WOW! Shoot with Beckstead in Milwaukee!

I had the pleasure of hosting David Beckstead’s Shoot with Beckstead when he came to Milwaukee, September 20 to 22, 2009. The workshop is a three-day event, with one day devoted to learning composition and technique, one full day of shooting, and a day reviewing and critiquing images taken by the group. Our shooting day started with the beautiful Milwaukee Art Museum, designed by Santiago Calatrava. After taking David’s workshop in Chicago last year, I knew he would love this place and I think our images demonstrate just that. We spent the rest of the day in the Third Ward, an area just south of downtown, near the Milwaukee River. We also had a bonus shoot at the end of the workshop downtown at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. I cannot recommend this workshop more highly. If you have the opportunity to attend a Shoot with Beckstead workshop, grab it!Many people contributed hours to putting this workshop together and deserve recognition. My thanks to David and Kassandra Beckstead for embracing the idea to come to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and making this all a reality. My thanks to Elizabeth Egan and Anne Radtke at the Milwaukee Art Museum for coordinating our shooting day at this amazing place. My thanks to Kelly Strong of Zita in Whitefish Bay for all her hard work in procuring and providing the stunning gowns fit perfectly to our models. My thanks to Cathy and Scott Erickson for their work in arranging for the models, Rachel Jacques, Elena Altoro and Angela Altoro, who worked so hard on a very long shooting day, and Elena who came back for more on our bonus shoot. My thanks to the wonderful people at Carenza Color Cutting Experience in Brookfield, Becky Sikorski, Mandi Stout, and Sarah Markunas, for a fantastic job on hair and makeup for the shoot. Many thanks to Mark Bertieri and David Bernacchi for hosting a break at their gallery, Light Ideas Gallery in the Third Ward in Milwaukee. Thank you to Dennis Felber for arranging for the Marcus Center shoot. And finally, my thanks to my husband for hosting and picking up all the duties at home so that this workshop could happen.

Enjoy the images!