Photography events 2021-2022: online and in-person workshops, conferences, styled shoots and more

2021

The Reset Conference,
September 20—21
Waco, Texas

2021

The Reset Conference is a boutique photography conference, specifically, a getaway focused on providing the business education where photographers can find the tools and creative community.

The Hybrid Collective,
September 27—29
Utah, USA

2021

Monte Istra Workshop by Katja & Simon,
September 28—30
Grožnjan, Croatia

2021

Katja & Simon team this year partnered with Daniel Alonso of People Truelove Tellers for a 3 day intensive program with guided photoshoots, workflow, editing and marketing tips at a unique old villa near Groznjan, Croatia.

Katja & Simon Avbar

Daniel Alonso of People Truelove Tellers

Thrive by Photography Farm
October 4—5, Brighton
October 7—8, Glasgow

2021

Thrive is a two day workshop with six mentors each talking about how they shoot a part of the wedding day. Sean Bell – Wedding Prep; Nadia Meli – Ceremonies; Lisa Devlin – Groups; Sam Hurd – The Portraits; York Place Studios – Receptions and finally Maciej Suwalowski – The Dancefloor. Day two is shooting with the Mentors in small groups. Now though, Thrive is adding in some brilliant business focused content on day two. These will happen in between the Shoot Sessions so that everyone can take part and in addition we will have activities such as website reviews and business mastermind groups for anyone not in shoot sessions.


The tickets are split though into day one and then the individual day two shoot sessions – this is so that you can choose which Mentors to be with or you can opt to just do day one or day two. The business content on Day Two is open to anyone who buys any ticket and if you can, spend the whole day with Thrive.

Nadia Meli
Maciej Suwalowski
Sam Hurd
Sean Bell
York Place Studios
Lisa Devlin

Alchimeia
October 11—14
Mykonos, Greece

2021
Luxury editorial portfolio building retreat hosted in the five star resort, limited to maximum 12 participants.

Included: accommodation (shared bedrooms), breakfast, lunch, dinner and the wedding editorial shoot with different setups.

For one: 3200€, for two: 3100€ each.
Speaker: Roman Ivanov
Speaker: Anthony Venitis
Curator: Anna Jil
Curator: Sanya Percic

The Nomad Lovers: Reborn
October 12—15
La Donaira, Spain

2021
A comeback from Joy Zamora and his friends with sunrise to sunset education, open table discussions, mindset training and 5 portfolio creation shootings all packed in luxurious eco-retreat in a sheltered location. Price starting at €2,900.
Anne and Ricardo of Kreativ Weddings
Open The Door Events
Joy Zamora

The Newborn and Portrait Show
October 17—19
Coventry, UK

2021
Established in 2013, The Newborn and Portrait Show is the original and first of its kind in Europe, catering for those interested in newborn, maternity, child, and general portrait photography.
Aoife Millea
Emma Jane
Gary Hill
Gary Hughes
Iwona Podlasinska
Kelly Brown
Terrie Jones

From RAW
November 3—5
Barcelona, Spain

2021
An intensive 3 days workshop from one of our favourite wedding photographers, close to a personal mentoring with focus on theoretical points, photography techniques, composition, light and finding the real moments.

Tünde Konscol

Matteo Carta

United by Showit
November 7—10
Arizona, USA

2021

Nine Dots Gathering
November 15—17
London, UK

2021
UK's biggest wedding photography community is back this Fall with its iconic event and an international line-up:
Sam Hurd
Rocio Vega
Yves Schepers
Neil Redfern
Nadia Meli
Igor Demba
Wing Yan Man
Shane Watts
Karen Cinnamon
Andy Gaines
Rahul Khona

Rumbo Workshop
November 19—21
New York City

2021
The Rumbo journey started at the end of 2018 by three photographers who saw a way to connect talent from one part of the world to the other. It all began on a trip to Iceland where Rumbo cofounders as colleagues and friends casually spoke their experiences as photographers in the United States and in Europe and quickly realized each side had incredible strengths to share. At that moment they decided to start building the bridge to connect both worlds.

Rumbo has evolved to become more than just a yearly workshop connecting speakers, students and vendors. Here is Rumbo's 2021 lineup:
Chuy Rodríguez
Kelly Balch
Paola Franqui
Alvaro Sancha
David Griso
Jose Melgarejo

Legacy Workshop
November 20—24
Mairy sur Marne, France

2021
A workshop and retreat for all those wedding photographers looking for a thoughtful, in-depth learning experience to up their business, fuel their inspiration, shoot high quality, professionally styled sessions and talk through the night with new friends from around the globe.

The Château de Mairy, located in the small village of Mairy sur Marne, approximately ten minutes to the town of Chalons en Champagne. In about an hour and a half you can reach the station from Paris. The Château de Mairy is an authentically renovated and traditionally decorated 17th century “Monument historique” set in 10 hectares of gardens and woodland and will be home and heart of Legacy 2021.
Petar Jurica
Francesca Angrisano
Marco Marinkovic
Muse & Mirror
Nina & Darek
Oscar Castro

Wolves Workshop,
November 21—27
La Graciosa, Canary Islands

2021
The workshop takes place in La Graciosa, which is probably one of the few places in Europe where there are still no tarmac roads. It’s the least-known and most serene of the entire Canarian Archipelago.

The workshops will be held daily, with one speaker per day consisting of a theory class where questions can be asked, a live-shoot with a real couple and an editing session to follow.

The price of the workshop is now 1800€ which includes five days full of speakers and bonfire nights, a Wolves/free day, a welcome dinner and goodbye party. Accommodation, return transport from the Lanzarote to Órzola and ferry to La Graciosa included.
Ginger's Eyes
Juanlu Rojano
People Truelove Tellers
Bring Me Somewhere Nice
Don Bringas
Edu Gomez
Pablo Beglez
Sara Linkoln

Wedding Photography Summit,
November 22—23
Online

2021
Jai Long is planning another event for this November. What do we expect? At least a dozen of really cool speaker and the signature affordable access rate. Lineup to be announced soon, watch this space for news.

Way Up North,
November 23—24
Copenhagen

2021
Way Up North is a series of events for wedding photographers in Europe and the place where Rawsie (then Dotphoton Raw) was actually presented for the first time to a wider audience. Since its inception WUN has been accumulating hundreds of creatives around the globe sharing their experience and inspiration for wedding photographers of all levels
Nirit Gut-Karby of Pic-Time

Remi Schouten of Maru Films
Rafał Bojar of One. Story. Hero
Linda Eliasson
Taylor Jackson
Inta Lankovska
Nisha Ravji
Sandra Åberg
Frøydis Geithus
Ryan Muirhead
Sara Linkoln

Luzo Workshop,
November 28—30
Gradil, Portugal

2021
A cozy three day event based on the concept of "Wedding. Community. Experience" with top photographers and videographers from Portugal sharing their experience in client communication, marketing and post production.
Hugo Coelho
Pixel Wedding Videography
The Framers
2022

The Crefest,
February 21—25
El Cuyo, Mexico

2022
The ever creative Crefest team is taking it to a hidden place called El Cuyo this time, a fishing town of insane authenticity. Packed with presenters ranging from Ryan Muirhead to our own favorite Fer Juaristi, Crefest will damn sure be a crazy ride for photographers.

Doc Day,
February 22
Dublin, Ireland

2022
DOC DAY is Ireland’s first wedding photography conference focused exclusively on the art of documentary photography. The series of talks over 1 day are designed to inspire, motivate and equip you to make memorable and unique photographs of the real moments of a wedding day.
Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Web
Fabio Mirulla
Jay Doherty
Darren Kirwan
York Place Studios
The Richters

The Crefest,
March 6—10 2022
Barcelona

2022

Ombra & Lumière,
Spring 2022
Ibiza

2022
Andrea Verenini
Gabby Gokool

The Reset Conference,
March 7—9
Lexington, Kentucky

2022

The Reset Conference is a boutique photography conference, specifically, a getaway focused on providing the business education where photographers can find the tools and creative community.

Bofad,
March 9—11
Barcelona

2022

Tenth edition of the most anticipated wedding congress. If you want to learn and grow as a professional image Bodaf Europe is the largest congress in Europe. 3 days of lectures, Master Classes, Keynotes and 3000 square meters of commercial offer with simultaneous translation to English for lectures and masterclasses.

Photolush,
March 26—27
Snohomish, Washington

2022

A weekend long portrait photography conference with a focus on community over competition, photo business development and a great chance to see live everyone we love following all year long on thematic Facebook groups and podcasts.

Dylan Howell
Ellie McMakin
Erica Nichole
Jamie Buckley
Dan Manning
Irene Jones
Ashley Scheider
Nick Edmundson

Milkshake Kisses,
April 5
Croatia

2022

Milkshake Kisses is a great format by Pierra G Photography and Russell Kent Nicholls for budding wedding photographers and videographers. Next event, a 3 day workshop full of styled shoots is scheduled for 2022 in Croatia.

Russell Kent Nicholls

Pierra G Photography

SNAP,
April 25—29
UK

2022

A legendary event comes back after a long pause with a massive line-up and 4 days program with topics from from leaving wedding photography (!) to confidence in Facebook ads.

The Crossroads Workshop,
May 9—12
Poland

2022
The Crossroads is a workshop and retreat for wedding photographers in an inspiring location in the East of Poland, surrounded by lakes and forests. We will spend few days in a beautiful place, learning with some of the best wedding photographers in the industry, we will focus in making your business more effective, we will speak about marketing, SEO, dealing with clients, finding your style and telling the right story. The Crossroads will have gorgeous styled shoots for your portfolio and, the most important; enjoy together in a charming location, with delicious food and long night talks with new friends by the fire place.

The workshop will take place in the Bug Gorge Landscape Park (Przełom Bugu Park Krajobrazowy) located in East Poland, about 160 Km from Warsaw. Guests will arrive there on the 9th May at evening. The presentations and shootings will be during the 10th and 11th
Marko Marinkovic
Rafał Bojar of One. Story. Hero
Roberto Panciatici
Björn Lexius
People Truelove Tellers
Edu Gomez
Kamil Koziński

Clickaway Conference,
July 8—10
Chicago

2022
Build up your portfolio, business and photography skills in just 3 days at Click's community biggest event 2022. Watch this space for lineup!

The Photo Cookout,
October 3—5
Orlando, USA

2022
The Photo Cookout hosted by Dr. Tomayia Colvin is the first photography conference for black photographers starring dozens of amazing talents with 2 days fully packed with actionable educational content and networking. Free virtual tickets are available.

Bodaf,
November 9—11
Barcelona, Spain

2022
The ninth edition of the biggest European photographers convention held in Spain with translations into English, French and Spanish.

Wolves Workshop,
November 13—19
La Graciosa, Canary Islands

2022
The workshop takes place in La Graciosa, which is probably one of the few places in Europe where there are still no tarmac roads. It’s the least-known and most serene of the entire Canarian Archipelago.

The workshops will be held daily, with one speaker per day consisting of a theory class where questions can be asked, a live-shoot with a real couple and an editing session to follow.

The price of the workshop is now 1900€ which includes five days full of speakers and bonfire nights, a Wolves/free day, a welcome party and the goodbye party. Transport from Lanzarote airport to La Graciosa, accommodation, return transport from La Graciosa to Lanzarote airport included.
Danilo + Sharon
Erik Winter
Monika Frias
Cara Mia

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