NEW additions to our online courses:
∙ Class Meeting Online We will hold a Webinar on the Saturday following the class to discuss and evaluate the work that was completed by the class. And give you a chance to meet fellow students and ask your instructor questions.
∙ An Introduction Video from your Instructors with a peek into their professional lives.
∙ An Online Class Album where you can access the lessons, related articles, and samples for discussion for your class.
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FASHION STYLING
FOOD AND PROP STYLING
PHOTO STYLING AND PRODUCTION
SEE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
FASHION STYLING
NEW DATES: Fashion Styling 101, All you Need to Know About a Career in Fashion Styling Tuesday, March 9. 4 weeks. $265. Class Meeting: April 3. Fash101/030910
Fashion Styling 101, All you Need to Know About a Career in Fashion Styling Tuesday, May 19. 4 weeks. $265. Class Meeting: June 12. Fash101/051910
Are you interested in a career in the world of Fashion Styling? Want to know all about it? Let recognized celebrity and fashion stylist, Kim Maxwell guide you through the ins and outs of the fashion styling career. Learn from Kim's actyual experiences. With factual lists and requirements for the industry, along with personal experiences she makes the career real for you.
2010 Fashion Styling 101 courses:
March 9; May 19 (NEW DATES!)
Business and Marketing for Fashion Stylists Boost your career - on your own schedule! 2 weeks. $245. REGISTRATION OPEN. BMFS
This one-on-one course with Fashion Stylist Kim Maxwell. Includes all the business forms you'll need + lots of insider advice! The two lessons are directed toward business forms and communications, preparing a portfolio, marketing and self-promotion. Course will conclude with a personal 30-minute phone consultation to help launch your career.
Fashion Styling Combo Take Fashion Styling 101 AND Business & Marketing for Fashion Stylists together and SAVE $60! Only $450 for both. Complete Business & Marketing on your own schedule with this individualized course.
FOOD AND PROP STYLING
Prop Styling 101, for Food and Other Photo Shoots Tuesday, March 16, 2010. 4 weeks. $265. Class Meeting: April 10. PROP101/031610
Learn how to get started as one of the most important people on a commercial food studio set ~ the Prop Stylist! All aspects of Prop Styling will be explored in the 4-week course, Prop Styling 101 with instructor Beth Reiners, professional prop stylist based in Chicago.
Instructor: Beth Reiners
2010 Prop Styling 101 courses:
Jan 12; March 16; May 25
FOOD STYLING TECHNIQUES COURSE! Everyday Food Styling Tuesday, February 2. 4 weeks. $335. Class Meeting: February 27. EFS/020210
Everyday Food Styling Tuesday, March 30. 4 weeks. $335. Class Meeting: April 24. EFS/033010
Click here for a preview of the video! "Everyday Food Styling" is taught by Lisa Golden Schroeder. Essential food styling techniques for food stylists at all levels. This new interactive class includes video tutorials of techniques that stylists use everyday on the job. A student gallery and teleconferencing are also part of this new course. Interested? Sign up NOW.
2010 Everyday Food Styling courses:
Feb 2; March 30; June 1
Food Styling 101, Introduction to Food Styling Tuesday, February 16. 4 weeks. $265. Taught by Debbie Wahl. Class Meeting: March 13. Food101/DW021610
This 4-week online course introduces you to the exciting career of Food Styling. It provides an overview, background, and helpful suggestions for beginning your career as a food stylist. Course includes a class meeting/Webinar.
2010 Food Styling 101 courses:
Jan 5– Lisa Golden Schroeder;
Feb 16 – Debbie Wahl;
April 6 – Debbie Wahl;
May 18 – Lisa Golden Schroeder
Food Styling Combo Take Food Styling 101 AND Everyday Food Styling as a combo and SAVE $35! Only $565 for both. Follow up on Food Styling 101 by learning the techniques that food stylists need to use EVERYDAY on the job.
Marketing & Self-Promotion for Food Stylists Boost your career - on your own schedule! $245. 2 weeks.
REGISTRATION OPEN. MSPF
Your session includes two weeks of lessons with lots of additional reading PLUS a 30-minute one-on-one telephone consultation with Lisa Golden Schroeder so you can ask questions and develop your own career plan.
PHOTO STYLING AND PRODUCTION
Producing Photo Shoots Tuesday, March 16. 4 weeks. $265. Class Meeting: April 10. PPS/031610
Whether you are a stylist, art director, or production manager, you can expand your skills - and your horizons - with this informative course.
Fun and challenging assignments will be presented weekly. You'll learn about the myriad aspects of photo shoots and be comfortable with the role of producer. And your instructor is an experienced resource who can answer your questions. Instructor: Susan Linnet Cox
2010 Producing Photo Shoots courses:
March 16 (This course is offered twice a year.)
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Fashion Styling 101, All you Need to Know About a Career in Fashion Styling
Have you ever wondered how to enter the wonderful world of Fashion Styling?? This 4-week thorough introduction to the career is taught by recognized celebrity and fashion stylist, Kim Maxwell, author of "Career Diary of a Fashion Stylist"
In this course students will be able to explore, understand, and walk away with a wealth of knowledge and skills to be able to successfully start a career as a fashion stylist.
Areas of study include introduction to fashion styling, selection and coordination of clothing and accessories; working on getting wardrobe vendors, learning a stylist/stylist assistant's responsiblities on set and set etiquette, dealing with clients and professionalism, financial management. The final project will be a mock photo shoot, which will result in having photos for your portfolio.
Course concludes with an optional group conference call giving you an opportunity to communicate with fellow students and instructor.
Business & Marketing for Fashion Stylists
Make an investment in your career: Market yourself successfully - and manage your business as a Fashion Stylist with the guidance of Kim Maxwell, author of "Career Diary of a Fashion Stylist"
Week One: Let Kim Maxwell teach you the essential elements of what you need to know about managing your business as a fashion stylist. In this personalized session, learn to set realistic goals and to develop a real plan to reach them. This lesson includes all the business forms you will need to build your styling business!
Week Two: It’s not enough to have the greatest styling skills, a creative eye, and an amazing portfolio. As a fashion stylist, you need to know how to find work, whether you are on your own or seeking representation with an agency. Fashion styling is not an easy profession to break into, so we’ll help you start an effective campaign to establish yourself and become successful.
Your session includes two weeks of lessons with valuable business forms PLUS a 30-minute one-on-one telephone consultation with Kim Maxwell so you can ask questions and develop your own career plan. This personalized course can completed on your own schedule. Contact us if you have questions.
Food Styling 101, Introduction to Food StylingYou've heard about food styling: making food look beautiful for photos in
magazines, cookbooks, and advertising. And you know you like to work with
food and think it sounds like a great career option. What does it really
take to learn the art and craft of food styling? How do you break into the
business? Is this a skill you'd like to add to your culinary business?
Learn the essentials of what food styling is all about in Food Styling 101. Course is taught by veteran food stylist Lisa Golden Schroeder, founder of Foodesigns.com, an online resource site for food photography professionals, or by Debbie Wahl, professional food stylist and industry leader. The instructor will guide you through an insider¹s view of developing a successful styling business. Learn about the job responsibilities, building a tool kit, and creating your own portfolio of work. Find out if this is the career for you!
Each week you'll receive assignments that will deepen your knowledge of this fun, but challenging career. By the end of the class you¹ll create a collection of your own styled food photographs that will be critiqued by the instructor.
Course concludes with an optional group conference call giving you an opportunity to communicate with fellow students and instructor.
Some comments from former Food Styling 101 students:
"I got a lot more out of it than I had expected! I really enjoyed all the articles...on the different aspects of working as a food stylist. It has helped me think differently when looking at food." -Andrea Skjold
"Each week assignments get tougher! I thought they covered the basics that that we (as beginners) need to know about the business." - Tomoko Oki
Everyday Food Styling, Techniques Course with Video
Once you understand the role of a food stylist as part of a commercial photography team, there are basic techniques and knowledge you must know to organize and execute common food photography jobs. What needs to happen when you get that job call? What questions do you need to ask, how do you begin planning and organizing what you must bring to the studio or job location?
In this class you’ll gain an insider’s view on the tools you most need, valuable insights into pre-production planning, tips for grocery shopping like a professional, and advice on gathering basic props. Under the expert guidance of veteran food stylist Lisa Golden Schroeder, learn how to:
• Keep greens and herbs fresh and lively, along with other fresh produce
• Build a beautiful salad
• Create thirst-quenching beverages in a pinch
• Make a juicy, perfectly grilled chicken breast
• Cook a sizzling steak or pork chop
• Build a better burger or sandwich
• Roast a golden crisp bird, from game hens to the iconic Thanksgiving turkey
• Play with side dishes: rice, pasta, potatoes
• Thicken and thin both sweet and savory sauces; keeping them glossy
• Keep foods fresh under camera
Course concludes with an optional group conference call giving you an opportunity to communicate with fellow students and instructor. Click here for a preview of the video!
Marketing & Self-Promotion for Food Stylists
It’s not enough to have the greatest styling skills, a creative eye, and an amazing portfolio. As a food stylist, you need to know how to find work, whether you are on your own or seeking representation with an agency.
Let Lisa Golden Schroeder, of Foodesigns.com, teach you the essential elements of what you need to know about self promotion as a budding food stylist. In this personalized session, learn to set realistic goals and to develop a real plan to reach them. Food styling is not an easy profession to break into, so we’ll help you start an effective campaign to establish yourself and become successful.
As a small business owner and freelancer, you need to understand how to:
• Improve your networking skills
• Develop multiple pathways to get into the studio
• Develop skills related to food styling
• Build an effective portfolio, from print to web
• Create other marketing materials that sell your unique talent and skills
Your session includes two weeks of lessons with lots of additional reading PLUS a 30-minute one-on-one telephone consultation with Lisa Golden Schroeder so you can ask questions and develop your own career plan.
Prop Styling 101, for Food and Other Photo Shoots
Learn how to get started as one of the most important people on a commercial food studio set ~ the Prop Stylist! The Prop Stylist is integral for making a photo shoot successful ~ the stylist must be savvy, a smart & creative shopper, well organized, must be resourceful and prudent of his/her time. Learn how to work within tight budget constraints, how to work with everyone on a set ~ learn that patience and flexibility are key traits to possess in the career of a Prop Stylist. All aspects of Prop Styling will be explored in the 4-week course, Prop Styling 101 with instructor Beth Reiners.
You will be presented with fun and challenging assignments each week, teaching you the hands-on skills necessary to become a Prop Stylist. Learn that props can Save the Day! Most importantly, learn how to prop differently for the three types of Food Photography: Packaging, Advertising and Editorial. Experience a day in the life of a Prop Stylist ~ your course is guaranteed to be fun, challenging, rewarding and maybe a little bit hectic and crazy! Put to use your "special talents" to find the right props for your assignments, come join the fun!
Course concludes with an optional group conference call giving you an opportunity to communicate with fellow students and instructor.
Producing Photo Shoots
The producer of a photo shoot is the person in charge of the logistics of a photo shoot. Many find that specializing in providing these needed services makes an exciting career. Photo stylists need production skills to build a successful career. Or an art director or marketing manager may be called on to produce photo shoots. In either case, familiarity with the entire shoot and control of all its aspects are the keys to successful production.
Location scouting, permits, casting talent, hiring the crew, arranging travel and meals, and countless little details make a photo shoot run smoothly. Learn these skills in Producing Photo Shoots and you’ll always be in demand.
Fun and challenging assignments will be presented weekly. You’ll learn about the myriad aspects of photo shoots and be comfortable with the role of producer. And your instructor is Susan Linnet Cox, an experienced resource who can answer your questions.
Course concludes with an optional group conference call giving you an opportunity to communicate with fellow students and instructor.
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