NEW SPRING WORKSHOPS!

There is nothing like the spring and the incredible changes that happen during the spring season when everything comes alive again!  Personally, my excitement to get out in nature and see the beauty it has to offer grows exponentially! 

This spring I am offering two workshops with two opportunities to learn a variety of skills within photography.  Aside from the basics, we will be learning about capturing two different subjects and the ways they can be photographed in both similar and radically different ways.  

WORKSHOP DATES AND DESCRIPTION:

PORTRAITURE & POST PROCESSING

April 28, 2018 from 12:00 to 4:00 PM

Location: Oakland, CA

This four hour workshop will be held in a studio where we will focus on capturing creative and strong portraits.  The workshop will help students see the relationship between how we use our camera and how we see our subject matter.  Then we will learn how to process those images in the digital darkroom to develop stunning imagery with creative editing tools.  

NATURE, LANDSCAPES & LIGHT

May 12, 2018 from 2:00 to 6:00 PM

Location: Lands End, San Francisco, CA

This four hour workshop held at Lands End, will be an incredible opportunity to be in nature at the perfect time of day to notice the change of light towards the end of the day.  Students will focus on using their cameras to adapt to different lighting situations and capture beautiful images of a natural gem in the Bay Area.  

These workshops are limited to ten students per session and are FREE to students who are registered for Photo Camp I or Photo Camp II this summer! Make sure you reserve your spot now! 

L'ésprit vieux de Paris (the old soul of Paris)

I am still in my mind just coming back from a trip to France I took recently with a good friend.  We spent more of our time in the south of France (post to come another time) and a few days in Paris.  

I am always trying to figure out how to live in Paris.  Part of my heart stays in the beautiful old charming city year round.  It's a photographer (professional or hobbyist's) dream. There is something about the way the light moves and changes and creates a soft glow on any subject.  It's incredible. 

Here are some of the many photos I took during just the two days I carried my camera with me.  I walked many many miles each day trying to stay out of the metro so I could take it all in.  See everything that I possibly could while I was there.  

In August along the Champs-Elysées

Parisian light. 

The iconic. And toujours incroyable. 

From the Pont des Arts (my favorite spot in Paris. 

Pont Neuf et Paris Plages

Reading for hours in the Jardin du Luxembourg

My love. Ladurée

Caramel buerre salé (yes, that is a large macaron)

Sacre Coeur with the ever cute Montmartre neighborhood to follow.  

The incredibly cute and wonderful artists of Montmartre.

Still searching for the perfect place for mine. 

Jean Pierre a former graphic artist turned illustrator *artwork above

Playing the sounds of old Paris.  "La vie en rose"

Maybe here back at the Pont des Arts?

À plus tard, Paris. 

Don't worry I am coming back Paris.  Very soon actually.  In fact I will see you in one week from today.  And stay tuned friends, my plan may include finding my friends above to revisit and soak in as much of the old soul as I can get.  Ciao!