Documentary wedding and portrait photographer Paul F. Gero shares his secrets about capturing great moments and working simply and quickly with on camera flash and photographing weddings and portraits.

Gero spent nearly twenty years in daily journalism shooting literally thousands of assignments ranging from Presidents to paupers, and everything from documentary essays, to lit portraits to dynamic action photographs.

He was on staff at The Chicago Tribune (both in Chicago and in their Washington, DC bureau) as well as on staff at The Arizona Republic in Phoenix.

His work has been published around the globe including publications such as Time, People, US News and World Report and Sports Illustrated magazines.

Those wide-ranging skills acquired over more than two decades of work have become distilled into his unique approach to wedding photography that values the beauty of natural moments, simple and effective portraiture on the day and the use of on camera flash to create light that looks natural and inviting.

Please join us for his engaging and highly personal teaching style, useful and instructive photo exercises and his perceptive critiques that help students grow their skills in capturing natural moments and utilizing flash.

Be prepared to see the wedding and portrait world in an entirely new manner after taking his classes. Paul’s very popular book, Digital Wedding Photography, was published in 2005 by Course PTR and available on Amazon.com.