WPPI 2026 PARTNER EVENTS
Join Foundation Workshops for a special learning event at WPPI 2026.
Beyond the pose: How to see, shoot, and sell real stories
Sunday March 1, 1PM- 5 PM
Learn to see what’s already there. Instead of directing every moment, learn how to notice people, real emotion, and life as it unfolds, and turn the ordinary into something unforgettable through light, composition, and moment. We’ll show you how to approach anything you shoot from weddings, families, to portraits with a storytelling mindset, and how to use those stories to shape your brand, your website, and your marketing in a way that feels honest, human, and unforgettable.
1-1:45 PM – Tyler Wirken– Storytelling Mindset: How to “see” your clients and embrace who they are and what makes them unique in order to make timeless meaningful images. Documentary photography is knowing what to look for. Having faith that real life will give you what you need is what it is all about. Recognizing it and capitalizing on it is key.
2-2:45 PM – Asha King- Storytelling in portraits: Transforming your wedding portrait sessions by integrating storytelling techniques to create unique and personal portraits that define who your subjects really are.
3-3:45 PM – Kaila Williams – Sell the experience: Storytelling in marketing. How storytelling websites attract the perfect clients.
4-5 PM – Huy Nguyen, Jason Vinson, Fer Juaristi, plus more- Live Photo Critique Panel: Come hear honest, constructive photo breakdowns that are filled with with wisdom and often a dose of humor. (Photo submissions by World’s Best Wedding Photographers and Fearless Photographers Communities or bring and submit your own photos)
Presented by: FOUNDATION WORKSHOPS www.foundationworkshops.com
World renowned Foundation Workshop is not your average photography workshop. Billed as an often life changing workshop that teaches photographers how to see and think like a photojournalist, Foundation is not just a lesson in how to take better pictures, but more of a lesson in learning who you are as a photographer and how that affects the way you see the world. Students spend a week immersed with some of the best documentary teachers around photographing real assignments helping them change the way they see the world. Many of the industries top photographers of today started at one of the Foundation Workshops that spread across 20 years and 5 countries. A major part of that learning process comes from in the field instruction combined with honest critique.
THE LATIN SUMMIT
El Latin Summit es una experiencia fotográfica en vivo creada especialmente para la comunidad latina de fotógrafos y se llevará a cabo durante WPPI 2026 en Las Vegas. Está diseñado para ayudar tanto a fotógrafos emergentes como consolidados a mantenerse relevantes en una industria en constante evolución, a través de sesiones prácticas, flujos de trabajo reales, interacción directa con reconocidos fotógrafos latinos y una fuerte conexión con la comunidad — todo presentado 100% en español. Con un grupo limitado de solo 50 participantes, el Summit combina educación práctica, networking y una experiencia cultural única dentro del evento de fotografía más grande del mundo.

