The Hustler Shootout

One day.
A whole new portfolio.

Solara Ridge · Goode, VA
Monday, November 16

A fully styled content shootout built for wedding photographers. Pro models, designer gowns, and six styled stations inside a glass greenhouse set on 59 acres of mountain views. You rotate, you shoot the entire time, and you leave with a portfolio refresh you fully own, from daylight straight through the After Dark sparkler exit.

Model brides at the Hustler Shootout
30
Photographer seats
6
Styled stations
Day → Dark
Golden hour + After Dark
100%
Full usage rights
What it is

Not a workshop.
A portfolio paradise.

You are not sitting in a hotel ballroom taking notes. You are shooting. Fully styled setups inside a glass greenhouse on 59 acres of rolling farmland and mountain views, professional models in designer gowns, and a small rotating group so you get clean frames instead of a room full of elbows.

  • Six styled stations. Model couples, solo brides, a groom, and a details and florals setup. Every group hits every station.
  • You rotate every 30 minutes in a group of five, so you are shooting the whole time.
  • First 5 minutes of each rotation is phone video, so you leave with reel content, not just stills.
  • Golden hour into After Dark, ending with a staged sparkler exit built for photographers. Michelle shares her night tips live.
  • Full commercial usage rights on every frame. Post it, market with it, book with it.
Editorial model bride at the Hustler Shootout
A taste of the floor

The kind of work you'll make.

Model bride at the Hustler Shootout
Couple walking at the Hustler Shootout
Model groom at the Hustler Shootout
Day into dark
Golden hour couple at the Hustler Shootout
After Dark couple at the Hustler Shootout
The day

How November 16 runs.

Sunset is 5:08, so the whole day is built to hand you daylight, golden hour, and true dark in one session.

12:45 PM
Doors, check-in, group assignments, welcome
1:00-4:00
Six rotations: 5 min phone video, then 25 min stills. Every group hits every station
4:00-4:30
Reset, model change, light bites
4:30-5:08
Golden hour set across the grounds
5:35 PM
After Dark: night lighting and Michelle's live tips
6:05 PM
Sparkler exit
6:30 PM
Wrap
The venue

Solara Ridge.

The glass greenhouse interior at Solara Ridge with mountain views
The glass greenhouse at Solara Ridge against the mountains
Mountain views and flowering meadows at Solara Ridge

A one-of-a-kind glass greenhouse venue on 59 acres of rolling farmland and mountain views in Goode, Virginia. Walls of glass, black steel, and chandeliers, wrapped in open meadows and seasonal flowers.

One property, a dozen looks. You will shoot an airy glasshouse interior, an open-field golden hour against a mountain backdrop, and a true after-dark set, the range almost no styled shoot gives you in a single day.

Glass greenhouse Mountain views 59-acre grounds Meadows + flowers After-dark glasshouse
Reserve your seat

Pick your tier.

Thirty seats for the day. When a tier sells out, it is gone. Golden hour and After Dark only come with the After Dark pass.

General Admission
The daytime floor · 12:45-4:00 PM
$299
  • ✓All 6 daytime styled stations
  • ✓Pro models + designer gowns
  • ✓Full usage rights on every frame
  • ✓Reel content built in
  • ✓30 days free Social Templates Co
Most popular
After Dark
Day + golden hour + night · the reel maker
$399
  • ✓Everything in General Admission
  • ✓Golden hour set at sunset
  • ✓After Dark set + staged sparkler exit
  • ✓Michelle's live night + flash tips
  • ✓Light bites · capped at 12 people

Add your code at checkout if you have one. Every seat includes full commercial usage rights.

Your people

You leave with a network,
not just a gallery.

Every seat puts you next to a room full of photographers who get it. That is half the reason people come back.

The Hustler Shootout community at the last event

Come build your
best work yet.

Thirty photographers. One glass greenhouse. Day into dark. Your next portfolio is going to come from this room.

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