THE PURPOSE

Your image!
More than a simple portrait of yourself handed in at an audtion or left on your agent's table.
Your image speaks of you and defines what you are, non only in front of the camera or on set, but who you are on the street, in the printed media and now more and more on the Internet. To control your image is to master who you are for the public at large; through this image of you, will be set the memory people have of your truest personality.

It is thus of prime importance that you build self awareness of the "look" of your personality, the subtleties of your face and gestures.
Everything in you speaks out, but everyday image is not what we are looking for. The image we are seeking and that you must master, is the one hiding in you that is often hidden for fear of being misplaced. This is where you learn when and why to use it.

Theatre and cinema courses teach you how to deliver a creation from what is inside you; the more the authenticity, the more the credibility. But what is truth, how do you set your markers between too much and too little? The image you want to let out needs to be the true "you" without the focus of a role or a staged class.

Working with me, your portrait guide, you will build unobstructed images of yourself, images almost impossible to obtain by any other means. Free of outside pressures, you will create images that are what you want to be, that explore parts of you, acting won't let you find. The result will be pure images of your personality untainted by borrowed characters.

The purpose of this workshop is thus to reveal to yourself an image that is external or different to the creative acting process that is usually yours.

THE WORKSHOP

The workshop is intended for the studio, because we want to create a very quiet and isolated universe closer to the meditative environment we are trying to reach during the photo session. It can also be done in specifc locations if the participant is trying to achieve a very special state of mind, but this type of workshop is not our subject here.This document deals only with the studio workshop.

The work plan is the following:

Before the photo session (by phone)

• Define your expectations with the photographer.
• Define the "look" you are looking for and therefore the clothing and makeup you will need.

During the photo session (2 hours)

• Makeup and dressing
• Setting up the scene and photo angles: wide, close-ups, unusual, attitudes etc..
• Photos are taken in series of 5 to 6
• Photos are automatically transferred to the computer in the studio
• View, analyse and discuss photos with the photographer
• More photos are taken and the cycle repeats itself until several dozens are strored on the computer
• Selection with the photographer of the best preliminary photos that will be later custom finished.
  A basic workshop usually produces 30 preliminary photos.
  

After the photo session (via Internet)

• View via an on-line Web page, the selected preliminary photos that were digitally mastered by the photographer.
• Select the 3 final images that will be mastered.

Note
Included in workshop price are : all studio costs, equipement and insurance
The photo session includes use of make-up room, but not the makeup service itself.
The preliminary photo are corrected for basics such as whites, skin tint, and face elements the customer wants us to remove, spots, blemishes etc...

 

THE FINAL PRODUCT DELIVERED

Photo mastering is similar to the preliminary file but in greater detail:

• skin correction
• modification/saturation of colors if necessary (eyes, lips. materials etc..)
• background balancing (usually to white or black)
• croping
• Black&White conversion (no extra cost)

The final product is 3 original photo "portraits" treated and mastered in high resolution digital files.
Photos are delivered on CD:

• 3 high quality prints in color or B&W on glossy or pearl paper, size of print : recommended 16" x 24", maximum 20" x 30"
• 3 high resolution JPG files suitable for printing by any copy lab at 300dpi: recommended size 8,5" x 11", maximum 11" x 14"
• + the 30 preliminary files in JPG format (1200 x 1800pixels) for inclusion in any on line Web pages.

COPYRIGHTS

The final mastered images are sold " copyright free" and thus no other buy back or rights fees will be due to the photographer.

• Unless otherwise notified in writing, the photographer owns the right to use the said photos, for promotion purposes only, in his portfolio, his own business Web site www.aberiault.com, and in any photo contests in printed or electronic form. .

COST

Cost is : 725$ plus taxes.
Accepted payment methods are: Check, Paypal or cash; full amount is payable upon delivery of the three (3) final images.

 

THE STUDIO

8356, Labarre street , Montreal

Make up room

Location of studio near De la Savanne metro station