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Public Speaking

Email David for a detailed Word doc of speaker costs, keynotes, contracts, workshop concepts, travel arrangements and more.

I have spoken to photographers around the world, from 20 students to rooms with 2000 or more. I am very experienced and very comfortable on a stage. My talks are lively and fun! I involve the photographers and I walk around the audience. My keynotes are universal themes working well with all cultures and skill levels. I have multiple keynotes available from composition, to style, to destination weddings, to business and more. I have two very popular keynotes heard around the world:

Power Style!
Develop a dynamic composition and a compelling style! (a 1.5 to 2.5 hour program)

My Mistakes with Posing & Composition (a 2 to 3 hour program)
A very informative and entertaining experience!
“I’ve learned so much from my mistakes… I’m thinking of making a few more.”

Multiple Day Workshops

I also have many styles of all day or multiple day workshops designed for 20 to 50 students:

Frame Design: A Shoot with Beckstead Workshop!
Intensive Wedding/Composition Awareness

Style Development: Exploring the direction and patterns of your imagery.
A “hands-on” class where your work will be honestly critiqued.

Public Speaking Experience

2005
DWF convention – Keynote (500 photographers)

2006
WPPI – Platform with Gary Fong (900 photographers)

2007
WPPI – Master Class
SWPP in London – Master Class (170 photographers)
DWF convention – Model shoot demonstration (500 photographers)
South Africa Beckstead seminar 2- day (90 students)

2008
WPPI – Master Class , Print judging
SWPP in London – Master Class (150 photographers) Keynote 8-hour class (300) Print judging
Norway Beckstead seminar (20 students)

2009
WPPI – Platform – Print judging – WPPI Town Hall speaker
SWPP David Beckstead City Tour. Five cities in the UK and Ireland.
PPA Idaho State convention – Print judging, platform class (70 photographers)
Pictage – Partner Con convention – shooting workshops (500 photographers)
Norway Beckstead seminar (20 students)
Bahamas assistant speaker Grant Oakes workshop

2010
NEIPP Boston Instructor – 5-day workshop (20 students)
Quebec PPOC Speaker – (300 students)
Mexico assistant speaker Grant Oakes workshop
DWF Convention – Shooting workshops, mentoring (400 students)
WPPI Convention – Master Class – Print judging, 2 full day workshops (70 students)
Greece Beckstead Seminar – Athens and Thessalonica- (120 students)
Norway Nordic Light convention – 2-day workshop, 4-hour keynote (around 300 students)
Australia 3 city tour with Yervant – (200 students)
New Zealand 4 city tour – (200 students)
Partner Con – New Orleans – November (500 students)

2011
Mystic convention speaker, workshop. (300 students)
SWPP in London, January2011 – Master Class, shooting classes
WPPI in Las Vegas – Maser Class, album judging, workshops
Saskatchewan Canada PPOC – convention keynote speaker (80 students), critique, judging and workshops
Spain, A Coruña 2-day workshop (65 students)
Wedding Brazil (Brasil 2011) convention speaker (1700 students) and workshop (40 students)
You Don’t Know Click workshop (20 students)
PSD Experience convention speaker and workshop (150 students)
Photovision Athens, Greece – convention speaker, print judging and workshop (300 students)
Crete, Greece – 5-day workshop (20 students)
Corfu, Greece with Yervant, convention speaker (70 students)
Denver PPA- Keynote speaker and workshop (50 students)
Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Romania, Workshops
Croatia, Dubrovnik workshop (40 students)
Riccione, Italy Epoca Albums convention speaker (400 students)
Madrid Spain convention (300 students)

2012
PPA Imaging New Orleans- Platform (600 students)
DWF convention in New Orleans (200 students) Shooting workshop 50 students
WPPI in Las Vegas – Platform, Print judging, workshops (1200 students)
Moscow convention (400 students)
Argentina (200 students)
Miami Mentors workshop (50 students)
Wedding Brazil (Brasil 2012) convention speaker (2000 students) and workshops (80 students)
Brazil workshop Nov. (150 students)
Cairns workshop in Australia (20 students)

2013
Mystic 8 convention speaker, workshop. (200 students)
Brazil convention speaker (800 students) and workshops (80 students)
Moscow convention, workshops (300 students)
Peru convention, workshops (300 students)
WPPI in Las Vegas – Masterclass, Print judging, workshops (200 students)
Canada PPOC convention Keynote and workshops (200 students)
St. John Newfoundland Workshop (20 students)
China Shanghai convention (200 students)
Budapest and Italy workshops

2014
WPPI in Las Vegas – Platform class, Print judging, workshops (500 students)
Malaysia & Borneo seminars and workshops (70 students)
I AM Photographer convention and workshops in Estonia (200 students)
Brazil convention and workshops (1800 students)
Rome Epoca Album convention and workshops (170 students)
Turkey PWT workshop and convention (70 students)
Romania workshop
China, Shanghai CWPA convention keynote (150 students)

2015
WPPI in Las Vegas – Master class, Print judging, Photo Walk, workshop
Norway workshop (20 students)
Brazil workshops and online teaching (Thousands of students)
Singapore workshops (40 students)
Florida workshop (20 students)
Turkey PWT workshop and trade show (Thousands of students)

2016
SWPP in London – Master Class and Super Classes.
WPPI in Las Vegas – Master class, Print judging, Photo Walk
China convention and workshop
Serbia convention and workshop
Croatia Dubravnik workshop
Slovakia workshop
Bangladesh convention and workshop

Workshops produced by David Beckstead:
Shoot With Beckstead workshops 2007 – 10 states
Shoot With Beckstead workshops 2008 – 15 states, London and Norway
Shoot With Beckstead workshops 2009 – UK, Slovenia, Norway and many US states.
Shoot With Beckstead workshops 2010 Norway and many US states
Shoot With Beckstead workshops 2011 – Croatia, Sweden, Greece and more.
Shoot With Beckstead workshops 2012 – Brazil, Moscow, Argentina and more.

Convention organized one-on-one mentoring:
DWF Convention – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010
Moscow convention 2012
Nordic Light convention 2010
Thirst Relief at WPPI 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 www.thirstrelief.org
SWPP Convention – 2007

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