with BEA LUBAS + EVA KOSMAS FLORES + BETTY SHIN BINON + SILVIA BIFARO + LINDA LOMELINO
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
Visual Voices
Have you ever wanted to attend an in-person photography workshop, but were held back by the travel, cost, or time away from home? Well, we've got something for you!
DIVE INTO recorded behind-the-scenes Photo + video shoots with bea lubas + eva kosmas flores!
what you'll learn
One of the most valuable parts of any in-person workshop is getting to hear the experiences of other food photographers, bloggers, and stylists. We believe that everyone has something to bring to the table.
Throughout the month of November, we'll have live seminars on zoom with deeply talented creatives like Linda Lomelino, Betty Shin Binon, and Silvia Bifaro covering everything from video to styling to shooting big projects like books for clients. And there will be time for Q&A's at the end of each seminar, too!
Plus a deep-dive Q&A session with Eva and Bea, and a bonus surprise seminar waiting for you inside the workshop!
And all the seminars will be recorded and uploaded to the workshop, so if you miss it live or want to re-watch again later, you can dive in whenever it works best for you!
One of the most valuable parts of any in-person workshop is getting to hear the experiences of other food photographers, bloggers, and stylists. We believe that everyone has something to bring to the table.
And all the seminars will be recorded and uploaded to the workshop, so if you miss it live or want to re-watch again later, you can dive in whenever it works best for you!
Plus a deep-dive Q&A session with Eva and Bea, and a bonus surprise seminar waiting for you inside the workshop!
Throughout the month of November, we'll have live seminars on zoom with deeply talented creatives like Linda Lomelino, Betty Shin Binon, and Silvia Bifaro covering everything from video to styling to shooting big projects like books for clients. And there will be time for Q&A's at the end of each seminar, too!
Plus live seminars + Q&A's with Silvia Bifaro, Betty Shin Binon, and Linda Lomelino on a wide variety of topics!
BEHIND-THE-SCENES: CREATIVE PHOTO SHOOT WITH BEA
This 2.5-hour video tutorial has you shadowing me (Bea) as I start with a creative concept for a photoshoot, and take you step-by-step through my process of planning, lighting, styling, shooting, and editing a series of images in my home studio.
Making Magic at Home + in the Studio
Prepare for the Shoot — I'm walking your through my pre-production process for how I go about planning + brainstorming for my photoshoots. In this insightful video, I will talk you through my action plan for the shoot and invite you behind-the-scenes of my inspiration-encouraging planning process.
Prepare for the Shoot — I'm walking your through my pre-production process for how I go about planning + brainstorming for my photoshoots. In this insightful video, I will talk you through my action plan for the shoot and invite you behind-the-scenes of my inspiration-encouraging planning process.
Compose the Scene — Building a scene from scratch is all about trying different ideas, trusting your intuition and improving your scene one intricate detail at a time. During this shoot you'll watch me bring my vision to life while I explain what scene styling ideas I'm using to elevate my images and how I add emotion to my work through colour, important visual details and by focusing on my subject's strengths.
Edit in Lightroom — Being able to hone the fine details of your image to bring out the best elements in frame is essential to crafting a beautiful image. Join me as I take you through my editing process for the images we shot together in Lightroom desktop! I'm taking you step-by-step through my editing process and sharing my favorite post-processing tools and techniques to help you create truly eye-catching images.
Compose the Scene — Building a scene from scratch is all about trying different ideas, trusting your intuition and improving your scene one intricate detail at a time. During this shoot you'll watch me bring my vision to life while I explain what scene styling ideas I'm using to elevate my images and how I add emotion to my work through colour, important visual details and by focusing on my subject's strengths.
Edit in Lightroom — Being able to hone the fine details of your image to bring out the best elements in frame is essential to crafting a beautiful image. Join me as I take you through my editing process for the images we shot together in Adobe Lightroom! I'm taking you step-by-step through my editing process and sharing my favorite post-processing tools and techniques to help you create truly eye-catching images.
Together, we'll:
BEHIND-THE-SCENES: CLIENT VIDEO SHOOT WITH EVA
In this 2-hour video tutorial, you'll join me (Eva) as I guide you through my process of creating videos for clients with a smart phone. We'll cover everything from the client brief to shot lists to styling to shooting and even editing the video together in post!
Creating Moving Pictures with Guidelines
Edit for Eye Candy — With video, the editing bay is *really* where the story comes together. I'm taking you through editing in the VN mobile video editing app, and together we will edit the video footage we shot into a beautiful + zippy video. You'll learn my on-the-go video editing process, and the wonderful world of color + exposure grading that exists within this handy editing app, too!
Style + Shoot with a Purpose — When you're working with a client, you always need to make sure that the visual elements of the scene are in line with the client brief's requirements, while still crafting a beautiful setting + background for our subject to truly shine! We'll dive into walking the line between the two in our on-set video tutorials together, and I'm taking you step-by-step through my video shooting process.
Plan Out the Video — Pre-production is *especially* essential for video shoots, and even more so when you're working with a client. I'm taking you line-by-line through de-coding the client brief, writing our shot list, and sourcing inspiration for our shoot.
Plan Out the Video — Pre-production is *especially* essential for video shoots, and even more so when you're working with a client. I'm taking you line-by-line through de-coding the client brief, writing our shot list, and sourcing inspiration for our shoot.
Style + Shoot with a Purpose — When you're working with a client, you always need to make sure that the visual elements of the scene are in line with the client brief's requirements, while still crafting a beautiful setting + background for our subject to truly shine! We'll dive into walking the line between the two in our on-set video tutorials together, and I'm taking you step-by-step through my video shooting process.
Edit for Eye Candy — With video, the editing bay is *really* where the story comes together. I'm taking you through editing in the VN mobile video editing app, and together we will edit the video footage we shot into a beautiful + zippy video. You'll learn my on-the-go video editing process, and the wonderful world of color + exposure grading that exists within this handy editing app, too!
Together, we'll:
STATE OF CREATIVITY DISCUSSION WITH EVA + BEA
This hour-long video tutorial has you pull up a seat with Bea and Eva in Bristol, England, as they dive into their thoughts about the current + future creative industry.
Join Our Open + Honest Discussion in England
Inspiration — We're diving into our go-to inspiration sources and how we nurture fresh perspectives and thoughtful ideas in our work. The best captures often come from the most unexpected sources.
The Creative Process — Every creative individual has a unique way of getting from Point A to Point B in their work. Bea and Eva discuss the differing ways that they work, and the importance of understanding + adapting a workflow that nourishes your creative process, rather than hindering it.
The Future of the Creative Industry — From AI to video, we share our frank + honest opinions, thoughts, and even trepidations about what the biggest boons to the future of the creative field are, and the biggest hurdles.
Our Future — We reflect on the shifts and changes we've experienced in our own careers over the past few years, and share about what our hopes for the future hold.
TOGETHER WE'LL SHARE:
Plus Live Seminars Waiting for You Inside the Workshop!
One of the most valuable parts of any in-person workshop is getting to hear the experiences of other photographers, creatives, and stylists. We believe that everyone has something to bring to the table. Every week in November Bea and I will lead a live zoom discussion, with guest teachers + subjects outlined below!
Cinematic Video Storytelling with Betty Shin Binon
This virtual seminar will be an intense hour of video study where you’ll learn the art of cinematic video story telling. Betty will share some tips on how to stand out from a saturated market of content creators. Learn about mise-en-scène; composition, styling, angles, props, lighting, music, sound effects, and the importance of eliciting emotion in a video story under a minute.
November 29th at 10 am Pacific time / 6 pm london time
Live
Live
Evocative Food Styling with Silvia Bifaro
Welcome to a guided BTS of one of my most popular stylings. This session will be fun and informative, you will learn how I work and how I give my clients stop scrolling photos. I will explain my process of composing, choosing the colours and the textures with te given natural light, and the reasons behind my creative choices, so hopefully, you will walk away understanding what makes a food photo an exciting piece of food storytelling!
November 10th at 10 am Pacific time / 6 pm london time
Live
Photographing Large Scale Projects with Linda Lomelino
Join Linda for a guided deep dive into her creative process for shooting large-scale projects like cookbooks + other publications. In recent years Linda has photographed multiple cookbooks for the Swedish chef My Feldt, and in this session she will walk you through how she approaches shooting for a project of this scale while working with the client to ensure their vision is also included in the final scope of the finished product.
November 25th at 10 am Pacific time / 6 pm london time
Live
Creative Mindset Conversation with Bea Lubas
Pull up a seat with Bea at this illuminating discussion centered around cultivating + honing your creative mindset. Bea will take you through tips and techniques you can use to spark your creativity, and nurture it into a beautiful glowing flame. As this is a conversation-based format, your creative input + thoughts are welcome at any time! And don't be shy with your questions :)
November 17th at 10 am Pacific time / 6 pm london time
Live
Creative Q&A with Eva Kosmas Flores + Bea Lubas
Welcome to a round table Q&A with Bea + Eva where we'll dive into + answer your pressing photography, videography, and creativity questions! In the "round table" format, you are welcome and encouraged to dive into the discussion, too! So if you have an experience to share or a recommendation to impart, feel free to hit the 'unmute' button on zoom and voice your thoughts. We cannot wait to share this open + honest discussion with you!
November 6th at 10 am Pacific time / 6 pm london time
If you can't make one or some of the live seminars, don't fret!
We know that time zones + schedules don't always match up. We have a submission form in the course for you to submit any thoughts, questions, or experiences relative to the topic. Plus, **all the round tables will be recorded** and uploaded to the workshop so you can watch (or re-watch!) them at your leisure, pause them, and take notes if you’d like!
The seminars + Q&A's will take place via zoom, and they'll start with an introduction to our guest teachers, and they'll dive into their teaching subject. Then later on in the meeting we’ll open up the floor for everyone to share their experiences, ask us any questions, contribute their thoughts, and connect!
"You could ask them anything, and it was so great to meet them and other creatives from all over the world"
LISA ORNELAS
PHOTOGRAPHER + STYLIST
Eva and Bea created a Virtual workshop loaded with valuable information on photography, styling, composition, challenging shoot solutions and the list goes on! Their separate videos on their creative shooting process from beginning to end was so eye opening and inspiring to watch. They also hosted a Zoom Round Table on different food photography subjects over several weeks. You could ask them anything and it was so great to meet them and other creatives from all over the World! Thank you Eva and Bea for such a wonderful and inspiring experience! I will be sure to recommend this fun, wonderful and valuable workshop to anyone looking to hone in on their photography and styling skills!
- A 1.5-hour Behind the Scenes video of Eva’s client video shoot, from start to finish
- A 70-minute Behind the Scenes video of Bea’s personal photoshoot, from start to finish
- 3 Videos of Eva's pre-production process for video shoots + client projects
- 5 Videos of Bea's pre-production process for creative photoshoots
- 1.5+ hours of tutorials of Bea's editing process in Adobe Lightroom, editing the images shot during our behind-the-scenes shoot together
- An hour-long video editing tutorial with Eva, where she takes you through editing the footage shot during our behind-the-scenes client shoot in the VN mobile editor app
- Written transcripts + closed captions of every video, so you have clarity if English is your second language or you're hearing impaired
- Live Seminar with Linda Lomelino about Shooting Large Scale Projects
- Live Seminar with Betty Shin Binon about Cinematic Video Storytelling
- Live Seminar with Silvia Bifaro about Evocative Food Styling
- Live Q&A Round Table Discussion with Bea and Eva
- Exercise Guidebook that takes you step by step through applying the techniques and strategies Bea and Eva show you in their behind-the-scenes videos to your own creative process
- Audio files of every tutorial video, so you can go through the course in whatever method works best for you.
- Bonus of 9 EXCLUSIVE Lightroom Presets made by Bea Lubas!
- Plus even more BONUS content (woohoo!) including a Resource Guide with Eva and Bea's favorite equipment and prop sources, exclusive access to our private Visual Voices Workshop Community on kajabi, and a surprise bonus waiting for you inside the workshop!
Hours of tutorials, Detailed Guides, and Hands-On Discussions, including:
YOU GET
Remote Tethering Guide
This PDF guide will take you through setting up your camera + mobile device to shoot via your camera manufacturer's remote tethering application. This means more accurate styling and a better visual on what's in frame, and more freedom to physically be in the photograph without being stuck standing behind the camera (yay!)
Extra #1
What's In Your Workshop Goodie Bag?
Extra #2
Resources Guide
Another one of the best parts of attending workshops is getting to nerd out and talk shop about all our favorite prop sources, camera gear, lighting equipment, ceramics, and the like. To make it easy for you to find and access our favorite sources + gear, we’ve listed it all out + linked to it in our handy little resource guide!
Extra #3
Exclusive Visual Voices Community on Kajabi
One of the best parts of workshops is the connections you forge there, and you can think of this is our permanent gathering space outside of our Zoom calls. The community is basically a private message board on kajabi (the platform the workshop is hosted on), where we can share images for voluntary group feedback, get to know each other, and continue to grow the relationships and knowledge that we're cultivating in our Zoom round table discussions!
Extra #4
Assignments Guide
Inside you'll find tips, technique-based assignments, and brainstorming exercises designed to spark your creativity, enhance your skills, and encourage time for reflection. You can pick and choose from which exercises you'd like to do, or dive into them all! The more you do, the more you grow, and the more inspired your creations become!
"This is without a doubt *the* workshop you'll need on the art and business of photography"
ligia farron
the girl in the yellow dress
"Eva and Bea did a really great job with this virtual workshop. I’m not quite a beginner in food photography, but I’m far from mastering the lighting, the focus, the depth of field and not to mention the business side of this field. In the round table discussions, these ladies came with so many examples and such thorough instructions, balancing all the important aspects of food photography. I also loved the creative process videos where I got to see how they set up their shots, how they approach lighting and how they actually shoot. Even though they have fantastic talent and skills in food photography, both Eva and Bea came across as humble and passionate. This is without question the workshop you’ll need on the art and business of photography!” "
When you join, you'll also get access to 9 exclusive brand-new presets custom-made by Bea! These presets contain 3 'overall' presets and 6 adaptive Presets with built-in AI masking tools, including 3 for your subject and 3 for your background 🙌 The adaptive presets can be mixed and matched with each other to create different looks + feels for your image! The 3 'overall' presets to add the same look + feel throughout all of your image. DNG + XMP files are included!
And Don't Forget About Your Preset Bonus!
Hey there! I’m Eva, and I learned photography on a film camera dark room-style when I was 15 (which was a loooong time ago). I have a Saveur-nominated food blog, Adventures in Cooking, and have written + shot two cookbooks, Adventures in Chicken and First We Eat, which was nominated by IACP for 2019's best cookbook.
I’ve shot for clients as big as 7-Up, and as small as local restaurants. I’ve done takeovers on the @Instagram main feed, my work’s been featured in dozens of magazines + publications, and I work full-time doing what I love—photography and teaching.
I've taught thousands of students, both online and in-person, and hosted hundreds of hours of photography + styling workshops all over the world. Nothing makes me happier than seeing a familiar face as students from my entry-level workshops regularly come back for my advanced level ones :)
Eva Kosmas Flores
YOUR HOSTS
Hi 🖐🏼 I'm Bea! I grew up in a picturesque little town in the south-west of Poland. At the age of 20, I left a job in a local bakery, packed my suitcase and bought a one-way ticket to England. It was the most crazy decision I have ever made in my life.
Why did I move? I felt lost. I didn't really know what to do with myself and I hoped that this new adventure would help me find my direction in life. Nothing, as you probably guessed, happened overnight, but one day something nudged me to buy a camera....and that was a turning point.
Today, I create food stories for brands and magazines from all over the world and I still pinch myself that telling visual stories about delicious ingredients and recipes is what I do for a living. I could photograph and talk about food photography all day!
When I don't photograph I share my passion with other photographers in this warm and beautiful community through online tutorials, in person workshops, or through my best-selling book How to Photograph Food.
Bea Lubas
I'm a photographer and stylist based in the south of Sweden. I write the blog Call me Cupcake and I’m an author of four cookbooks which have been published in several languages.
I needed pictures to run my blog of course. After studying photography in high school, I had a camera that I barely used. I simply didn’t know what to take pictures of! So when I started baking, I also started taking pictures of my baked goods. And it turned out to be a pretty great combination for me. Everything else is history!
Linda Lomelino
Betty Shin Binon AKA Stems & Forks was established in 2017 to showcase all her creative musings: recipes, photography, videography and botanical sculptures.
Binon’s photography and video is highly sought-after by brands for her distinct chiaroscuro style and emotive visual storytelling.
Betty Shin Binon
I'm an Italian food photographer living in London. I assisted in magazines and editorials and worked creator for worldwide brands.
I love teaching food photography, and my mission and passion is to help foodies and photographers like you to develop their abilities and fast forward their photography careers.
Silvia Bifaro
"The workshop offered so much more than just how to style and photograph food"
Merrill Buckley
"Being part of Bea + Eva's workshop was a highlight for me of the very strange year that was 2020! Thank you for the opportunity to connect with you both as well as the community you've created as a result. I wasn't able to join the live discussions but I followed the recordings with great anticipation & I was not disappointed. Your workshop offered so much more than just how to style & photograph food; it was filled with a wealth of information. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your craft. What a great gift to know your thoughts, processes, challenges & respective journeys. I really enjoyed being "on set" with each of you & I look forward to someday joining one of your workshops in person. Thank you!
PULL UP A SEAT AND DIVE IN!
So what are you waiting for?
Nope! This is a brand-new Virtual Workshop with all-new behind-the-scenes recordings and content. We've created a totally new experience for you with a variety of different creative focuses, from photograph to videography, with even more creative perspectives (hello Linda Lomelino, Betty Shin Binon, and Silvia Bifaro!) to give you the richest experience possible.
No, this is *brand-new* content, created specifically to emulate the in-person workshop experience in a virtual setting and to foster deeper insight into the creative process. From talking about shoots that go wrong and how to overcome them, to the live seminars + Q&A's on zoom where you get to share your experiences, and connect with like-minded creatives through the course community. And if there's one thing I've observed from collaborative shoots, it's that every photographer has their own unique creative process, and you can learn SO much by seeing and hearing about the different ways that talented creatives get to their "aha!" moments.
There may be a bit of overlap in some of the general advice (i.e. soft diffused lighting), but the video and text content is completely unique and was created to give you a better look at my and Bea’s creative process, while guiding you through applying them to your own, and creating a community-based workshop experience.
Eva, I’m a member of your Vertical Video or Photography + Styling + Branding Course, is this going to be the same content as your course?
FAQ
I participated in Eva + Bea's previous 'Creative Process' Virtual Workshop, is this the same one?
Access to the workshop NEVER expires. As long as there's an internet, you’ll always have access to it ;)
How long do I have access to the workshop?
This workshop doesn't explain entry-level camera settings, it operates on the assumption that you know how to do basic adjustments like changing your aperture, shutterspeed, and ISO. You can definitely still learn a LOT from watching our shooting, styling, and editing process, but if you're looking for a more structured learning environment that starts with the basics and grows from there, my signature Photography + Styling + Branding Course might be a better fit for you.
I’m new to my camera, will this be helpful for me or is it just for experienced photographers?
No, you can take this course with an iPhone if you'd like. Granted, Bea's behind-the-scenes focuses on a using DSLR camera, but you can still put to use the styling and creative process techniques without one. Eva uses an iPhone 14 ProMax for her behind-the-scenes video shoot, so you can definitely put to use what you learn in both Bea + Eva's workshops with whatever type of camera or smart phone you have.
Do I need a camera to take this course?
All the equipment we recommend or use in the workshop is linked to in our Resources Guide within the workshop. It's full of our favorite gear + prop sources, with hyperlinks, so you don't have to worry about googling anything or accidentally ordering the wrong thing :)
What equipment do you recommend?
If you want to learn to edit in Adobe Lightroom, you will need to download the program. Bea uses Adobe Lightroom desktop for her editing demonstration videos. I use the VN mobile app for my video editing demonstration, and that application is free to download on all mobile devices. You will also need to download the Zoom application (it's free) to participate in the round table discussions.
Do I need any computer programs or apps?
First of all, thank you so much for taking one of my courses!! Because this is a collaborative project with many co-hosts coming together to teach, unfortunately I can't offer a student discount on the Virtual Workshop.
I'm a previous student of Eva's, does my student discount work on this?
Lifetime Access
When you join, you won't be beholden to a deadline. And you won't be asked to pay some additional fee to extend access. We want you to be able to reference the workshop + seminars as many times as you want, whenever you want. Whether that's months, seasons, or years from now, you can count on the workshop to be there for you!
14-Day Risk-Free Guarantee
When you join, you'll be a part of a community of passionate and and warm creatives who are just as committed to and excited about growing their skillset as you are.
Immediately upon signing up, you'll have access to all of the course materials and the bonuses, and by the end of the 14 days, you'll have made it through one or several of the live sessions. This means you'll be able to go through as much of the workshop as you'd like *before* making a final commitment. If you don't feel like you're improving in your photography and styling abilities, just reach out, show us you've done the work, and we’ll gladly give you a refund. [Full details here]
pamela aruguelles pina
food + lifestyle photographer
I really am thankful for having the chance to be in this workshop. In a time that is difficult to have contact with people, it was very easy to feel like we were all there in the same room. I really loved feeling so inspired and welcomed. I love that, thanks to you and Bea, a community of creative people were engaged to support each other, and that I was able to "meet" these lovely people. Plus there was so much great information that you both shared that I’m still processing. Hope to see you in person someday!