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February 7-11, 2010
Austin Hotel and Convention Center
Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

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Ernie and Lorraine Johnson

Children's Portraiture


Ernie’s style of warmth and creative imagination has won him “Photographer of the Year” 16 times. He holds six degrees in photography and was inducted into the Tennessee Professional Photographers Hall of Fame in 1995. Ernie is an Approved Photographic Instructor, a National Juror and has received the National Award from the Tennessee Professional Photographers Association and American Society of Photographers and is a National Judge for CPP.


Ernie’s wife Lorraine has been a professional Photographer for more than 30 years, receiving her Craftsman in 1994 and her Master degree in 1996. Lorraine has a natural gift with children that help Ernie to be able to capture the innocence of children. Together they have won numerous awards. Ernie has received 19 of the Prestigious Kodak Gallery Awards & 16 Fuji Masterpiece awards and has 68 Print merits with 12 of them being Loan Images. He also has a total of 435 National Merits.

In their program Ernie will cover the Basics Of Portrait Lighting and Advanced Lighting so you are comfortable with whatever situation you come across. Ernie has the training taught by Leon Kennamer and the 30+ years of experience using no flash or strobe outside, using only reflectors and getting exactly what you want at the time of exposure. We will teach how to work with children at all ages and have the clients calling before their set time to see if their images are ready for viewing. Lorraine will teach how to work with children, how to get the natural expression without the child even knowing their being photographed. With lots of hands on work so you can feel confident when you return to your studio, they will also teach posing of teens to adults, families and bridals.

They will give you their technique of how to make the sale during the sitting -- for a large portrait. They will teach you how their children's program works and keeps parents coming back every year, even if the economy is bad.

Artistic Images by Ernie K.

email: E-mail Ernie if you have questions about what to bring

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