Can You Become a Pro in One Week?

Interesting video about a guy who knows nothing about photography or the industry and is selected to be put to the test! Can he pull off pretending to be a Pro Photographer with only one week of training? Is it that easy?

Behind The Scenes at Our Shoot Yesterday with Walmart

​Behind the scene photos of me on set for a "before and after" make over shoot. The set was super busy with a video crew of people doing interviews, time lapses, and grabbing BTS footage. There were four make up artists and hair stylists making over seven Walmart employee moms. I was there taking behind the scene photos of their make over experience as well their official before and after shots.

It was great working with the additional video crew. Being able to see the expressions of all the moms after their make over made the shoot all the more better!  

Super happy to be shooting with my new client Walmart for the second time this month! 

Thanks to Dani for taking these BTS shots of me!

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Video from the Snap! & ASMP Central Florida's Live Fashion Shootout

You can catch me in here a few times for a split second.  :)
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Spring Fashion Workshop With Remodeled Star Annelise!

When: Saturday, March 24th, 2012 from 10am-3pm
Where: Orlando, FL

Get your chance to work with top of the line fashion models, including Annelise Adams from the show Remodeled on CW! We have booked two models from BMG plus my favorite Annelise for you to photograph. Experience what it's like to work with multiple beautiful models who move flawlessly in front of the camera, giving you more creative freedom. 

This is the third professional high fashion photography workshop made for the Central Florida area. This is a fully hands on workshop, so all photographers attending will walk away with professional quality images to use in their portfolios. Learn how to work with industry professionals  and experience what it is like to have a professional model, makeup artist and hair stylist, and wardrobe stylist on your set.

This exciting workshop will be held in a professional, commercial grade photography studio with emphasis on learning using different lighting techniques to produce a successful fashion image. Students are not required to own lighting equipment to attend the workshop.

We will start the day with discussing what goes into producing a successful fashion shoot. We will direct the hair and makeup artist and hear from our professional stylist, makeup artist, and model about their roles in the shoot. The rest of the day will be shooting, shooting, shooting with a break for lunch midday. Your host photographer, Betsy Hansen, will direct posing with our model so you can see subtle changes that make a world of a difference in your images. We will rotate several different high fashion looks throughout the day, so you will walk away with a variety of looks for your book.

The workshop is designed for photographers who have a basic understanding of their own camera gear and have an interest in fashion photography. If you would like to work with the strobes that will be made available, a hot shoe is required.

Workshop Fee is $185, lunch is included. This is a closed workshop and there is a maximum of 15 slots available. To register, contact studio@betsyhansen.com

Betsy Hansen Photographs 500 Winner Trevor Bayne

Betsy Hansen recently photographed Trevor Bayne, 2011 winner of the Daytona 500 Nascar race, for Floridian View Magazine.  Trevor is the youngest person to win the Daytona 500, who won just one day after his 20th birthday.  The pressure is on for him to win this year's 500 race, which is coming up in less than 10 days.  Floridian View interviewed Trevor for their February 2012 issue, and asked Betsy to fly up to his home in North Carolina to photograph him.


"I flew up to North Carolina from Florida the day of the shoot.  My assistant and I arrived at his apartment with just an hour to photograph what we needed for the cover, and inside spread. Unfortunately, it was raining the day of the shoot so we were limited to shooting inside.  We rearranged some furniture in the living room to make room for the backdrop and lights.  


Trevor has a wonderful spirit and was willing to work with us to get whatever shot we needed for the magazine.  We even had a fun little session at the end where he got to jam out on his favorite guitar. Not only is he adorable, but he also plays the guitar!"

To see more visit http://www.betsyhansen.com

For the Love of Speed (& Fashion)

This video was created for Floridian View Magazine as a campaign for their February fashion spread. It was filmed in Daytona Beach, Florida just next to the historic Daytona Beach Pier. This is the first video I've directed and I'm really pleased with the turn out. I'm looking forward to pursing this avenue of work.

For the Love of Speed (& Fashion) from Betsy Hansen on Vimeo.

Photographer/Director/Editor: Betsy Hansen, betsyhansen.com
Floridian View Magazine, floridianview.com
Cast: Alisha Gregory & Josh Parsels
Makeup Artist: Ashly Rose, ashleyrosesims.blogspot.com/
Hair Stylist: Yen Ryder, modelmayhem.com/769617
Wardrobe: Neiman Marcus, neimanmarcus.com
Wardrobe Stylist: Leslie Levy, stylebyleslie.com/

Fotoshop by Adobe

Here's an interesting take on the relationship between the beauty industry and one of the most used tools that the industry relies on, photoshop. Director Jesse Rosten pokes fun at the industry with this fake ad in hopes for people to get a laugh out of it while also making a statement on the industry as a whole. Check out the interview below.

http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2012/02/15/director-jesse-rosten-on-his-fotoshop-by-adobe-video/

Workbook's New Baby Samurai Ad

I'm in LOVE with this photo that was sent to me today in an email from Workbook.  Just in love with the little baby Guru!  Photo by Thomas Chadwick.