If you’re offered a spot to the workshop and choose to accept, we’ll send over a proposal with a contract and an invoice for the $500 non-refundable deposit. This deposit goes towards the full total of $1490, it is not a seperate fee. The remaining amount will be due in monthly installments leading up to the event, as follows:

Deposit due to claim spot: $500
March 13: $500 payment due
April 3: $490 payment due

The $500 deposit, along with all other payments made leading up to the event, are non-refundable. If those accepted can no longer attend, they are individually responsible for finding someone to take their spot. 

Yes! This is a workshop, and formal teaching is a core part of the experience.

The day begins with a two hour presentation led by Marina, where you’ll dive into how brands evaluate portfolios, how to think through creative direction and styling with intention, and how to plan shoots that deliver strong, versatile image sets. This foundational session is designed to give you confidence before you start shooting.

From there, you’ll move into hands-on shooting, rotating through professionally styled concepts that feature real products provided by real brands, applying what you learned in real time. After we wrap shooting, the workshop concludes with a live editing and culling demo, where Marina walks through how to select and refine images for portfolio use, so you leave not just with photos, but with a clearer process for presenting your work to brands.

Marina will also provide creative direction, pose direction, and guidance throughout each shoot and be available for any questions you have on set.

Photographers of all skill levels are welcome to apply, from beginners to pros! Just keep in mind rotating between styled shoots can feel fast-paced, so knowing how to use your camera so you can capture shots quickly is necessary. 

Each set will be designed with natural lighting and/or supplemental continuous lights. NO knowledge or use of flash or strobe is required. 

In order to provide you with the best experience possible, we are limiting the number of attendees to 15 for this workshop. In addition, we want to make sure beginner photographers have just as much opportunity as more experienced photographers to attend.

While looking at applications, we also want to ensure that all attendees are set up to get high-quality results from the weekend. To facilitate this, we will be taking your goals into consideration as we go through applications.

Because of limited spaces, in previous years we've unfortunately had to turn away so many talented and passionate photographers who applied in order to keep the experience intimate and run smoothly for both photographers and models. Our goal with Colorpop is to organize events regularly, so please don’t be discouraged from applying for future events if you are not chosen for this one - it's not personal, it's just numbers! Thank you for understanding.