Rock & Roll Photographer Package

Attention photographers! Experience a music festival like never before - you in front of front row capturing some of music's hottest artists. Put down your cell phone, pick up a camera and capture the ultimate souvenir that will last a lifetime!

Learn and master professional photography skills with instructor Barry Brecheisen. He will share some of his secrets and spend the weekend demonstrating the real-world application of these ideas first hand, as you shoot alongside him, up close and personal, in front of front row. This isn't just a weekend of great music and craft beers from all over the country, we're offering you a chance that only a selected few get, to be a Rock & Roll photographer for a whole weekend.

The weekend package includes a 3-Day Festival Pass, professional course instruction including on-site access to the Festival Photo Pit and Media Tent. Limited space available - only 10 spots available (7 remaining)! Students should have a basic working knowledge of their SLR digital cameras (manual mode will be encouraged but not required). Recommended lenses: 24-70mm and 70-200mm. If you don’t own them, consider renting them. A laptop with photo editing software is also recommended for next day critique coupled with a jump/flash drive to share your selects.

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Instructor Bio:

Photographer Barry Brecheisen’s images appears regularly in every major magazine from; Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, People, US, Time to name a few. Known first and foremost as a Rock and Roll photographer, Barry was the original photo editor for RollingStone.com from 1998-2001. He has shot legends like Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Madonna, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bruce Springsteen in his almost 20 year career. He has also shot the current mega-stars; like Radiohead, Beyonce, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Garth Brooks, Amy Winehouse, along with practically every famous rock star that’s toured since the late 90s. These days he is a highly in-demand independent freelancer working out of Chicago for PR companies, magazines and wire services traveling all over the country.​​ This will be his 11th year as festival photographer for the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival.

Steve Gumble2016