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Award Winning Flash Photography Editing and Selection with Ben Connolly
Flash Masters Ambassador Ben Connolly joins us from Australia at 5am to share how he selects, edits, and prepares his award-winning images including the behind-the-scenes thinking that has earned him Masters of Photography designations in four different countries.
Live with Ben Connolly: Award-Winning Image Selection & Editing for Impact
It is 5am in Australia. Ben Connolly is in goggles. He has had very little sleep. And he is still one of the most generous and inspiring people we have ever had on a Flash Masters stream.
Ben is an extraordinary photographer: he holds Masters of Photography designations from four different countries and has been among the Asia WPA's top 20 photographers of the year for four consecutive years. In this stream he shares something genuinely rare: a completely unscripted, deeply honest walkthrough of how he selects images for awards, how he thinks about editing for impact, and the creative philosophy behind a body of work that consistently stops judges in their tracks.
Brilliant, honest, funny, and unmissable. 🎉
The top 5 things you will learn by watching this stream:
- How Ben selects images for award entry and what he looks for. Ben shares his unscripted thought process for choosing which images to submit and why the selection process itself is one of the most valuable creative exercises a photographer can do.
- How Ben edits images to maximise their impact in a judging context. Ben walks through his editing approach including how he thinks about contrast, colour, and the overall feel of an image when preparing it for awards rather than just for client delivery.
- Why spending time in live judging rooms has transformed Ben's photography. Ben shares what years of attending and participating in live judging sessions has taught him and why seeing the judging process from the inside changes how you approach both shooting and editing.
- How to create award-worthy images in completely ordinary spaces. Several of Ben's most celebrated images were created against blank walls or in nondescript venues and he explains why constraints often produce his most creative work.
- Why the five-day workshop format produces results that online education simply cannot replicate. Ben talks about what he has built into his UK workshop and explains the philosophy behind the experience including why he insists on everyone staying together and why the hours after the shooting days are just as important as the shooting days themselves.
To find out more about Ben's work and the education he offers, please visit his website: https://benconnolly.com.au/
Ben Connolly
Ben Connolly, Wedding Photographer - Speaker - Educator & Mentor. Widely regarded as one of Australia's Top 10 Wedding Photographers, Ben is a Master of Photography in both the USA & Europe, Asia Wedding Photographer of the year in 2020 & 2021, International Cosmos Awards Top 10 and one of 8 Australians listed on Worlds Best Wedding Photos .com. Ben is a passionate OCF Photographer and teacher with workshops in the USA - WPPI and in Australia while also photographing 50+ weddings a year. Ben is committed to building a wider community of OCF Photographers with world class skills and creativity through continued education, awards and support. Ben hosts photography and business workshops year round and will soon be launching the most comprehensive online Photography Entrepreneurs Program in Australia, designed to not only give photographers all the photography and creative skills but also give them the formula to be successful in business. Ben also mentors fellow Photographers and Entrepreneurs with 6 & 12 month in person and online coaching programs and also offers one on one sessions both online and in person. Photography aside, when Ben is not behind the camera he loves nothing more than hanging out with his Bulldog Mansfred and Kart Racing on his rare weekends off.
