So if you are a model and are going to Shutterfest 2022 please reach out if you would like to work together and capture some amazing photos together. Any models I work with for TFP will be able to use the photos in their portfolio and in trade will sign a release allowing me to use the photos in my own portfolio.

See you guys at Shutterfest 2022!

Shutterfest is the latest to join the ranks of events to be postponed in 2021 until September 8-9 with Extreme being on Sept 10th. They are giving folks the option to attend in Sept or move their tickets to 2022 on April 19-20 with extreme being on the 21st.

Personally I opted to move my ticket to 2022 because I feel like the Covid 19 vaccine is too new and likely won’t be passed to everybody by Sept so why chance Covid or the event being canceled for 2021. I don’t really want to go through planning SF 2021 only to have to cancel again.

If you are a Shutterfest member which option did you take?

Sal Cincotta the owner of the event is optimistic that Shutterfest will still happen in 2020 on these new dates. I hope he is right because I love going to this event as it gets me out with other fellow photographers and models where I shoot photos long into the night.

Shutterfest 20 is now scheduled for June 30-July 1, 2020 with Extreme being on July 2. If you are a photographer who loves to Shoot, Learn, Party then I suggest you join in on this event!

I will be going to St Louis, MO from June 29 – July 2nd pending the event doesn’t get canceled or rescheduled again.

If you are a model who is attending this event please contact me if you want to shoot with me.

Shutterfest Website

I really hope Shutterfest 2020 goes a bit differently.

First the positive things about ShutterFest 19

• When Shutterfest released the app and opened up the classes I did manage to get all my first picks which was really good news.
• I met some great new folks at Shutterfest which I hope to keep in touch with over the next year and grow some stronger relationships.
• I got to hang out with my buddy Colt who runs Elan Vital Magazine.
• I hung out with one of my close model friends Stephanie Rosen who managed to be selected to model at shutterfest.
• I got some new MagMod gear while I was there at ShutterFest. Still waiting on more to come in the mail.

Now for the not so positive things about ShutterFest 19

• I didn’t manage to book the all models that I wanted to shoot with.
• My big shoot with Tullio didn’t go as planned.
• My other close model friend Bekah Perry bailed on ShutterFest due to being sick.

Things I plan to do differently next year

• Shoot more! Book models in advance & possibly backup models.
• Do less group shoots & more of my own concepts.
• Get an airbnb. I lucked out on a room at Union Station for 2020. Besides $601 is a lot to pay for my own room for 3 nights.

If you have never heard of Shutterfest before then let me explain what it is to my viewers. Basically Shutterfest is a photography conference event that happens every year in St Louis, MO area at the Union Station.

Photographers from all over the world come to this event to get involved in all the activities that are going on there.

This year (2018) was my first time going and probably like most first timers I didn’t know what to expect so I tried my best to pick my classes that were #1 on my list. I didn’t get all the classes I wanted but I attended the ones I did get none the less when I got there. I did walk out of one class which was a demo because it was lame as fuck.

In the end, I ended up only getting useful information out of a couple of the classes but majority of them were just a waste of time. However, classes isn’t all Shutterfest has to offer.

Shutterfest has everything from photowalks, classes, hands on, live demos, rent a human, stores to buy gear, goody bags and much more!!

The thing is you have to be FAST to get booked for majority of those things and I simply wasn’t fast enough to get everything I wanted my first year. 

I already booked for Shutterfest 19 which will take place next year only because they offered it as a huge discount rate.

What pisses me off now is they announced that if you do not book a room at the Union Station Hotel that you will not get a goody bag at Shutterfest 19. I was one of those who didn’t book to stay at the Union Station Hotel for next years event because I simply did not like the pricing for said room. They are charging upwards of $600 a room to stay there for the 2 days that I will be there at this event which I found rather expensive!

Instead of booking a room at Union Station in St Louis MO next year I opted to rent a whole loft in downtown St Louis not far from Union Station for around $200 which is a lot more affordable! This year though Instead of driving home on the 2nd day in the middle of the night I plan to stay at my loft for 3 nights and drive back the 3rd day. 

If you are a photographer or a model you may be interested in going to Shutterfest as well. You can find out more about it at their website at shutterfest.com

Well that’s about all I have to say about Shutterfest 18. I hope you enjoyed this article and please leave a comment or a like!
I’ll report back in 2019 on what Shutterfest 19 brings me!

This will be my first year going to this conference event and I’m very excited and can’t wait to go. It’s going to be happening in 14 days from today and it’s a huge event. ShutterFest has everything from photowalks, classes, hands on, demos, models you can shoot and more!!

I’m going there to improve my photography skills and better my business at Snap Geek Photography!