Welcome to our Autumn/Winter photography workshops and events. We have amazingly creative, inspiring shoots and some stunning models for you to work with. New models, new concepts, old rivalry and welcome returns. We’ve plenty to get you excited about your photography.
Enjoy!
Best wishes
Michael 🙂
In the pursuit of the perfect image, most photographers look for grand, beautiful, flawless locations to use as backdrops for their shoots. Perhaps a mansion or stately home, plush hotel, beautiful streets with grandiose architecture, glorious beaches, woodland etc.etc.
However, our maxim is ‘The world is our studio’. And we mean the whole world. By seeing the beauty or (forgive me for sounding a bit airy-fairy but I can’t think of a better term) visual poetry in a location it is possible to create powerful, interesting photographs. We often overlook what’s on our doorsteps as mundane and uninteresting, but guess what – the best photographers can turn those scenarios into stunning images. Old windows, ugly old industrial buildings, scruffy side streets, plain brick walls – all can be used to create great photography – if you can see through the ugliness and visualise something interesting and powerful.
This workshop will take you out of your comfort zone and help you start seeing things in a different way. We will be working on selecting locations, composition, lens choice, light, styles etc.
The model for this workshop is Hannah Grinham (pictured) who we are very lucky to have as she has just become a fully fledged London agency model.
Date: Thursday October 11th
Time: 11am – 3pm
Venue: Michael Lau Studio
Cost £55.00
The Alternative Model scene is growing ever stronger, and and it’s not hard to see why. An ‘Alternative Model’ means a model who doesn’t conform to the conventional size 6/8 stick insect type. Instead they may be a little less tall, a little curvier, quite a bit more pierced and tattooed but no less beautiful. If you are in any doubt about this, I present Exhibit A – Kamara (pictured).
Unconventional in a lot of people’s eyes but I defy anyone to call her anything but beautiful. Kamara is a photographer’s goldmine – she brings with her a sense of style, colour and character unique to herself. We will help you capture this uniqueness in this shoot by helping you create the right lighting, backdrops and poses. This workshop is guaranteed to put something special in your portfolio.
Date: Thursday October 18th
Time: 6pm-10pm
Venue: Michael Lau Studio
Cost £65.00
The Monday Night Club is back! And it’s back with a bang!!! For the uninitiated the Monday Night Club is a shoot where we introduce new models to our photographers in an informal, creative shoot. Ava is one of our latest discoveries and we think she’s an absolute gem! She may be new but she has an amazing look and plenty of raw talent. We have extremely high hopes for her modelling career. And you never know, one day you may be able to tell people that you once took Ava’s photo.
We will be working to fashion and portrait levels with this little star who comes complete with a huge wardrobe.
Get in quick – this one is going to be very popular!
Date: Monday October 22nd
Time: 6pm-10pm
Venue: Michael Lau Studio
Cost £45.00
A big welcome back to Illyana who hasn’t visited our studio for a little while now. Illyana is a joy to work with – she’s beautiful, very long-limbed and extremely flexible so she can pose in ways that most models can’t. She also comes with a big personality and is always entertaining to work with.
We will be shooting art nude, using different lighting and posing techniques to maximise Illyana’s wonderful modelling.
Date: Thursday October 25th
Time: 6pm-9pm
Venue: Michael Lau Studio
Cost: £65.00
Another one of our events that’s making a comeback is Critique Evening! This is a very useful way of getting genuine, helpful, constructive criticism of your images. All you have to do is to submit 5 images to project onto a big screen and we offer our critique – what’s good, what’s bad and how to push forward. These evenings have proved to be very positive and it’s great for ideas, inspiration and a general soundboard for your photography. And if that’s not enough – all proceeds goes to Rainbows hospice who we’ve always supported with this event.
Date: Wednesday 7th November
Time: 6pm – 9pm
Venue: Michael Lau Studio
Cost £10.00
Canonball. The eternal struggle between the superpowers of the camera world battling to the death to determine who is the best.
All over a nice game of Ten Pin Bowling. Canon vs Nikon vs The Alternatives (Sony, Fuji, Olympus etc.) vs Team Model.
Canon are the reigning champions, can anyone knock them off their perch? Let battle commence!
We like to dramatise this in the spiel but actually this is a fun, light-hearted social event. And it’s only a tenner with a 2 games of bowling, a drink and food included! What’s not to like?!?!
Date: Thursday 22nd November
Time: 7pm-9pm
Venue: Tenpin, Nottingham
Cost £10.00
