Rick Ferro
Texas School Saturday

At a Glance

  • The Study of Body Language
  • Hand Posing
  • Tips on how to relax your client during the process of fine posing
  • Super great lighting and how to gel.

Class Description

This class will cover: “shaping the image How to build an image to have Impact Develop greater control, consistency, and polish your work Tips on design and hand posing to help complete the image. Increase your Revenue$$$$

Meet Your Instructor

Rick Ferro
Orlando, FL
Instagram: rick.ferro.77s
Website: rickferrophotography.com

In the last forty years, Rick has impacted the photographic community by being one of the leading wedding photographers in the nation. In addition to wedding photography, his clients have included 7-UP, Sprint, the Miami Dolphins, Master Card, and Mercedes Benz. In 1993, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, approached Rick to create for Disney a wedding photography department. Rick became the Senior Wedding Photographer for Disney and trained their photographers. Rick was a photographer for ABC’s “Weddings of a Lifetime” and the “Regis & Kathie Lee Show”.

Rick currently has photographed “Weddings of a Lifetime” for Disney’s “Free Form” channel. Rick has owned and operated over five photography studios and operated a photography concession for an international cruise line for three years. In 1999 Rick wrote his first book, “Creative Techniques For Lighting and Posing”, published by Amherst Media. Since then, Rick has had over eight books published in multiple languages.

Because of Rick’s experience as a photographer, author and teacher, he is asked to speak at professional guilds, conferences and conventions and has taught in the United States, Canada and internationally in the UK, Scotland, and Ireland. Rick currently shares his insights and techniques on social media. Rick is a Lifetime Member of WPPI, Wedding & Portrait Photographers International, and is a member of PPA, Professional Photographers of America.

Rick has an Associate of Science Degree and is a WPPI Master Photographer. Rick has received his PPA Master Photographer & Craftsman degree. He has also earned the honor of his images meriting the PPA Loan Collection and Showcase Collection. In 2006 Rick received, along with his wife, the United Nations Leadership Award from the International Photographic Council at the United Nations in New York City. Currently Rick is a Lead Photographer and Trainer for Walt Disney World’s Fine Art Department.