Joe Buissink
Staying Fresh: Being Successful as a Photographer

 Date: Monday, July 19, 2010 2 p.m.
NOTE: This meeting is at the Hennepin Technical Brooklyn Park Campus

This program is sponsored by GraphiStudio

One of the critical components to a successful career as a working photographer is the ability to stay fresh and creative while making a living.  Unless you keep the passion for imagemaking flowing your career simply becomes a way to make a living.  This seminar with master portrait and wedding photographer Joe Buissink opens doors long closed and keeps dreams alive.  This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rekindle the love affair you have for photography and refresh your path. 

About Joe Buissink... 

Joe Buissink photographs weddings all over the world, including Venice Italy, the Amalfi Coast, Mexico, The Bahamas, New York, Napa Valley California, Southern France, Miami, and Aspen Colorado. Joe has been a favorite wedding photographer among celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey, Brendan Fraser, Kelsey Grammer, Hillary Swank & Chad Lowe, Christina Applegate, Jenny Garth & Peter Facinelli, and Christina Aguilera.

Joe's photography is about capturing the moments, and the essence of the person in those moments. His work redefines wedding photography, and has been described as Fine Art by his most notable celebrity clients. Joe has become a world-renowned teacher in the photographic field. His teachings have taken him on an international platform from Japan and Australia to England, Scotland and Ireland as well as in the United States.

Joe has been profiled by Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Lifetime Television’s Wedding of a Lifetime, and E!. His work is published regularly in InStyle Weddings, Grace Ormonde Wedding Style, and People Magazine.

In 2003, Joe was awarded the International Leadership Award in Photography by the International Photographic Council at the United Nations. Also, Kodak hired Joe in 2003 to shoot their International Ad campaign for their Portra Film Line. In 2005, Apple selected Joe to be their spokes person for the Wedding Industry, in the release of their new program Aperture. Joe has received numerous International Grand Awards for his work from the WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International). In February of 2007, American Photo nominated Joe as one of the Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World.

Check-in begins at 1:15 p.m.
Tech Talk Open Forum*: 1:30 p.m. to 2:00
Member Challenge images due by 1:45 p.m.
Joe Buissink - 2 p.m. (starting promptly at 2 p.m.!)
Member Challenge - 5 p.m.
Dinner Break - 5 p.m.
Joe Buissink - 5:45 p.m.
Adjourn - 8 p.m.
After Party - Applebees, one mile east of the school

*A new feature of our monthly program is the Tech Talk Open Forum that is hosted one-half hour BEFORE the main program. During this half-hour we introduce new technology, provide Photoshop/Lightroom tips & tricks, talk about workflow and attempt to answer any technology questions you have. Join us at 1:15 p.m. to get checked in and be a part of this educational session. In May we looked at the new USB 3.0 technology that promises a ten-fold increase in performance.

July Member Challenge: Hot Dog