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Precon & Photomax 2026 Schedule





Pre-con Schedule

9:00 AM - Registration & Networking

10:00AM Welcome to Photomax Pre-Con!

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - The Portrait Process - From Concept to Creation with Kelly & Kalina Schneider

12:00PM-1:00PM Lunch & Networking

1:00PM-5:00PM- The Portrait Process - From Concept to Creation with Kelly & Kalina Schneider


5:00 - 7:00 PM
 - Dinner & Network at Your Leisure!

7:00 - 9:00 PM - Shootout time! Let’s put what we’ve learned into practice. We’ll set up multiple bays around the hotel, with them ed time era backdrops and outfits to go with them. We will break into smaller groups, and photograph models using techniques taught by Kelly & Kalina Schneider.  (This is an optional bonus round)

8:00PM-Midnight- Hospitality Suite

***Schedule subject to change.


Photomax Schedule

Saturday

8:30AM-9:20 AM - Registration & Networking

9:20-AM-Welcome & Announcements

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Program 1: Stylized Storytelling: Building Emotion Through Creative Design with Kelly & Kalina Schneider

12:00PM-12:30PM-General Meeting

12:30PM-2:00PM Lunch, Shooting Bay & Vendors

2:00PM-4:30PM- Program 2: Drops, Props, and Stuff: A How-To for Studio Photographers with Kip Shawger

4:30PM-5:30PM-Vendors

5:45PM-6:30PM-Cash Bar

 6:30-7:30PM-Banquet Dinner

7:30PM-9:30PM-Time Capsule Opening & Award Ceremony, Cash Bar

10:30pm(approx)-Midnight- Hospitality Room

**Schedule subject to change

Sunday

8:30AM-9:30AM-Coffee Chat Sessions

  1-Pet Photography, Unfiltered, Real conversations for the Pet            Photographer- Angela Lawson

  2-Branding Yourself Online as a Photographer-Shadia Amen

9:30AM-12:00PM Program 3: Marketing that Clicks: How to Build a Brand That Books Itself with Heather McGlone

12:00-12:15PM- Raffles Drawings

12:15PM-1:30PM- Lunch & Networking

1:30pm-4:00PM-Program 4: Boudoir Unveiled with Katrina Cross-Daniels

 *Schedule subject to change



 

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