Sports California
The most popular Sports Photography Workshop in America is now in California! Enjoy all the same things you love about the Sports Workshop – an elite faculty of instructors, a multitude of sporting events to photograph, and a slew of learning and networking opportunities – now combined with the sunshine of the west coast.
November 7-10, 2024 | Location: san francisco, ca | Tuition: $2,195 | Deposit: 25% of Tuition
Deposit due upon registration, full tuition due 90 days before the workshop.
In this exclusive workshop, you’ll be in smaller groups and will have more one-on-one time with a team of instructors that include Sony Artisans and some of the most prolific sports shooters and editors in the world. In addition to photographing several sports like football, soccer, water polo, basketball and more, you’ll also learn shooting techniques, remote camera installation, portrait lighting, and the business of freelance sports photography. Our Sports workshop is for shooters of all skill levels, from beginners to seasoned veterans.
You will learn:
- Settings/Techniques for Shooting Sports
- Arena Lighting and Lighting for Sports
- Sports/Action Portrait Setup/Shoot
- What Sports Editors are Looking For
- The Business of Freelance Sports Photography
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Topics We Will Cover
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Storytelling
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Sports Photography
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Lighting
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Workshop Itinerary
- Check-in 11am
- Sports Photography with Jean Fruth
- Essential gear for shooting sports
- High School Football Shoot
- Basic Lighting Instruction
- Image Critique
- On-location Shooting
- Upload, Edit and Image Critiques
- On-location shooting
- Upload, Edit and Image Critiques
- The Business of Sports Photography
- Portfolio Reviews
- Closing Reception Presented by Sony
Past Student Work
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meet your workshop INSTRUCTORS
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Jean Fruth
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Suzanna Mitchell
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Andy Kuno
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Thearon Henderson
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Matt Hernandez
Jean Fruth
Photographer Jean Fruth does more than take pictures. She tells stories — of vibrant personalities, local cultures, and distinctive communities. From a small darkroom to the most iconic stadiums flooded with lights, Jean’s trajectory as one of photography’s preeminent visual storytellers has taken her on a round-the-horn tour of the world’s most indelible landmarks – from the world of baseball to the world at large. Sports have always been Jean’s most compelling subject, and from her earliest days in sports photography, she covered everything from wrestling to sailing to basketball — and on any given Friday, she could be found taking full advantage of those Friday night lights, shooting northern California’s storied football rivalries.
Soon Jean was called up to the big leagues herself, as she spent nearly a decade shooting the crown jewels of Bay Area sports — the Giants, the A’s, the 49ers. Her portfolio quicky expanded when she was invited to Cooperstown and the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, where she helped build the museum’s archive and bring to life the story of baseball. America’s most eminent historical institutions – including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and the Smithsonian — have featured her work.
What drives Jean now is to serve communities through her storytelling – as the co-founder of Grassroots Baseball, a non-profit that promotes participation in baseball at the youngest levels, and as a traveling photographer for La Vida Baseball and La Vida Sports, digital media companies that shares the stories of Latino sports around the globe. As one of Sony’s select Artisans of Imagery, and through her popular workshops, she shares her techniques, her insights, and her love of images — both the power of pictures and the stories they tell.
Jean’s first book, Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin, was released in 2019. Her latest, Grassroots Baseball: Route 66, was published in spring 2022, with proceeds benefitting the non-profit program.
Suzanna Mitchell
Suzanna Mitchell is the Photography Manager of the San Francisco Giants, a position that spans shooting action, portraits and events while also managing the photography team and the entire Giants digital archive. A graduate of the photojournalism department of San Francisco State University, Suzanna worked for Alameda News Group before joining the Giants in 2008. Now as the leader of the photography group within the Giants marketing department, Suzanna blends the storytelling of photojournalism with commercial photography for one of the Bay Area’s greatest sports franchises.
Andy Kuno
Andy Kuno is a San Francisco based sports photographer. He cut his teeth in the 90’s freelancing for wire services and newspapers which eventually lead to his position as the team photographer for the San Francisco Giants (1996 – current). The native San Franciscan enjoys capturing action, emotions and portraits while continually chasing light.
Thearon Henderson
Thearon has been shooting sports for 40 years. As a self taught professional, he brings a critical element to the Summit Family. Having been in the shoes of the students and finding his way is what we all aspire to. Thearon is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1980 working in a health club owned by the orthopedic surgeon of the Golden State Warriors, he gained access to shooting NBA games and has since been shooting as a freelance/contract photographer for four decades. He has worked for Topps Trading Cards, The Sporting News and currently Upper Deck since 1990. Thearon worked for the AP as a stringer from 1998-2010 and is currently a stringer/contributor for Getty Images since 2010.
Matt Hernandez
Workshop Information
Workshop Highlights
- Professional Instruction on Action Sports Photography, Lighting, Marketing, Working With Editors, and the Professional Photography Market
- Premiere Networking Opportunities
- Photograph a Variety of Subjects in Different Settings Including Football, Water Polo, Soccer, and More
- Become Exposed and Comfortable With the Full Array of On/Off Camera Lighting
- Spend Several Days With An Amazing Group of Likeminded Photographers
Costs Included In Tuition
- Activity Fees, Location Fees, Welcome Meals (details will be on your itinerary)
Not Included
- Hotels, Most Meals
Classroom and lodging
Discounted rates of $169 per night have been secured for students at the Kimpton Alton Hotel. this is where the workshop hotel and where the faculty and staff will be staying! We hope you’ll take advantage of this discount at the workshop hub!
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