Celebrated U.S. Photographer Joey L.’s Internationally Acclaimed Workshops Come To Complete Ltd.

For four days, Complete’s Old Schoolhouse studio was a-buzz with the arrival of celebrated photographer Joey L.

The ‘A’ list photographer and documentary film maker came to Shoreditch to share his knowledge, tips and the secrets of his success to two groups of students.Joey L. flew in from across the atlantic to spend a long weekend tutoring 40 students from all over the world. U.K. visitors ventured down from Manchester and Wales to Complete Ltd’s London studio, along with a handful dedicated others who travelled from as far away Japan and Brazil to attend the workshops.

Over the course of two days, the students were tutored and mentored by Joey on photography and lighting techniques. Joey brought with him a small team of assistants, three female models and a huge amount of equipment, energy and inspiration. All necessary to show the students how apply the techniques that create Joey’s signature style of engaging imagery to their own work. The models congregated at Complete Ltd for the workshops and found themselves the focus of the first day which covered portraiture. Lighting was suspended out of the studio windows and mixed with the natural daylight creating an atmospheric and modern backdrop in which to capture the models. Taking advantage of The Old Schoolhouse’s stunning victorian architecture, Joey led his team outside on a rare sunny London moment to photograph the models in front of the building’s antique wood and lead portals. The second day of the workshop was dedicated to post-production techniques such as retouching and Photoshop processes. The students could then take their photographs from the day before and learn how to distinctively manipulate the imagery to achieve truly amazing results.