"The Psychological search for Light, Composition, and Emotion"

This is a program designed to stimulate, energize, and stretch your imagination. Carl will share his views on such topics as: composition, lighting, color harmony, and more. He will show how depth is created; where and how to look for light; how to make portraits believable and interesting; how to choose the correct background and how to use it; how to use emotion to enhance an image; and how all of these pieces work together to create an artistic image. This is a lecture style program with slideshows that will help Carl share his philosophies of artistic portraiture, what he looks for and what thought-process he goes through when creating an image. The photographic medium is discussed simply and interestingly with real life examples and analogies that Carl has experienced so far on his artistic journey. All levels of photography will benefit from this program.

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A little bit about Carl . . .

Carl has been involved with photography for over 20 years. He started his photographic career in the darkroom as a custom printer and technician. This has proven to be a great asset to his photography and teaching career.

Carl is PPA Certified, a Master Photographer and a Craftsman with Professional Photographers of America. He has won numerous national awards for his photography, including 16 PPA Loan Collections and several Kodak Gallery and Fuji Masterpiece Awards. Carl has earned several Wisconsin State Awards, including Photographer of the Year two years in a row with an average print score of 92.

Having begun his teaching career in 1996, Carl has gained national credibility and is now a favorite instructor at photographic seminars and schools from coast to coast and beyond. Carl passionately studies art and photography to ensure you the best of himself.

Carl is a Kodak Mentor and part of the speaker team that lectures to other professional photographers around the country about how he creates portraits. This allows him to share what he has learned with his peers and to continue his own education. Carl passionately studies art and photography to ensure his guests the best of himself.