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Meet Leon johnson

Leon Johnson is a portrait photographer who draws inspiration from paintings, sculptures, and popular culture to create portraits that resemble fine art paintings from another time and place. Leon is coming to share with how he analyzes his inspirations and extracts components of original works to then incorporate into his portraits and how he leads his clients from his fine art inspirations to the final product. He will discuss the tools and styling he uses to create his artworks and the techniques he has found successful in marketing his work to potential clients around the US. An extremely prolific photographer, Leon will discuss how he allows his passions and love of art to drive his development as a photographer and an artist.

Leon will discuss how he has maneuvered past challenges such as being active-duty military - now retired, and operating out of a small home studio. He will discuss how he builds trust and rapport with clients and their role in creating natural expressions, poses, and gestures in his work in addition to providing an amazing client experience and creating a product that they love. His words will paint the pictures in your heart and soul and help you interpret them with your camera.