Do you want to take your photography
out of the ordinary and into the extraordinary?
News Flash
A number of our alumni & friends
have asked for a summer workshop. We have now added Summertime
on the Maine Coast where the weather is delightful
in August. Because this is a last-minute addition, we are
extending the Early Bird special to June 22 instead of
the usual four months ahead of time. Alumni receive their
15% discount.
Click here for our Summertime on the Maine Coast
flash photo gallery.
Do you want to learn how to make stunning photographs? Do you
want to do it in a small photo workshop where you can spread out
and find your own subject, not stand shoulder to shoulder with
a lot of other photographers?
Then join Barefoot Contessa Photo Adventures and have a great
time while learning to seek and refine your own creative vision,
whether in a regularly-scheduled photo
workshop or in a private workshop of
your choosing.
While Margo and Arnie don't tell
you exactly what to photograph, they take you to great locations
and pride themselves on giving you the tools — understanding
the magic of light, elements of composition, knowledge of color,
and processing techniques — that
will help inspire you to create more compelling photographs, regardless
of your experience level.
They can also help those who are interested develop a logical,
efficient workflow that will make the storage and processing of
your images easier.
Barefoot Contessa Photo Adventures has been around since the early
80s, and with Arnie and Margo's great
track record as well-seasoned, working pros with decades of teaching
experience, you will learn a lot! While they may sometimes photograph
with you, their first commitment is always to give you, the participant,
the most rewarding photographic and learning experience possible.
With workshops limited to 12 participants sharing two instructors
(maximum 6:1 ratio), you can be assured of lots of individual
attention, help, and critiques in both the field and classroom. In
addition, since we have small groups, we have gained access
to some private areas that cannot handle large groups.
Barefoot Contessa Photo Adventures is proud to report that some
of our students have won awards and
been accepted into juried shows! We are also excited to have been
featured on the websites of Travel
+ Leisure and Topsail
Island (a popular east-coast destination), as well as
in the October 2008 print issue of Outdoor Photographer.
Our Basic Principles of Photography booklet with lots of tools to help
you improve your photography;
Early-morning and late-afternoon shoots;
Mid-day processing and tweaking your images with the latest version of
Lightroom and for those who wish, Photoshop CS4 and Photomatix;
Printing element for successfully printing
from Lightroom;
Lots of individual instruction in both the field and classroom;
Critiques, both individual and group;
Discussions on various aspects of photography, including digital workflow;
Final group critique and show; and
Lots of fun and frivolity througout!
Some of our 2009 Outer Banks workshop crew
seeking their own vision.
Click here to see more Student Candids
In our print element, for those who are interested, we'll give you instructions on how to successfully
turn your favorite digital images into beautiful prints through the latest version
of Lightroom. For those who want to learn more sophisticated printing with
soft proofing in CS4 and earlier versions, we offer private
printing workshops with our printing
guru, master printer John Pagliuca.
If you have not already done so, check our FAQs for
questions you may have as well as equipment and installed downloads you need
to bring to the workshop including, if necessary, the free, 30-day, trial versions
of imaging programs.
If our FAQs do not answer all your questions, please contact Barefoot Contessa
Photo Adventures. As we noted above, our instructors have
many decades of experience as both active pro shooters and teachers, and we do love
to have fun with our students!
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