Los Angeles, California Fall (1-Day Express) Posing Workshop

November 3rd. 2020

Griffith Observatory

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Workshop Location


Roberto Valenzuela Photography Studio:

101 South Robertson Blvd. #204 Los Angeles, CA. 90048.

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What's the difference between the full (2-Day) posing workshop and the (1-Day Express) option?


1: In the (1-Day Express) Roberto Valenzuela will manage to cover around 75% of the material covered in the full posing workshop.

2: During the (1-Day Express), there is not as much time to go into detail with the hands-on examples. Students will still be able to do the hands-on assignments with Roberto Valenzuela’s assistance, but with less time.

3: In the (1-Day Express) option, Roberto Valenzuela will accept up to 30 students instead of 20.

The (1-Day Express) option was designed for those who work full-time jobs, or find it difficult to be gone from your home for three nights. However, they still wish to learn as much of the material as possible to be able to apply their knowledge with future clients.

About Roberto Valenzuela's Posing Workshop

In this posing workshop, Roberto Valenzuela takes on the building blocks that can create any pose, instead of limiting yourself to memorizing poses or following rigid posing rules. posing individuals and groups. Great understanding of posing is a crucial part of being a successful long-term photographer. Everybody wants to look their best and they rely on their photographer to use his/her expertise to make sure they do. Remove the anxiety many people feel when they have to pose their clients. For many photographers, after learning to compose an image and even light it properly, a portrait can still fail if the pose is not natural, elegant, natural, and serving the needs of both the subject and the photographer.

Objective of Roberto Valenzuela's Posing Workshop

In this class, Roberto’s objective is to teach you how to make the posing process something you can finally understand, not guess or memorize. Roberto believes that a pose is successful when the pose becomes invisible to the viewer. In other words, the pose is so natural, that you just enjoy the photograph without the pose becoming a source of distraction. Roberto will also cover how to create flattering poses with your clients without them even noticing that you are posing them. Finally, near the end of the course, he will teach you how to effectively add natural movement to the pose to create a beautiful and natural look created by movement instead of the look of a static pose. This course is for anyone that photographs people, from fashion, to portraits, to weddings, to headshots. This posing knowledge will translate 100% to any type of people photography you are shooting. Roberto has taught this 2-day class over 40 times all over the world refining it each time to maximize your learning experience. For those who have been discouraged by an inability to pose their subjects, or who have simply not known where to start in order to «figure it out» Picture Perfect Posing is the essential resource they need to learn how posing truly works, and how they can learn to direct the exact pose they need for the shot they want.

This is truly an intensive workshops that is easy to follow. The workshop will challenge you and push you to take you out of your comfort zone and 
thus create results. The photo shoot on the first half of the day will be catered to address corrective posing. This means understanding how to spot distractions before they even happen. It will help you become much more efficient when posing your clients. This will be a big boost to your confidence. The second half photo
shoot will be aimed at getting deep into how to finesse and create natural beautiful and flawless looking poses through movement.

Target audience

It is very important to realize that this workshop teaches you how to understand posing, and the body language it creates, regardless of the type of photography you do. The people that come to this class are usually Wedding Photographers, Portrait Photographers, Fashion Photographers, Family Photographers, and anybody else who needs to pose people such as musicians, bands, etc.

Skill Requirements

You do not have to be at any level in particular to get the most out of this class. Roberto will teach his posing system from the ground up. This way, everyone is on the same page and understands the building blocks of posing perfectly. In terms of equipment, you should be familiar with the basics of your SLR or mirrorless camera. The perfect preparation for the workshop would be to read Roberto's book Picture Perfect Posing beforehand.

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Tuition, Payments, and Cancellations

The tuition of the workshop is $650 USD per student. In the (1-Day Express) option 30 students max will be allowed. The full tuition is refundable if a student has the need to cancel within 30 days of the workshop start date. After that, you would forfeit your tuition payment. In the case of an unforeseen circumstance, less than 8 students sign up within 30 before the workshop, or an act of God, Roberto Valenzuela has the right to cancel the workshop. In case of a cancellation by Roberto, a full refund will be issued to each student. All students are responsible for their equipment, travel, food and accommodations.

Workshop Satisfaction is 100% Guaranteed

Roberto Valenzuela will refund you the entire amount of his workshop if you feel you did not learn what is said in the workshop description or you are not satisfied with the material taught. Roberto Valenzuela wants you to feel comfortable with your educational investment and if you feel the workshop was not worth your time, you will get 100% of your money back. Note that requests for a refund need to be done within two days after the workshop.

Usage Rights for Portfolio Images

Roberto works very diligently to provide you with a beautifully stylized photo shoots, in inspiring locations, with personally picked models to give students the best shooting experience possible. We want you to be proud of your images and use them, however, we do ask that you mention somewhere in your blog that the images posted were taken at a workshop and NOT at a real wedding. This is to keep the integrity of the work we show prospective clients.