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WOW! What a great experience attending David's Digital Master Class in Italy will be!  Seating is limited so make your reservations early!

Learn with the Masters in Italy

Located in a castle in Tuscany Italy, this Master Class is a photographer’s dream. Not only will you build your portfolio and sharpen your photography skills as you practice in one of the most scenic places in the world, but you’ll learn under the hands of two of the world’s most acclaimed portrait and wedding photographers. 

David is teaming up with Clay Blackmore, one of the world's leading portrait/wedding photographers to bring you the best professional photography Master Class since the Renaissance! 

During the week each student will learn from both instructors—giving you double the creativity and inspiration—and bringing your photography skills to a level you never dreamed of.

• • Price: $2,295 per person. Discounts are available for multiple people or for people sharing a room.  Prices start at just $500 additional for spouses/friends who aren’t attending the class.  Call for details. 
   
• • A private room on the Castle property for 7 nights is included with your Master Class, checking in on Sunday September 30th and checking out on Sunday October 7th.  Several different room configurations are available at the satellite villas on the Castle grounds. 
  
  • The Castle is south of the Florence Airport (1½ hours drive along route E35/A1) near the town of Chiusi . Students are responsible for their airfare to Italy and their transportation to and from the Castle.  A rental car is recommended, however, Chiusi is well served by the train system and it may be possible to arrange for you to be picked up at the train station.
   
• • There are 4 class days of instruction and we’ll be going from sunup to sundown and then some…be prepared for 12 hour days. The class days are Tuesday October 2nd through Friday October 5th.
   
• • All meals are provided on the class days…and that includes wine, too!
   
• • Topics covered will be in-depth posing, lighting, and composition:
  
  We promise to show you the most creative lighting and exciting compositional techniques ever! You will learn several new ways to make your lighting exciting! And we'll show you how to get the best lighting on your subject the first time, every time. Whether you use on-camera flash, off-camera flash or no flash at all, I'll show you how easy it is to make your images come to life.

  Ever take a photograph and try to create the same results months later to no avail? Why is that? It all has to do with understanding the secrets of composition. Clay and I show you how easy it is to pre-visualize the image in your "mind's eye". Then by applying the compositional secrets I'll share with you, you too will see how easy it is to create that exciting image time after time!

  We'll also cover the best lenses and focal lengths to use? What are the best camera settings to use to create that dramatic image? We'll walk you through, step by step, my "tried and true", easy-to-understand techniques to produce that dramatic image every time!

  Here is a sampling:

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• • Posing: men, women, couples, and groups. Hand positions. Feet positions
  
  • Lighting: How to light men, women, couples and groups. All natural Lighting. Ultimate window-light portraits. Use of Reflectors. How to effectively add speed-lights to any scene. 
  
  • Equipment to bring: your camera, lenses, speed-lights, reflector, and a laptop. 

 

In order to maximize the learning experience for all attendees, only the first 24 reservations will be accepted!

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