Joel Grimes 2013 Instructor | Photography School Image Explorations

This announcement has been one that has been long in the making. And one I am so excited about.
I started following this photographer 5 years ago and since that time dreamed about having him join us at Image Explorations on our instructors team.

After almost having him join us in our 2012 Season, I am finally pleased to announce that Commercial Photographer JOEL GRIMES is our 2013 Image Explorations Instructor. 

If you are not familiar with who Joel Grimes is then read and on and find out just how much fun and how unique your learning experience is going to be with Joel for 4 DAYS  Straight !

BIO OF JOEL GRIMES

In 1984 Joel graduated from the University of Arizona with a BFA in Photography and soon established a commercial studio working out of Denver Colorado. 

For over 27 years Joel has worked for many of the top advertising agencies and corporations across the globe for clients such as AARP, AES, Abbott Labs, Archer Daniels Midland, Arizona Office of Tourism,  AT&T, Broncos, Comcast, Febreze, Goldman Sachs, Hewlett Packard, Hyatt, Kodak, Nikon, Pentax, Phillips 66, Philip Morris, Procter & Gamble, Pfizer, Qwest, Sony, Sturm Ruger & Co, United Global, USA Boxing, Visa, Volvo, Xcel Energy, and most recently Red Bull.   Over the years his assignments have taken him to every state across the USA and to over fifty countries around the globe.

In 1990 Joel produced his first coffee table book, ‘Navajo, Portrait of a Nation’ which received a number of photographic and design awards and produce an eighteen-month solo exhibit at the Smithsonian American History museum.

Driven by the creative process, Joel views himself as an illusionist, creating portraits larger than life. “There is no face on the planet that is the same, and my vision as an artist is to capture that individual uniqueness through the creative photographic process.”

Joel is also an ambassador for this process by teaching workshops and lectures across the country.  “I feel that by being an open book with my process I have an opportunity to inspire others to follow their dreams and passions to create”. 

Joel currently has a photo studio located in Old Town Pasadena California where he resides with his wife Amy.  

Course Title:  Taking your creative vision to the next level

Description: This class is a must for those who what to take the mystery out of using strobe lighting and learn to become a creative force and THINK LIKE AN ARTIST.

Throw out those lighting diagrams, those annoying lighting ratios and sell your flash-meter on eBay. Well, that may be a bit drastic, but think about this; a technical instrument can never make a creative artistic decision, this is reserved for the human mind.  

Over this course I will be covering how to use all sorts of modifiers such as soft boxes, the beauty dish, octagon banks, umbrellas, grids, etc., while working from an intuitive, feeling approach.  This is without question the key to the whole creative process.  You will be presented with ways on how to develop your personal creative vision that is unique to you.

And not to be overlooked, I will be covering my Photoshop techniques used in my photographs, including the HDR techniques used for all my backgrounds.  I hold back nothing in revealing my photographic process. 

Workshop Outline

Taking your creative vision to the next level

1. Recognizing your greatest asset.
2. Developing your personal vision.
3. Promoting yourself as an artist, not a technician.
4. Keeping up with the industry trends.
5. The basic fundamentals of lighting.
6. Breaking the established rules.
7. Experimentation is the key to innovation.
8. Hands on lighting demonstrations.
9. Capturing the image is just the beginning.
10. Mastering Photoshop is a necessity.
11. Some tricks of the trade.
12. Keeping it simple.
13. Marketing - Competing in todays marketplace.

4 things that you will learn on top of photography 

skills, that you will be absolutely taking away with you.

1)  You are unique one of a kind and there is no one on the planet just like you.  

2) To rock the world you have to think like an artist and focus on the creative process not just techniques.  

3) Lighting really easy if you know the basics on how light and modifiers work and have a sense on where you want to end up.  

4)  In life, rejection is a 100% guarantee, but it doesn't have to derail you from following you passion and dreams.