The teaching are designed for amateur photographers ready to build off on what they already know. Please bring your questions and you will get answers!

And we are setting up a practical portion with lovely clients to capture so plan on going home with new portfolio images.

Plus, there is nothing like meeting and getting to know other photographers passionate about getting better images. You’ll have incredible opportunities to learn together and from each other.

The space is limited and there’s only a couple spots leave in the early bird discount ($50 off the registration price for the first 5 to sign up!)

I’m looking forward to meeting you! Can’t wait.

What are you waiting for? REGISTER NOW and save $50!

This workshop is for Amateur Photographers looking to take their passion for photography to the next level! Whether capturing your family, friends or looking to build a photography portfolio…this workshop is perfect for you!

FOCUSED Photography Workshop

get focused.

Date: Saturday, October 30th, 2010

Time: 9:30am – 9:30pm

What will be included?
-Meet and Greet & Profile Pictures
-Teaching – Camera Basics, ISO, Aperture and Shutter-speed
-Teaching – Lighting, Posing, Composition
-Questions/Answers
-Group Photo-shoots
-Teaching – Taking your hobby to the next level
-Snacks, Lunch, and Dinner
-Teaching – Post production/Editing basics
-Questions/Answers
-Freebies and Prizes

Cost: $350.00 (per person)

REGISTER NOW – the first 5 to register get $50.00 off the regular price!

SPACE IS LIMITED to ensure quality one-on-one time with every attendee.

What are photographers saying about FOCUSED Photography Workshops?

“Your passion and energy around photography was contagious and I think everyone benefited from something from the day. Your planning and preparation definitely showed and I was so energized leaving your house. You have an uncanny ability to light a fire under people…and I loved watching the group get so excited about different things through out the day. You did a wonderful job and were truly inspiring! (Jacquelyn – attendee)

“Thank you so much for this, it was actually a dream come true for me because like I had told you before it is exactly what I needed trying to get into the business. My favorite part was the Lightroom demonstration that you gave to us. It gave me a lot of info and excitement to have that for myself and have an idea on how to use it.” (Steph – attendee)

I’m so happy to be releasing the dates for the upcoming workshops. I hope this is the year that the Mom’s and Amateur Photographers take their passion for photography to the next level and invest in it by coming to a “focused” Workshop!

I’m offering two different workshops this Spring:

FOCUSED Photography Workshop

get focused. focused on your business. focused on your art. focused on your photography.

The FOCUSED Photography Workshop series is designed for amateur photographers wanting to take their Camera Skills and Photography Business skills to the next level. The workshop builds from the basics up leaving the attendees with new vision and confidence to grow their hobby into a thriving business.

Date: Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Time: 9:30am – 9:30pm

Cost: $350.00

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What are photographers saying about FOCUSED Photography Workshops?

“Your passion and energy around photography was contagious and I think everyone benefited from something from the day. Your planning and preparation definitely showed and I was so energized leaving your house. You have an uncanny ability to light a fire under people…and I loved watching the group get so excited about different things through out the day. You did a wonderful job and were truly inspiring! (Jacquelyn – attendee 2008)

“Thank you so much for this, it was actually a dream come true for me because like I had told you before it is exactly what I needed trying to get into the business.  My favorite part was the Lightroom demonstration that you gave to us.  It gave me a lot of info and excitement to have that for myself and have an idea on how to use it.” (Steph – attendee 2008)

Mom FOCUSED Photography Workshop

The Mom FOCUSED Photography Workshop is designed for Mom’s with a DSLR wanting to understand their camera and learn in a small group of their peers to take better pictures of every day life! I like to break this session up to give time to go home, practice, think of questions AND THEN come back for more teaching and the practical application!

DATES and TIMES: Friday, May 7th 2010 – 7:00pm-10:00pm

Saturday, June 5th 2010 – 10:00am-5:00pm

COST: $275.00 per person

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What are Mom’s saying about the workshop?

“Thank you so much for all of the time you took to answer our questions and help all of us learn more about photography.  I really enjoyed learning from you and you have such a wonderful fun and upbeat personality it’s contagious!  I can see why all your families stick with you!

I learned sooooooo much yesterday at the shoot.  It was great just getting to have the experience and have you talk us all through it and give tips along the way.  Many of the things you mentioned were not necessarily questions I would have thought to ask….but definitely things that helped me to improve my photography. I just wanted to take a minute to let you know that I really really enjoyed the workshop. I wouldn’t have changed anything! (Molly – Attendee 2009)

“I have learned a ton from you and your workshop, now it is just putting it all to use and still figuring out the numbers.  I still have some questions on that one, but I am going to play around and see what I can figure out. Thanks again for everything!” (Melissa – Attendee 2009)

Please email or call with any questions.

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If you’ve wanted to come to past workshops but couldn’t because of scheduling or finances start thinking and planning for the 2010!

Mom FOCUSED Photography Workshops – For mom’s with a DSLR wanting to understand their camera and learn to take better pictures of every day life!

FOCUSED Photography Workshops – For amateur photographers wanting to learn about growing their passion into a business.

Advanced FOCUSED Photography Workshops – For anyone who has taken a FOCUSED Photography Workshop in the past and would like to take their photography and business to the next level!

There is a max of 10 registrants accepted for each workshop – I want to make sure I have plenty of one-on-one time with everyone.

I’ll have the dates and registration available in the next couple of weeks but, I wanted to give you the heads up on what’s coming!

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Meagan Haugeto

Molly Shields

Melissa Gruber

Tonya Welsch

Carrie Miller

Sign up for the workshop and come at the discounted rate of $220.00 instead of $250.00. You’re friends and family believe in your gift as a photographer and would love to see you grow in it…so would I! I hope this sways you because the workshop is going to be amazing! There is nothing like getting together with a bunch of women who share a similar passion…we’re going to have a blast!

THE WINNER IS…Kerry Bowman!!!!! I was overwhelmed by emails and comments left by friends and family nominating her…No joke, I think I got 25+ emails! I can’t wait to have her in the workshop! Here’s some of the reasons I received:

• As soon as I heard about the workshop for moms I thought of Kerry and knew that attending would be a dream come true for her!  However, I knew that she wouldn’t  be able to afford taking advantage of the opportunity as her family lives on a limited income as Missionaries.
• In the 8 years that I’ve known Kerry she has always loved photography and capturing the joy of life in people and the wonder of the world around them.  For several years now she has remarked to me about her desire to pursue classes and training in photography but hasn’t yet managed to do so as a dedicated and busy mom.
• Kerry’s passion for photography has been with her since high school.  She has demonstrated a keen interest in the art of photography over the last 10 – 15 years.  She has dedicated time to various courses and self-study to explore what the world of photography has to offer.
• Kerry quickly becomes accomplished at nearly everything she puts her mind too and photography is no exception.  She has an eye for what will make the frame pop with meaning and I have often commented that her photographs have a professional quality to them.  Her calendars of photographs of little Abigail and the rest of the Bowman / Hunt family are much anticipated each Christmas!
• I’d like to nominate Kerry for the prize of your workshop, Noemi. I guess for me it comes down to a few simple things, the first of which is passion. Kerry’s had a passion for photography for many years now and finally has the opportunity to invest herself in that passion. I have a feeling that the person that you want attending your workshop is the person who is going to fully throw themselves into the creative process and make the most of what they learn. That’s Kerry. And here’s another thing about Kerry…She’s a natural teacher and she passes on to others what the Lord gives her. So, if it’s important to you to multiply your skills and gifting out to others, which I think is probably the point of your workshop, then Kerry’s one who will be a ripple effect, passing on the skills she learns to others.
• Kerry has a caring personality and a giving heart and I know that any time you invest in her will be multiplied in the number of people she in turn shares those skills with.

THANK YOU to everyone who wrote in and nominated there friends! You’re email were filled with kindness and love…it was a blessing to me! I love what I do and I love sharing the gift of photography. I’m so looking forward to this fall’s workshop! If you haven’t signed up yet…now is the time!

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I am going to chose one mom to come to the Mom FOCUSED Photography Workshop for FREE! I can’t wait!

So here’s how it’s going to work:

1. You (my faithful blog readers) get to sit down and think about who you would like to nominate!

2. Ask them if they’re available for the workshop dates and make sure they have a DSLR camera. Here’s the dates and times:

3. Go to my Contact page on my website and fill out the form for the person – I’ll need their info in order to contact them if they win!

4. Fill out the bottom section of the inquiry form with your reasons of “Why your friend should be the one chosen to come for free to the Mom FOCUSED Photography Workshop”

5. You must get your nomination to me before July 31st at midnight!

The winner will be announced the following week! I’m going to need some time to pour over all the nominations…so that I may chose wisely.

Are you excited? If you are a mom and reading this…call a friend and have them nominate you! Anything goes.

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I love teaching about Photography! Five brave women came to Waterville, MN to have their brains filled with Photography…and we had a blast! Here’s my girls:

We did two photo shoots during the day to practice what I was preaching…our first client was 6 week old Jack. He did great!

if he grows up to be a firefighter this will be even cooler of a picture!

Gotta love the American Flag!

Our next clients were a lovely family…Logan is 3 and a total ham…we loved capturing them!

I think this kiss caught them both by surprise! Precious.

Thank you to the girls, the Waterville Fire Department for letting us use your building, the families who graciously let me teach while taking pictures and Rachel who made the whole thing happen!

I’m going to post more pictures from the girls tomorrow…stay tuned!

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My primary purpose of setting up and teaching workshops is impart a passion for photography.

Then after that, to help people understand their equipment, the use of light, and posing.

Lastly, to give confidence to people who feel like they are never going to shoot the way they’d like to.

If this describes you then please come to one of my workshops!

I had listed a Mom FOCUSED Photography workshop for this fall and had tons of interest for it! Here’s the dates for that: Friday Sept 18 – 7pm-9:30pm, Friday Oct 9th – 7pm-9:30pm, Saturday Oct 17th – 9:30am-12pm. We are still moving forward with the MOM Focused workshop and in addition…

We’ve set up a one day FOCUSED Photography Workshop. I was asked by a group  if they could have the 3 day course in a ONE DAY INTENSIVE. The difference between this one and other FOCUSED workshops is that I will be traveling to them and teach! So, we set it up for Saturday JUNE 27th, 2009 from 9am-5pm in the beautiful town of Waterville, MN. We are actually going to have it in the Waterville Fire Hall. How cool is that? It’s not going to just be moms anymore…it’s open to anyone. If you’re interested and have that Saturday available. Click the link on the right and register for the ONE DAY Workshop.

Here’s our schedule for the day:

9:00-9:30am Meet and Greet & Profile Pictures

9:30-10:45am Teaching (Digital basics, Understanding your camera, Automatic and Manual settings)

10:45-12:30pm Photo Shoots (2-3 depending on time)

12:30-2:00pm Lunch – Question and Answers

2:00-3:00pm Teaching (Focusing, Lighting, Posing and Noemi’s Top 5 Shooting Techniques)

3:00-3:30pm Debrief, pick your 15 favorites and upload.

3:30-4:45pm Work on favorites, edit and discuss as a group

4:45-5:00pm Drawing for prizes, Evaluations and wrap-up

I love teaching on Photography and I can’t wait to meet this next group of photographers. We’re opening the classes to everyone at the group rate $220.00 up to 15 people. Please feel free to email me with any questions.

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BUT if you are interested in the three Part series of developing your understanding of photography and your business. These workshops are totally user-friendly and designed to move you forward where ever you are at! Please contact me. If I don’t hear from you, I will go with the supply and demand route…if people prefer waiting until the fall and joining the Mom FOCUSED workshop I’m happy with that. I will host each workshop as long as I have 5 or more.

If you want to register but don’t know which Workshop is best suited to you just call and talk to me. (952.201.2943)

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I got a great question from a reader that I wanted to answer for everyone:

Hello,
I was interested in learning more about your photography workshops.  I noticed that Part 1 is coming up in May.   I have a pretty good understanding of my digital SLR camera, but would really like to take a photography workshop to start practicing and putting my knowledge to use.  Would the Part 1 workshop or Part 2 workshop be more helpful for me.

I also noticed you mention a Mom’s Photography workshop and was wondering if I could get more information on this as well.

Thanks!

Okay so, the reason I’m making Part One required is because we will be going over photography and camera basics  AND also practice lighting, posing and working with real clients. The day is packed with teaching, three photo shoots, editing your images, question and answer times. THIS IS ESSENTIAL for anyone building a portfolio and interested in going further in photography as a hobby or a career! Plus, you’ll have tons of fun learning alongside your peers.

Part Two is going to be built on Part One. I need to know everyone coming has the same foundation and is ready to go deeper. The same with Part Three…we’re going to tackle the business side of things!

The Mom FOCUSED Photography workshop will be different because these are women who want to learn their camera and understand photography so that they can capture their kids doing all the gorgeous things they do daily! There will be range of skills and equipment but I’m going to teach basics and answer tons of questions over the two evening sessions and then, we’ll have our final session on a Saturday and practice will real families. I will walk you through the process and you will come out the workshop with more confidence and creative ideas to do it yourself. There will be some overlap but there focus (no pun intended!) will be different.

So,

FOCUSED Photography workshop is for anyone (men and women) building a portfolio and interested in going further in photography as a hobby or a career!

and

Mom FOCUSED Photography Workshops are for women only. Mom’s interested in understanding their cameras, lighting, and posing. Plus, getting all their questions answered.

I hope this is helpful. Any other questions? Please send them to info@noemiphotography.com

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I’m so excited for this year’s FOCUSED Photography Workshops! Seriously, can not wait to inspire more photographers to go after their dream! Here’s a glimpse of what a workshop is like!

SAVE THE DATE! Because their will be a limit of 10 per class.

Saturday, May 16th, 2009.

PART ONE – Learning your camera and building your portfolio.

(this is the same class I featured last November but, I know a bunch I people couldn’t come…so we’re doing it again)

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

PART TWO – Lighting, Posing, and Understanding Manual…Available for anyone from the first two PART ONE workshops!

October 24th, 2009

PART THREE – we’ll focus on Business strategy, Pricing, Website and more.

I’m really interested in having your feedback on what you’d like to learn about during the workshops. Please comment on this blog so other can see and add to your suggestions. Each workshop is $300 per person or $250 if you come with a friend!

DON’T WORRY I haven’t forgotten about the Mom’s! We’re doing a three part series just for Mom’s in the fall! I’m still booking weddings but, will have the dates soon!

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We do our summer shoot every year and then last year Melissa has this idea to do an extra shoot in the fall for Christmas pictures. Have 6 families come for a 45 minute shoot at the orchard for 1/2 price. $225 plus tax. I’m waiting to see which Saturday won’t be a wedding and I’ll get it on the blog. The first 6 families will get the discounted price and a slot for the shoot!

Melissa sent me this email last week and I wanted to share her cool photo ideas with you:

Hi Noemi-
Thank you so much for you kind words!  I love your blog and enjoy reading it all of the time.  I just started a blog…mostly for the girls, here is the web site: http://mkgrubergirls.blogspot.com/

Yes, I would love to be part be part of the photo shoot in the fall…and the Apple Orchard would be perfect place and the timing would be great.  I love your family pictures from last year at the Orchard…so that would be so much fun.  Thank you for thinking of doing this…I think it will be great!  Hopefully, it will be great for your business too

I can’t wait to see your photos from Vegas…I read about you forgetting your camera and it made me laugh…I am the same way…worried about so many other things, the one thing I really want to remember I forget and it is typically the camera.  I am working on a 365 day project…taking a picture everyday…there is a link on the side of it on the blog.  I LOVE it!  Now, I just want to get a new camera, which is on my list of things this year…I am hoping by Christmas I can get one.  But, for now I just use my little Canon point and shoot.

I have been thinking about you and was going to email you this picture (see attached).  I just made a new frame from an old window and put all of the pictures from our last shoot with you.  I love how it turned out and wanted to share it with you, since the beautiful pictures are your work.

Also, let me know what dates are open in June for the girl’s 2nd year pictures…I can’t wait.  I am already looking for outfits!
Thanks again for being open to this idea and I hope it is a good one for you and your business.

Talk Soon!
Melissa

Conversations with Melissa and other mom’s has really caused me to this about hosting a Mom Focused Photography Workshop! Basically over 3 week nights (once every other week – giving time for you to put some things into practice) I’ll go through camera basics, photography tips, lighting techniques FOR MOM’s…how to find cool spots in your own home and capture your kids through out the year! What do you think? Any interest? I’m thinking about doing it in the fall. I’d love your feedback though.

Thanks again Melissa for sharing your blog and your pictures!

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Here’s a few for the Bensons:

Feel like you’re looking at JCrew models? I do.

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I don’t know if I said this before but, I loved teaching about photography. I wasn’t expecting to LOVE it as much as I did! But now I have the bug and can’t wait to do it again.

Here’s what I’m going to do…I’m going to give you plenty of notice this time and we’re going to have another one day workshop for:

PART ONE – Learning your camera and building your portfolio. That’s going to be Saturday May 16th, 2009.

PART TWO – Lighting, Posing, and Understanding Manual on Saturday June 20th, 2009…Available for anyone from the first two PART ONE workshops!

PART THREE – October 24th, 2009 we’ll focus on Business strategy, Pricing, Website and more.

I’m really interested in having your feedback on what you’d like to learn about during the workshops. Please comment on this blog so other can see and add to your suggestions.

I’m also open to doing more workshops if these dates don’t work for a bunch of people interested. Each workshop is $300 per person or $250 if you come with a friend!

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