Rodeo Western Lifestyle Photography Workshop

6 Day – April 29th- May 4th, 2025  – $2495  Meals and Lodging Included (Class limited to 8 students)

Texas Vision is a new type of photography adventure with an old West twist. Decatur and Wise County are a breeding ground for cowboys, rodeo and the western lifestyle. The workshop is hosted at Nine- Ranch, a 12,000 working ranch in the heart of cowboy country.

Each day will be a combination of class instruction, review of images and shooting rodeo and western lifestyle. You will even take part in sunset and sunrise, Chuck Wagon meals on the ranch.  By the end of class you will have experienced shooting action, lifestyle, portraits and day to day life on a working ranch.  The skills learned can be applied to all areas of photography.

See our Rodeo and Western 5 Day Workshop page for a video and all the details on lodging at 9 Bar Ranch!

Photo 101 – PLUS

Friday, January 10th – Sunday, January 12th, 2025 – $645

Join us for Photo 101 -PLUS, hosted in the heart of cowboy country in Decatur, TX! Way more than just a Photo 101 Class! This 3 day workshop will help you to gain a full understanding of ISO, shutter speed and aperture. For those new to photography, you will learn the terminology and gain an intimate knowledge of your camera. For experienced photographers, this class will help to drill down into when to use a particular setting to get the image you want…low light and shooting at night, action, motion blur. This class is different every time I teach it, because no 2 groups of students are the same.

Seasoned photographers who attend this class have said, “I was humbled by what I didn’t know….”

To Reserve your spot in the Workshop or for any questions, Email Joe@JoeDuty.com and we will send you all the details!

“Knowing is not enough, we must do” – ancient Chinese parable

Wise County Historic Courthouse

 Seasoned photographers who have attended our Photo 101 workshops have said, “I was humbled by what I didn’t know….”

Click Texas Style – Photo 101 for more details

Travel and Street Photography Workshop

TBD – $995

As a photojournalist for over 20 years, Joe Duty has been put into all types of photographic situations and had to come back with ‘the shot’. This class will teach you how to come home from your next vacation with images that rock!  Street photography goes hand-in-hand with events and is the perfect combination for the travel photographer. The goal of this class is to help you begin to feel and see the images in every day life. The first day of the class we begin by shooting downtown, Decatur, TX. To give you a taste of Texas, the afternoon will be a field trip to the Fort Worth Historic Stockyard and the Fort Worth Herd cattle drive. A morning class on Saturday will be topped off shooting a car show on Decatur Main Street town square.

Sunday we will review images and further discuss how to capture a show stopping image. During the class we will use a combination of natural light and on/off camera flash. Class is designed for any photographer looking for something more from their photography.

To register, click the 20% deposit button to the right. If you have any questions, call 817.999.3141 or email Joe@JoeDuty.com

Private Lessons

Call to Customize Lessons

For those who prefer one on one instruction, I do offer private lessons. Private lessons can be on anything from basic skills/photo 101 to use of flash, both on and off camera, editing, time exposures at night, HDR Photography, Portrait Lighting and Modeling, beginning studio, and advanced lessons on seeing creatively  Call to discuss your particular needs to customize your private lessons.

For any questions, Email Joe@JoeDuty.com and we will send you all the details!

Photo Walk -FREE

August 13, 2022 – 10am-2pm

If you have any questions, Email Joe@JoeDuty.com and we will send you all the details!

Photo 101 Class    $795

Wednesdays October 4th, 11th and 18th, 2023  6-9pm + field trip date TBD

Photo 101 Class covers the basics of photography from lighting to camera settings. You will learn how to shoot on manual and bring your images to life. Bring your cameras! Rather than teaching you something you have to wait to practice after the class, you will learn by doing. We combine classroom instruction, followed up with immediately doing what you just learned. The class will be held at the Decatur Main Street office, steps away from the historic, downtown square. You will learn how create the image you want by using ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture appropriately for a given situation. While this class is listed as a 101 class, many seasoned photographers have a great time shooting something different and pick up new tricks along the way. Each week you will be given a homework assignment, to get in the habit of looking for the images. The fourth class is a field trip to put to use all the skills you have learned.

“Knowing is not enough, we must do” – ancient Chinese parable

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Lighting and Flash Photography Workshop

Private Lessons – Call to schedule

As a photojournalist you only have a short amount of time before your subject is done, due to any number of reasons. I have put together my own simple method of using multiple light sources with speed, without giving up on quality.

During this class portrait sessions, you will use multiple lights to light a room and subject. You’ll learn how to over-light your subject to overpower the sun when outdoors.

We will be using  on/off camera flash, scrims, reflectors and soft boxes, enhancing your ability to direct light on your subject. Classes will include instruction on lighting, as well as review of images.

Designed for the intermediate photographer, who has a basic knowledge of lighting or is a graduate of Joe Duty’s Photo 101, Photo 102 class.

If you have any questions and to schedule a class, call 817.999.3141 or email Joe@JoeDuty.com

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Photo Editing

Private Lessons – Call to schedule

This class takes you through the basics and into some advanced techniques of Adobe Lightroom.  We begin with how to import and catalog images, then move to how to navigate the software and finally how to export photos depending on what you need.   This class will  teach you how to begin correcting and perfecting your images. This is a hands on learning experience which is suitable for both ammeter and pro alike, we cover intro to advanced technique. If you sign up for this class, a bonus, free photowalk instruction included from 5-8 PM on the historical downtown Sqaure of Decatur, Texas at the monthly car show.

If you have any questions, Call: 817.999.3141 or Email Joe@JoeDuty.com

Photo 102- Western Lifestyle Workshop

TBD

Location – 9 Bar Ranch, Decatur, TX

Photo 102 is an advanced photography workshop, offered to students with an understanding of basic camera skills. The class covers use of flash, both on and off camera, time exposures at night, HDR Photography, beginning studio and portrait lighting well as advanced lessons on seeing creatively. Learn these skills while experiencing life on a real working ranch. Joe Duty is a master, lifestyle photographer and will guide you in capturing the large and small moments that make up this way of life. Our host for this workshop, 9Bar Ranch, is a 12,ooo acre, ranch and hunting preserve, located just 45 minutes north of Downtown Fort Worth.  Classes and meal time will be in the Old West, Saloon style cantina. This is an experience you don’t want o miss.

Visit our Phot0 102 -Western Lifestyle Workshop Page for more details.

If you have any questions, Email Joe@JoeDuty.com!

Night Photography

To Be Determined -$149.00

Do you have trouble capturing the images you want at night? If you have issues with grainy, over-exposed images with more purple than black, this class will help you to understand what to do.  We will start with classroom time, detailing exposure and camera settings for twilight and night photography,  We will discuss how to create a great night time image.  We will then go out and shoot at twilight, come back and evaluate results.  Then discuss the night time settings, shoot dark of night images and evaluate those before wrapping up the class.