What to Expect:
In this full day workshop, we will celebrate and honor the human form as art.  After learning how to create a safe space for our sitters, I will demonstrate how to train the eye to artfully compose figure details and creative crops. Next, photographers will channel their inner renaissance artist to direct, pose, and capture our muse in a timeless and sculptural manner. Finally, we’ll throw away all of the technical rules and PLAY to make room for more impactful, unique, and artistic images.  Photographers will walk away from this workshop with a finer trained artist’s eye, an elevated level of professionalism and ease with nude photography, a toolkit bursting with ideas to better serve your sitters and your artistic spirit….and of course some incredible portfolio images.  Refreshments and lunch will be included, and the class size will be limited for more personalized learning + connection.

Topics Covered:
-Creating a safe and professional space for yourself and your client
-Seeing and celebrating the human body as art
-Training your eye to artfully compose figure details + creative crops
-Drawing inspiration from historic art
-Directing, posing, and lighting the nude subject
-Shooting with the intention of printing art
-Experimenting with artful camera techniques

Teaching Style:

Approachable, playful, and with no fluff…I create workshops based on what will serve the photographers best. That means smaller groups, more personal direction, and dedicated time for each photographer to get unique images. I don’t teach photographers to shoot just like me. Instead, I offer helpful suggestions and guide their inner artist towards exploring their own preferences.

Acknowledgement of Professionalism:
Because of the level of undress of our model(s) and to create the safest and most comfortable environment possible, all attendees will be required to read a brief professionalism training and sign an agreement of professional behavior prior to the workshop. Photographers must be at least 21 years of age to enroll.

Cost: $2500 USD early bird pricing. 50/50 payment plan available upon request, please e-mail hello@karamariestudios.com

Date: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024

Time: 10:00am-5:00pm

Location: Private Studio, Downtown Las Vegas. Direct address will be sent to registered attendees.

About Kara Marie:
An American photographer based in northern Italy, Kara Marie Trombetta celebrates her 16 year career that encompasses her roles as both a privately-commissioned photographer, and a photography business educator and coach.

Where Trombetta’s art is concerned, she favors impactful black and white images as her medium of choice, using natural light and shadow to honor the human form. Her minimalist, honest, and customer service-centric method of capturing her clients allows each muse to feel exceptionally comfortable and to see the beauty in their authenticity.

With her personal evolution as a catalyst, Kara Marie has come to empower individuals not merely to discover confidence in their skin, but to realize that true confidence is not skin-deep. She regards the absence of clothing on her subjects simply as the removal of distraction, inhibitions, and facades rather than with the objective of creating “sexy” images. When asked about the classification of her work as “boudoir" photography when it appears to have evolved into something more multi-faceted, Trombetta gently explains: “I work to grant my muses the permission to be fully and naturally themselves without layers to hide behind, without the need for a glamorous makeover or extreme retouching, and also without the pressure to act provocatively. We can be sexy, yes. We are also intelligent, introspective, resilient, strong, funny, powerful, and emotional. I work to help my clients discover and celebrate their confidence. Limiting that expression of confidence to merely sexuality is doing a great disservice to the multitude of characteristics that one is comprised of. This is why I am working to redefine boudoir photography from a style that is traditionally intended to be stereotypically sexual for a very narrowly defined demographic, to an evolved narrative that is more of an artistic expression of the human spirit in its most honest natural form. I encourage a dialogue that emphasizes that everyone is a masterpiece.”

As an educator, Kara Marie’s teaching style is approachable for all experience levels and types of photographers. Her photography education has expanded to include coaching entrepreneurs in creativity, customer service, and general life balance. Delivering a multitude of workshops, keynote presentations, and online educational courses throughout her career, she continues her work to embolden her students around the world while nurturing her most artistic chapter yet.

Payment Policy: Payment plan available upon request, please e-mail hello@karamariestudios.com. 50% down to reserve, remaining 50% due January 15th. Non-refundable, but ticket may be transferred to a friend or family member at the original purchaser’s own arrangement.