On the Road with PhotoDay: Summer 2025

Written by
Emiley Jones
June 3, 2025

As the spring season slows down, we’re ramping up for an event-filled summer! PhotoDay is honored to sponsor and attend so many fantastic photography workshops and industry trade shows every year. 

This summer’s event lineup is an exciting one with options for everyone, no matter your market—sports, cheer, school, and everything in between.

Why not kick off the summer season at a workshop or conference of your choice? Participating in live education is a fantastic way to network and learn. Plus, we can’t wait to meet you!

Keep reading to see where PhotoDay is headed in the next few months.


Boatwright Bootcamp

June 2-4, 2025
Roberts Camera in Indianapolis, Indiana

PhotoDay is excited to be sponsoring and attending another Boatwright Bootcamp! 

Learn shooting, editing, and sales methods proven by Jay Boatwright and his team at smaX Photography to turn quality photography into profits. Plus, you’ll also get to learn from special guest Rose Coleman of Center Stage Photos

Attendees will receive all-day, hands-on training on the field of play for volume sports photography. Level up your photos straight out of the camera and no matter the subject, location, or time of day.

Thanks to Boatwright Bootcamp, hundreds of photographers like you have learned how to create, market, and sell stunning images online with impressive success.

Learn more & register

School Photographers of America (SPOA)

June 24-26, 2025
Raleigh, North Carolina

If you’re a school photographer, you won’t want to miss SPOA’s 2025 International Conference!

Come connect with studios and industry suppliers from across the nation and the world as we celebrate the best that our field has to offer and explore the ways we can grow both as individual companies and as an industry. 

Team PhotoDay will be attending as a sponsor and ready to catch up face-to-face, answer questions, and get everyone ready for the upcoming fall season! 

Learn more & register

Sports Photography 2‑Day Intensive: Mastering Lighting
with Brad Deel, Dani Mack, & James Quantz, Jr.

July 12-13, 2025
Columbus, Ohio

Join Brad Deel, Dani Mack, and special guest James Quantz, Jr., for an exclusive Sports Photography 2‑Day Intensive Workshop. This workshop focuses intensively on mastering lighting in dynamic sports environments, pricing, networking, and working with athletes.

Attendees will:

  • Hands-on experience with live photoshoots in varied lighting
  • Get peer learning from the experiences and feedback of fellow participants
  • Receive comprehensive resource materials to aid your learning journey
  • Connect with other photographers and build your network of knowledge

PhotoDay is excited to sponsor and attend this workshop again!

Learn more & register

Media Day Magic with Jerry Hughes

July 18, 19-20, 2025
Dallas, Texas

Join Jerry Hughes Photography for two back-to-back workshops focused on making media day magic. 

Stupid Simple Flash is a one day class designed to take the mystery out of off camera flash. Perfect for the photographer looking to transition from natural light as well as a seasoned pro wanting to take a deep dive into OCF techniques.

Lights. Poses. Action! is a two-day deep dive into the world of Media Days and T&I Photography. Jerry will share his whole process from sales, shooting, editing, and delivery including the keys to building a solid repeatable system. Build your portfolio with hands-on live shoots with top models from cheer, dance, football, baseball and more. Learn how to use gels, smoke, and LEDs in a volume setting, as well as extraction and AI backgrounds.

PhotoDay is excited to sponsor these workshops! 

Learn more & register

Carolina Photo Expo

July 25-28, 2025
Raleigh, North Carolina
 

Carolina Photo Expo is PPNC’s annual state convention featuring six amazing instructors (who are at the forefront of the photography industry) over three days of classroom and hands-on education. 

Push your craft to the next level and grow your business with a full lineup of platform classes, lunch and learns, Academy Pre-Cons, hands-on events, roundtable-style discussions, a trade show, and more.

Team PhotoDay will be there to support our industry friends and leaders, and to share how partnering with PhotoDay can revolutionize your business…in new and super exciting ways. 

Learn more & register

Virtual Events

If traveling or in-person events aren’t in the cards for you this summer, don’t worry! We’re always hosting educational webinars with special guests all about selling online, capturing different markets, and growing your business with PhotoDay.

Sign up for upcoming webinars (always free to attend) and catch up with webinar replays about tons of volume photography topics. 

Live Webinar

From Clicks to Clients: Growing Your Social Media Audience 
with Jerry Hughes

6/10/25 at 2 PM ET

Hoping to grow your social media presence and turn likes into clients? Join Jerry Hughes Photography for a special webinar all about why social media growth matters for photographers and how to reach your goals with purpose.

You’ll learn plenty of expert tips and tricks, including:

  • How to develop your brand voice and visual style
  • Strategies for engagement and community building
  • How PhotoDay can empower your business
  • Tracking metrics that matter
  • Clear action steps to get started

With over 200k Instagram followers, Jerry believes in using his platform to inspire and educate others. Register to join us for free!


Whether you’re still considering ditching paper order forms or have already jumped into the world of online selling, further education is an exciting, effective way to keep your business moving forward. By attending conferences and workshops, you can improve your photography skills, get inspired creatively, learn from industry-leading professionals, and so much more. 

The calendar is full, our bags are packed, and we hope to see you at some of these incredible photography workshops and conferences this summer!

If you’re ready to grow your business while saving time, create a free PhotoDay account to get started!

Want to talk to a PhotoDay expert? Book a 1:1 demo call with our outstanding customer success team. Our support is always complimentary, quick, and tailored to your needs.

Share
Try PhotoDay today with no strings attached.

No cost to get started.

Sign up to get the party started!