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Pasto será sede de taller especializado en fotografía de bodas con reconocidos expertos

March 16, 2026·34 min·3 clips

Cristian Cardona, ranked top 10 globally for wedding photography, is coming to Pasto for a masterclass.

1. Viva 89.1 radio from Ipiales interviews Eduardo Pinchao and Bayron Pinchao of Fotocanon, promoting a two-day photography masterclass to be held in Pasto on March 25-26. 2. Eduardo Pinchao is the founder of Fotocanon, a photography studio and print center in Ipiales approaching its 38th year of operation; Bayron Pinchao, his son, is an administrator who joined the business and became a wedding photographer. 3. The episode's core message is that professional photography — especially for weddings — requires specialized training that smartphone cameras cannot replace, and that Nariño photographers have historically had to travel to Bogotá or Medellín for world-class instruction. 4. Day one speaker Cristian Cardona is described as Bogotá-based, ranked globally in the top 10 for wedding photography, and a veteran of over 50 international conferences in the US, Europe and Latin America. 5. This Pasto event will be Cardona's 104th workshop; he has trained over 10,000 students, and Fotocanon hosted his first-ever teacher's workshop in Nariño. 6. The morning session of the workshop covers theory: market trends in wedding photography, techniques for high-impact images, and business management for wedding photographers. 7. The afternoon session is practical: coverage of a live wedding couple shoot demonstrating how professionals work on location, followed by post-production walkthrough. 8. Bayron argues that the defining skill of a professional wedding photographer is understanding that 'every second is a photograph' and making hundreds of exposures to capture spontaneous, emotional moments — rather than taking a single shot at a presumed 'right' moment. 9. Fotocanon operates a print center where they regularly see work produced by other photographers; Bayron reports that clients frequently say the images are no better than what their own smartphones would produce. 10. Day two speaker Fabián Luar is a Nariñense photographer now based in Medellín who specializes in AI-augmented photography, particularly for quinceañera portraits where clients cannot afford on-location shoots at Las Lajas or similar landmarks. 11. Bayron explains that AI compositing tools allow photographers to create high-impact location images for clients with limited budgets, but that effective prompting requires foundational photographic knowledge — 'someone who watched a YouTube video yesterday is not a designer.' 12. The two-day course costs COP $700,000, compared to over COP $2 million (including travel and accommodation) to attend Cardona's workshops in Bogotá. 13. Fotocanon has addresses in both Ipiales (carrera sexta con calle 16, esquina) and Pasto (carrera 23 No. 18-37, facing Centro Cultural Palatino); registrations via WhatsApp at 316-617-8767. 14. Future workshops being planned include a Mexican quinceañera photography specialist named Lázaro Casas, known for photographing a quinceañera event that went viral in Mexico approximately six years ago. 15. Eduardo mentions that Fotocanon also plans to bring a filmmakers or video production specialist, and that both future events are being planned around the studio's upcoming 40th anniversary. 16. Bayron studied business administration at UFIT in Medellín and joined the family business partly out of a sense of obligation; he credits attending photography workshops and building industry contacts as the turning point that made him serious about the craft. 17. The hosts briefly reminisce about Fotocanon's history of radio advertising in Nariño, including famous local radio voiceovers from figures including William Corral and Armando del Puerto. 18. The tone is informal and conversational — structured as a promotional segment with technical photography content woven into a family-business narrative. 19. Amateur and semi-professional photographers in Nariño and southwest Colombia interested in wedding photography, AI photo editing or building a photography business will find the most value. 20. Listeners outside Colombia or those seeking technical photography education content beyond a commercial promotional interview will likely find the format too regionally specific.

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