Bobbi Lane
Bobbi Lane, a Fujifilm “X” Photographer, is an award-winning commercial photographer specializing in creative portraits on location and in the studio. Lane's multi-faceted approach to photography incorporates over 40 years of technical experience with innovative artistic interpretation. Her corporate and editorial work includes corporate websites, annual reports and hundreds of environmental portraits for a wide variety of magazines. As a dedicated photo educator, she brings insight and enthusiasm to her students in workshops held worldwide. She is widely known as the “Mistress of Light”, teaching portrait lighting techniques with both natural and artificial light. Combining her love of travel, photography and teaching, Bobbi also leads international photo travel workshops with her husband Lee Varis, such as Venice Carnival, Tuscany, Scotland, New York City and Iceland. Her dynamic workshops are always both education and entertaining!
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Bobbi's Seminars & Workshops
Portraits with Flash: Instruction and Demo
THU 1 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
*People should take this workshop before the field seminar*
This class is a step-by-step guide in how to use speedlights, or portable flash, to make an effective portrait, both in the studio and on location. Using flash is tricky, but the settings and exposure techniques are fully explained and demonstrated. The students learn how to make beautiful fill flash, how to use one light on camera for easy and simple portraits and how to use one off camera with radio remotes for more control with the direction of light. The participants will have hands-on experience working with the lights and various modifiers.
Participants should have good camera skills and at least one flash that can be used TTL. No lighting experience is necessary.
Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A S.
Price: $25
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced
Max No People: 30
Suggested Gear List: Medium telephoto lens (85mm or longer for full frame, 60mm or longer for crop frame), Portable flash, any light modifiers, and bring your manual!
Portraits with Flash in the Field (co-leader, Lee Varis)
THU 4:30 – 7:30 P.M.
***Recommended that participants take the THURS 1PM “Portraits with Flash” Photo Seminar as a prerequisite.***
This dynamic workshop is a step-by-step guide in how to use speedlights, or portable flash, to make an effective portrait, both in the studio and on location. Using flash is tricky, but the settings and exposure techniques are fully explained and demonstrated. The students learn how to make beautiful fill flash, how to use one light on camera for easy and simple portraits and how to use one off camera with radio remotes for more control with the direction of light. The participants will have hands-on experience working with the lights and various modifiers. Bobbi provides the photographer with essential lighting techniques and hands on supervised shooting time with models to help each individual.
Participants should have good camera skills and at least one flash that can be used TTL.
Field Workshop
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A S.
Price: $100
Difficulty Level: Intermediate (must know how to use their flash so students must take class first)
Max No People: 12
Suggested Gear List: Medium telephoto lens (85mm or longer for full frame, 60mm or longer for crop frame), Portable flash, any light modifiers, and bring your manual!
Photographing Horses on the Beach (co-leader, Lee Varis)
FRI 6:15 - 8:30 A.M.
This field seminar has become the festival’s most popular workshop. Imagine photographing horses running on one of the most beautiful beaches in St. Augustine in the early morning light. During this workshop, we’ll cover how to photograph moving subjects, panning, stop motion, silhouettes, manual exposure, Auto Focus settings and much more.
Field Workshop
Meeting Location: Frank B. Butler County Park EAST, 5860 A1A S.
Price: $100
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced
Max No. of People: 20
Suggested Gear List:
DSLR (Full or cropped sensor)
24-70mm or similar lens
70-200mm mid-zoom lens
Lots of cards
Bring your flash if you want to experiment!
Posing and Directing People
FRI 1 - 2:30 P.M.
The two biggest challenges facing portrait photographers are how to guide the subject into a pleasing and effective poses, and communicating and directing them to achieve real expressions. This class breaks these areas down into essential and usable techniques. The use of hands, head tilts, props, and hats as well as hiding physical defects is demonstrated. We will demonstrate many classic and effective poses for men and women, individual and couples, kids and families.
The photographer/subject relationship is delicate, so the art of listening and asking questions is a major factor in gaining the trust of your client. Through the use of scripting and practice sessions between the participants, we will discover the best ways to relax and relate to your clients. We discuss how to overcome both the photographers’ concerns and the client’s fears or nervousness, the discovery process, building the teamwork and speaking respectfully to the client in order to guide the photographic session.
Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A S.
Price: $25
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced
Max No People: 30
Suggested Gear List: Medium telephoto lens (85mm or longer for full frame, 60mm or longer for crop frame)
Portraits Unplugged
FRI 3 - 4:30 P.M.
*People should take this workshop before the field seminar*
Portraits Unplugged is all about natural light, nothing technical or mechanical with reflectors and diffusers as our only tools. Bobbi teaches you how to find and work with natural light to make flattering and dynamic portraits of any subject. The beauty of available light is its ability to describe your subject from powerful and strong to soft and creamy. We work on capturing the essence of the people by the use of posing, expressions, tonality, composition, color, backgrounds and props. Bobbi shows you how to work with all kinds of light: hard, soft, bounced, window, “garage door”, reflected, diffused, etc.
Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A S.
Price: $25
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced
Max No People: 30
Portraits Unplugged in the Field (co-leader, Lee Varis)
SAT 6:30 - 9:30 A.M.
***Recommended that participants take the FRI 3PM “Portraits Unplugged” Photo Seminar as a prerequisite.***
Portraits Unplugged is all about natural light, nothing technical or mechanical with reflectors and diffusers as our only tools. Bobbi teaches you how to find and work with natural light to make flattering and dynamic portraits of any subject. The beauty of available light is its ability to describe your subject from powerful and strong to soft and creamy. We work on capturing the essence of the people by the use of posing, expressions, tonality, composition, color, backgrounds and props. Bobbi shows you how to work with all kinds of light: hard, soft, bounced, window, “garage door”, reflected, diffused, etc. Supervised shooting with models.
Field Workshop
Meeting Location: Downtown Gazebo in the Plaza, 170 St. George St.
Price: $100
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced
Max No. of People: 15
Suggested Gear List: Medium telephoto lens (85mm or longer for full frame, 60mm or longer for crop frame)
Flowers with Flash
SAT 3 - 4:30 PM
Bobbi shows you how to make beautiful and heartfelt images that bring out the beauty, color and texture of flowers. Lighting is the key, and the direction, quality and depth of light all combine together to create the description and mood of the image. One flash is all you need, either off or on the camera, with various modifiers to control the quality. You will learn how to position the light, choose the right modifier, set up the background and use reflectors.
How to use your flash effectively in three different ways.
1. Outdoor fill flash
2. Flash as main light in a studio setting
3. Balancing ambient and flash outdoors.
Flowers! Their beauty, grace and color make them many photographers’ favorite subject. The portable flash is a powerful device that helps us control the impact of our images but not everyone knows how to use it well. Bobbi will show you how to use just one flash, both off and on the camera to make your
flower images glorious. She takes you step by step through the creative process of deciding the feeling of the photo and then choosing appropriate light modifiers. Bobbi explains the process and demonstrates some simple techniques that anyone can do in their own home or in the field.
Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall as St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A S
Price: $25
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced
Max No. People: 30
Suggested Gear List: Macro or Medium telephoto lens
Photographing Horses on the Beach (co-leader, Lee Varis)
SUN 6:15 - 8:30 A.M.
This field seminar has become the festival’s most popular workshop. Imagine photographing horses running on one of the most beautiful beaches in St. Augustine in the early morning light. During this workshop, we’ll cover how to photograph moving subjects, panning, stop motion, silhouettes, manual exposure, Auto Focus settings and much more.
Field Workshop
Meeting Location: Frank B. Butler County Park EAST, 5860 A1A S.
Price: $100
Difficulty Level: Beginner to Advanced
Max No. of People: 20
Suggested Gear List:
DSLR (Full or cropped sensor)
24-70mm or similar lens
70-200mm mid-zoom lens
Lots of cards
Bring your flash if you want to experiment!