Growing up I was extremely shy, socially awkward, and lacked adventure in every sense. I quickly realized that I didn’t want to get to the end of my life without having created, and lived, meaningfully. It wasn’t until I embraced selfish, full-hearted art that my life began to transform into a story worth telling. We will talk about how to create images that speak to your soul, and in doing so create a life worth living. We will bust through the lies we tell ourselves to embrace the artist that is dying – literally – to get out. Finally, we will talk about how creating art and living life fully can transform the lives of others in unimaginable ways.

My business has been built on the foundation of authenticity and carefully curated content. We will talk about how to create a voice that people want to hear, how to create shareable content that will attract a following as well as engage that following, and how to extend the reach of that content by parlaying it into a business. Over the course of the past eight years I have reached one million followers on my social sites without ever paying for an advertisement, and though I abhor turning people into numbers, we will talk about how to get the most out of authentic reach.

We will go through a fine art portrait shoot, utilizing methods and elements that anyone, no matter the skill level, can incorporate with little money and limited time. From a full on fine art shoot to editing techniques ranging from compositing to drastically changing color and light, we will go through the process of creating an image start to finish with hands-on participation.