Canon Explorer of Light Vanessa Joy's presentation on portrait photography
About this Event
Join Canon Explorer of Light Vanessa Joy for an engaging keynote presentation on both the creative and business sides of portrait photography.
Vanessa will share the marketing strategies, sales techniques, and business practices that have helped her build a successful and profitable photography career. She’ll then transition into a live portrait photography demonstration, covering lighting setups, posing techniques, client direction, and lens selection.
The evening concludes with a hands-on shooting experience where attendees can photograph live models, explore Canon cameras and lenses, and receive real-time insights and feedback from Vanessa. Whether you’re looking to improve your portrait skills or grow your photography business, this is a session you won’t want to miss.
Bio: Vanessa Joy has been photographing luxury weddings and corporate marketing initiatives, and educating photographers worldwide since 2002. She focuses her business in NJ, NYC and Austin, TX but travels 150+ days a year for photography. Vanessa Joy is an award winning, 4x author, industry-leading photographer in the wedding, business and portrait space. She has been an influential speaker in the community for well over a decade.
Starting her photographic journey in 1998, she has since been named a Canon Explorer of Light, an accolade given to only 5 wedding photographers in the country, earned 5 college degrees, and a PPA Photographic Craftsman degree.
Vanessa is trusted by brands like NFL, Hilton Grand Vacations, Bravo, Profoto, Lexar and more, and has spoken at almost every major convention and platform in the photography and wedding event industry such as CreativeLIVE, WPPI, ShutterFest, Imaging USA, Wedding MBA. She hosts personal workshops and international photography adventures around the globe.
Recognized for her talent and more so her business sense, her clients love working with her and industry peers love to learn from her tangible, informative and open-book style of teaching. Find her at VanessaJoy.com and on YouTube.com/vanessajoy.
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