October 1st, 2019 - Blackwater, MO.
Photographers, Join me this fall at Wildcliff Weddings and events for the final one day retreat-style workshop of the year focused on curating your authentic, lifelong, and sustainable brand, creating new connections and friends in the industry, and building your wedding portfolios with never before seen styled shoots!
What is “Authenticity?”
Authenticity Workshops are retreat-style educational and creative intensives for photographers who have an interest in specializing in wedding photography. Authenticity Workshops focus on building unique and sustainable businesses by fostering genuine relationships with community. Led by Kelsi Kliethermes of Kelsi Kliethermes Photography, Authenticity Workshops are the perfect blend of educational content through intimate-style classes and round table discussions and portfolio-building opportunities through elevated styled shoots designed by some of the best creative minds in the industry. Authenticity events are praised for being transparent, upscale, and “worth double the investment.” Unlike most photography workshops, Authenticity believes in ditching the vague and elusive tips and focusing on blessing your business with content that has been proven to push your career to becoming irresistible to ideal clients and add dollars to your bottom line.
What Authenticity Attendees Have to Say…
The Authenticity Workshop
October 1st, 2019
Wildcliff Weddings and Events
Overview:
The Fall Authenticity Workshop has been highly anticipated by photographers across the Midwest. With only 10 tickets available, this retreat-style workshop will remain intimate and truly focuses on each individual attendee. The morning will include concentrated curriculum at The Hollow (Wildcliff’s indoor venue) instructed by three guest speakers: Erin Stubblefield Weddings and Portraiture, Gillian Tracey Design, and Erica Martin with Pixel Jam Digital. Educational content at Authenticity Workshops are unlike any other photography workshop around because we truly believe in leaving everything on the table so you can leave the workshop refreshed and inspired; having the specific tools needed to grow your business to new heights. Class topics at the Authenticity Workshop this fall include: growing sustainable businesses, reaching the destination wedding market, email marketing, and crafting a heart-centered, growth-oriented brand for your business. The afternoon is where the creativity and portfolio building come in, as attendees will work alongside Kelsi and the creative team to photograph a never before seen styled shoot among the lakeside cliffs, evergreens, and golden, rolling hills of Wildcliff Weddings and Events. The creative team has been hard at work at designing a styled shoot for the fall workshop that hinges on abstract art and architecture, casual California vibes in a destination setting, and a soft, yet warm, color palette. Jaw dropping visuals from this styled shoot are sure to elevate your brand in a high class way. Catch a glimpse at the mood board and participating creative team below! This entire workshop package is wrapped up in the best way with an evening bonfire with new friends, dinner and cocktails in the open fields of Blackwater, MO., gourmet, locally-sourced family-style meals, and irresistible new content to refresh your brand in it’s new season.
Collaborating Creative Team:
Photography: Kelsi Kliethermes Photography || Venue: Wildcliff Weddings and Events and The Hollow || Creative Direction, Planning, and Coordination: Hannah Painter || Florist: Nephew & Co. || Videography: James Smith Films || Vintage Rentals and Styling: Pretty Little Things || Rentals: A1 Party and Event Rental || Gourmet Cuisine: Peachtree Catering || Calligraphy, Invitation Suite, and Paper Goods: Morgan Riley Design || …and many, many more!
Ready to join the workshop that will impact your business in an exclusive way?
Meet Your Workshop Leader & Educator
Hi! I’m Kelsi, your McAlister’s half-cut tea-lovin’ old soul from Missouri (with a bit of an accent).
My husband, Blake, and I have built our wedding photography career centrally in Missouri, but travel frequently among the Midwest and beyond.
If we’re not busy photographing a wedding, you can find us in the kitchen cooking together, playing card games at the dining room table, planning for our sweet little daughter to join our family later this year, or rolling out our house plans to dream up designs for our soon-to-be new home on our farm.
I’ve been photographing weddings and engagements from the very beginning, becoming a full time photographer just one year after buying a camera that I was clueless about using. I’ve built a highly sought after and profitable career in wedding photography, consistently filling my calendar with dream couples one and a half years in advance!
Published with national and international photography publications like “Martha Stewart Weddings,” “The Knot,” “LOOKSLIKEFILM,” “Borrowed and Blue,” and “Sposi Magazine” in Italy, I’m excited to share all of my industry knowledge and expertise with you!
I can’t wait to meet you there!
Your Guest Speaker Line Up:
Gillian Tracey Design
Gillian is the branding and Squarespace designer behind Gillian Tracey Design (pssst, she crafted this very website!). She works one-on-one with creative entrepreneurs to handcraft design that truly fits them and their brand story. Her heart is for serving business owners who are amazing at what they do but need help creating alignment across their brand message, visuals, and website in order to get them into that desired new level of growth.
Gillian just got married this summer to her best friend + longtime sweetheart, Adam, she has a vintage trailer and is hoping to have it fixed up and road trip-ready by 2020, and is obsessed with the Enneagram (she is a type 9w1).
Erin Stubblefield Weddings and Portraiture
Erin is the owner and photographer of Erin Stubblefield Weddings and Portraiture. Her business is a Chicago and St. Louis-based wedding photography studio available worldwide. She specializes in documentary fine art wedding photography with a real and timeless aesthetic. She passionately believes love should be celebrated, and that celebration should be captured to the fullest.
She and her husband, Brad, met during their freshman year of college. They love city living, and together they enjoy date nights, grilling on their back deck and spoiling their giant schnoodle, Wexler.
Pixel Jam Digital
Erica Martin is Pixel Jam Digital - a digital agency providing website design, web development and strategy consulting to local entrepreneurs, small businesses and ad agencies needing additional support. She provides her analytic thinking, digital development, design assets, and empathy to create stronger strategies across multiple platforms for other business wanting to grow. She is passionate about making the web a more accessible space through education and empowerment.
Erica named her company Pixel Jam Digital after her son because she wanted the experience of her business to be as fun and energetic as her kiddo. She loves bright colors, watching kids cartoons, and making up random songs about whatever mundane task she is performing.
Tickets on sale NOW! 7 spots available.
Your investment includes exclusive access to the Authenticity Workshop, including: Three educational courses from three instructors, an upscale styled shoot with a leading professional creative team, gourmet family-style meals to include an evening outdoor dining experience and bonfire, exclusive swag, and more. Join us to discover your tribe and benefit from an unforgettable experience this October!
Fall Authenticity Workshop: $600.00
Lodging Considerations
Lodging is not included in the workshop ticket price, however their are two great hotels that we recommend if you need overnight accommodations! The first is The Iron Horse Hotel, located across the street from The Hollow (where morning classes and lunch will be held) and about a three minute commute to the venue. They have limited rooms available, so contact them as soon as you can if you would like to book a room. The second is the Hotel Frederick, located about a 25 minute commute from the venue in Boonville, MO.