What You See Ain't Always What You Get!
Fuzzy & Shirley Duenkel
Saturday, March 17, 2012 | 9:15 am to 12:00 pm
On-location lighting has long been Fuzzy's specialty… and obsession. He'll focus on the various lighting tools and techniques we must master if we want to continue to be viable and relevant in today's fiercely competitive and challenging market. Fuzzy will show examples and diagrams of the lighting used to create extraordinary images of high school seniors in very ordinary locations.
If you're unsure of your ability to cope with the contrast of sunlight, the cross-color complexities of shade, or the dull flatness of overcast skies… this program will not only answer your questions, but make you more money than this convention cost you!
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About Fuzzy & Shirley
In 1975, Fuzzy and Shirley Duenkel of West Bend, Wisconsin started their "mom and pop" business, as many photographers do, when a friend asked Fuzzy to photograph her wedding. In 1996, the Duenkels dropped weddings to concentrate solely on portraits.
Fuzzy and Shirley's business evolved into mostly a specialty studio with under 100 total sessions per year. While they photograph babies, children, families, couples and glamour, high school seniors are his favorite. Seniors are his easiest subjects since they require little space (unlike families), hold still (unlike kids, do what they're told (unlike babies), understand English (unlike pets), will give him as much time as he needs (unlike weddings).
Fuzzy practically insists on working on location with each session. Fuzzy feels his specialty is his total comfort with creating portraits in clients' homes, especially if he has never been there before. His goal is to make a variety of images that don't necessarily look like they were done in the clients' bedrooms, garages, or hallways ... even though they were!
Fuzzy handles all image capture and processing. Shirley handles everything else, which includes consultations, sales and orders. The two compliment each other's strengths and weaknesses.
AWARDS / CREDENTIALS
Fuzzy started entering prints in Wisconsin PPA competition in 1993. In that and subsequent competitions he's entered, Fuzzy was awarded four Fuji Masterpiece Awards, earned top awards for the Wisconsin PPA senior folio competition twelve times; was Wisconsin's Photographer of the Year twice; won Senior Photographer's International folio competitions five times; Senior Portrait Artists' Photographer of the Year, had 29 prints selected for National Traveling Loan Collection, two for Disney's Epcot Center, one for Photokina in Germany, one for the International Hall of Fame and Museum in Oklahoma, in addition to numerous other awards and accolades.