several online photography resources. As a self-taught photographer, Anabel feels that she has a different understanding of learning, and loves to offer that to students that have not had much success with traditional learning schemes and lesson plans. She teaches students of all skill levels and with all types of camera equipment, as well as post processing techniques and artistic business management skills. Her goal is to ensure that everyone understands the maximum capabilities of their equipment so that they can go forth and create the work that they dream of! From 2018-2019, Anabel DFlux taught seminars at Canon USA through their Live Learning program. In 2019, Anabel began teaching at Samy’s Photo School in Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Santa Ana. Mid-2019, Anabel became an ambassador for Sigma Corporation of America and has dedicated her time to education through Sigma’s incredible array of events!

Anabel DFlux loves to give back to the community, and can frequently be seen donating photography sessions and creating visual content for organizations such as CLEAR Canine Cancer & Lymphoma, East Valley Animal Shelter, Adopt the Arts Foundation, multiple wolf conservation centers, and the Judith A Bassett Canid Conservation & Education Center.

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