No Limits: Knoxville (March 1st and 2nd)

No Limits: Knoxville is a two-day Photography & Photoshop Workshop with international award-winning photographer & creator of Design House, Andy Armstrong

When: Monday, March 1st & Tuesday, March 2nd from 9am-5pm each day

Where: Knoxville, TN at a large studio space in the Old City, Downtown Knoxville

Registration: $249 per person

Early-bird Special (before 2/1/2010): $199 per person

Do you want to learn how to get the best out of your clients during a shoot? Do you want to create images that turn heads? Do you want to wow your clients with every image? Do you want to produce images, albums, and specialty products that set you apart from your competition and help you get national and international recognition? If you do, then you don’t want to miss No Limits: Knoxville

Join three-time international award-winning photographer and creator of Design House, Andy Armstrong for this two-day, intensive, hands-on photography workshop in the Old City of downtown Knoxville as he teaches and demonstrates interpersonal interaction, shoot strategy, pose flow, and how there are "No Limits" in creating image after image that make mouths and wallets fall open.

The market for Fashion, Glamour and Boudoir Photography is growing rapidly every day. Don't fall behind the curve. Learn how you can tap into this market and create images that wow your clients and lead to bigger sales.

And even if you don't shoot fashion, glamour, or boudoir? Don't worry. Everything (from pose and communication to post processing) you'll learn at this workshop will translate easily into every aspect of your photography, whether it's weddings, kids, or families. You'll walk away fired up and ready to take on the world.

"This is going to be a fun, but serious workshop, folks. I'm going to show you exactly how I do fashion and glamour photography. From approaching potential models that build your portfolio to the first interaction in the studio - from building a model's confidence to making her feel 'sexy' without being intrusive - from finding the light to getting the very best poses - and much, much more. I'm going to show you exactly how I find, shoot, and succeed with this genre of photography." - Andy Armstrong

No Limits: Knoxville includes:

- Live model shoots
- Posing demonstration and instruction
- Lighting demonstration and instruction
- How to communicate more effectively
- How to make your clients comfortable
- Hands-on coaching
- When and how to break the rules
- INTENSIVE Photoshop demonstration and training that will help you create your style and win awards.

About Andy Armstrong

Photographer and Digital Artist, Andy Armstrong is a three-time, international award-winning photographer and artist. His work has just won First Place overall in the Portrait/Individual category and Second Place overall in the Illustrative/Editorial category of the WPPI international print competition. In just three years, Armstrong has placed three times and received numerous Accolades of Excellence.

Known for his portraiture and commercial work, Armstrong has worked for well known commercial brands like Remington and Colt. He has served as the team photographer for professional hockey and traveled into the hills of East Tennessee to shoot with the infamous moon shiner, Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton. While Armstrong is based in East Tennessee, he has shot weddings in Denver, Boston, Canada, and even St. Croix.

In every instance, Armstrong manages to catch the humanity of his clients and portray them in the best light possible, and now he wants to share his secrets with you through discussion, demonstration, and hands-on shooting and coaching.

With an extensive background in graphic art and design, Andy Armstrong created and released Design House Library Vol. 1 in 2008 and Design House Library Vol. 2 in 2009.

Design House is a collection of libraries for the modern digital photographer and designer. The libraries include Photoshop specific actions, brushes, custom shapes, and patterns. The libraries also feature a massive collection of files to help you get more creative with your images, albums, cards, and marketing pieces, including hi-res pre-made backgrounds, wallpapers, textures, digital mats, objects (like paper cutouts, dried flowers, tape and more), borders, vector images, framez, tagz, and even sun rayz.

The idea is simple: Give photographers and designers everything they need to create unique work for their clients, without all the hassle of being creative. In essence, design house is creativity simplified.

Design House has been reviewed by and featured as a “Hot Pix” item in Rangefinder magazine. In his review of Design House, Stan Sholik wrote that Design House gives “enormous potential for creative expression,” and “can inspire you and help grow your business.” And Design House has helped photographers in Canada and the US win more than ten big awards in the last year.

Don’t miss your opportunity to sit down with Andy Armstrong and learn how to really wow your clients and get creative with your post work. Set yourself apart from your competition – learn how to work quickly and effectively from someone who knows the ropes and helps photographers get creative.

Andy Armstrong was a corporate trainer for a Fortune 200 company. He’s been trained as an adult educator and knows how to quickly and effectively share knowledge in a workshop setting. He has conducted workshops in the States from Nashville to Portland, and now he’s decided to share his skills and knowledge in his native city. Grow your work. Grow you business, and get fired up about your photography. And don’t forget, if you register by January 3st, you’ll receive the early bird discount (that's a $50 discount)!

To learn more about Andy Armstrong and see more of his work, visit:
http://www.andyarmstrongphoto.com

To learn more about Design House, visit:
http://www.getdesignhouse.com

Don't wait. Register right now. This workshop is limited to the first 20 registrants and NO seats will be added! Don't miss out!

Notes:

Hotel accommodations must be booked separately and are not the responsibility of Design House or Andy Armstrong. Andy Armstrong and/or Design House reserves the right to refuse registration for any reason at any time.

The workshop will break for lunch at mid-day. Lunch is not included in the registration fee.

The workshop will be held at Dave Moore Studios in the Old City (127 West Jackson Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902). If you drive to the workshop, please be prepared to pay for parking in the public lots adjacent to the location (about $5 per day).

While this workshop will be extremely beneficial to both the hobbyist and the professional alike, please note that this is not a basic photography workshop. It is assumed that attendees have a basic understanding of photography, their camera, and their equipment.

After booking, you will be contacted with further information via the email you registered with. This registration may not be cancelled and will not be refunded. You may transfer your space to another participant if needed, but the transaction for transfer is not the responsibility or Design House or Andy Armstrong. In the unlikely event that this workshop must be cancelled, you will receive a complete refund.