Schedule
Each workshop session is 1.5-2 Hours Long
Monday | January 25, 2021
2PM PST | 5PM EST
Hobby to Business Mindset with David Shands
Tuesday | January 26, 2021
5PM PST | 8PM EST
Getting to Know Your Camera with Cat Harper
Wednesday | January 27, 2021
5PM PST | 8PM EST
Building Your Portfolio with Bee Trofort
Thursday | January 28, 2021
5PM PST | 8PM EST
How to Plan & Price Photoshoots with Mike Dawkins
Friday | January 29, 2021
5PM PST | 8PM EST
Finding Your Style & Ideal Client with Brandon Dixon
Meet The Teachers
David Shands
Entrepreneurship Coach | Author | Podcaster
Hobby to Business Mindset
David is an inspiration to anyone with an idea to create what doesn’t yet exist. From employee to employer, David worked in various customer-oriented industries, all while building his own apparel business. He coined the phrase, “Sleep is 4 Suckers”, starting out with wristbands and a cool story, later evolving into a clothing line and a way of life. With entrepreneurship being his overarching area of expertise, David works to inspire and uplift many with his brand tag line “If you lose sleep doing what you love, you will eventually live the dream that you only would have dreamt”.
Since David quit his job at the Cheesecake Factory in 2012, his successful businesses, compelling story and unique teaching style has taken his speaking platform across the country. David has the unique ability to teach complicated subjects like entrepreneurship, marketing, leadership and mental toughness in a way that is being grasped and understood by audiences of all ages.
Cat Harper
Photographer
Getting to Know Your Camera
Atlanta based celebrity photographer Cat Harper has photographed some of the top entertainers ranging from Akon, Rick Ross, Tyrese, T.I., and more. This workshop will teach you everything you need to know about your camera and how to get the best images from it.
Bee Trofort
Portrait & Sports Photographer | Educator
Building Your Portfolio
Bee Trofort is a sports and fitness photographer on a journey to motivate and inspire others through imagery and storytelling, showing that strong is beautiful in all forms, not only physical, but mental as well. While creating with people striving to be their best selves, she wants to encourage others to "Bee Fearless" along the way. Her work ranges from dynamic sports and lifestyle images to in-studio portraiture. She has created content for the CDC, Adidas, Under Armour, TV One, Finish Line, AT&T, and more.
Mike Dawkins
Portrait & Event Photographer | Educator
How to Plan & Price Photo Shoots
Mike Dawkins is a portrait and events photographer with a mission to show people the best version of themselves and the world around them. He describes his style as medium, moody with an element of magical realism. Getting his start as a photo retoucher, he shoots and edits his photos right up to the point of being "too good to be true." With a degree in marketing, he approaches each shoot as a brand partner for influencers and entrepreneurs like Danielle Leslie, Andrew Nguyen, Mignon Von, Karen Civil, Maya Elious, Jeremy Anderson, Pinky Cole and Tina Knowles.
He manages a community of creatives who support and encourage each other to do great work and earn a living from doing it. Through a private Q&A Podcast, Video Courses, Editing Sessions, Portfolio Reviews, and more, he mentors photographers on what he considers the ABC’S of photography.
Art
Business
Connection
When he's not taking photos, he enjoys watching basketball, hanging out with friends and going stand up paddle boarding with his wife.
Brandon Dixon
Videographer | Photography + Videography Coach
Finding Your Style & Ideal Client
Brandon Dixon is a thriving Business Owner, Sought-After Videographer; Nationally-Recognized Photography/Videography Coach.
BrandonShotme is an expert videographer and Multi-business owner. Brandon has single-handedly turned video content into profit for serial-entrepreneurs across the country and abroad.
Desiring to coach and mentor other business owners he became part-owner of The Entrepreneurship Complex in Atlanta -- a 4,000sqft content studio and multi-use space designed for existing and up and coming talent in the entrepreneurial space. He also serves as the lead facilitator and Founder of the Shooters Camp hosting a 6-week intensive camp on photography, videography, and entrepreneurship.