PhotoConnect
VPPA Annual Photography Convention
Feb. 18-21, 2022
Newport News Marriott at City Center
740 Town Center Dr, Newport News, VA 23606
Bee Trofort-Wilson
Long Exposure Portraits
Friday, Feb. 18th - 7:00-9:30 pm
This program will cover each of the details needed to create amazing long exposure portraits. Topics will include selecting the right camera settings, how to direct your models, implementing color gels into your images, and creative techniques to capture movement in your portraits.
About Bee Trofort-Wilson:Bee Trofort-Wilson is a sports and portrait 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. The key to her portrait work is her use of color and motion, utilizing color gels while also showing movement through long exposures. She attended Virginia Commonwealth University, the #1 public university for school of the arts, where she not only received a great art education but participated in numerous opportunities including an internship at People Magazine. She has had the opportunity to shoot campaigns for the CDC, Under Armour, Adidas, AMC, and more. While creating with people striving to be their best selves, she wants to encourage others to “Bee Fearless” along the way. She opened Bee Fearless Studios in 2020, a rental photography and video studio, to provide equipment and resources for young artist to fearlessly create.