Lecture Abbots Langley 17th of november 2009-11-21

Lecture Abbots Langley 17th of november 2009-11-21
Meeting Central Region MPA (Master Photographers Association)

Again in England doing a lecture about Baby-Pregnancy photography.
My scedule was about:

- the importance of this market
the biggest group of customers is babies and young families
the purest way of photography

- how to market this photography
using active and passive marketing
using exhibitions
using crossmarketing

- charity
not about money but about a good feeling
to give is always good

- networking
exhibitions and crossmarketing create a new group of contacts.

- building blocks to imaging
a short version of my latest book about how imaging and your own imagination
result into a perfect match between customer and photographer (photographic reflections)

- shortlisting to create the idea of imaging of pregnancy and babies
pregnancy- power, huge belly, emotions, together, tenderness, being a woman,
insecure, fear
baby- dependent, lonley, lost, shit, pis, protection, pure
Aktion- tri-angles, carry on hands, embracing, touching, feel, dream, nude

- workflow
from start to finsh
from photoshoot to photoshop

- concepts
how to make and use concepts
also to see on my webshop
i am working on new concepts and will film and show how.
The concepts will be on the website-shop of me and can be downloaded for just a small amount of money.
Important message: play with the concepts, play with light, find your own photography. Your own style and identity.

Of course i showed several slideshows to show how things work in my studio.
It was a great meeting.
The hospitality was superb.
David Macdonald, Lan Dance, Hossain Mahdavi and more, thank you!


Henk van Kooten