Registration for both of the workshops will begin at 1:00 am on  Monday, June 21st. Last time we sold out within a week, so make sure that you mark your calendar to make sure that you get a spot! We don’t want anyone to miss out.

BEGINNERS WORKSHOP

We are doing 2 beginners workshops, one in August and one in January. Choose the one that fits best with your schedule.

Kimberly Jarman Photography Studio
126 W. Main St.  Mesa, AZ 85201

To Register for the Beginner Photography Workshop please click below on the date that works best for you.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Thursday, January 20, 2011

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Registration begins at 5:30 PM

$189 for the workshop ($159 early bird before July 09, 2010 for the August workshop and August 4, 2010 for the January workshop.)

There are NO refunds. If you sign up and are unable to attend you are responsible for finding your own replacement.

*Credit cards accepted.

Only 25 seats available.

INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOP

Saturday, January 22, 2011
1:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Kimberly Jarman Photography Studio
126 W. Main St.  Mesa, AZ 85201

Registration begins at 12:30 pm.

$379 for the workshop ($349 early bird before August 4, 2010)

*Credit cards accepted.

Only 20 seats available.To Register for the Intermediate Photography Workshop please click here. Registration will begin Monday, June 21, 2010.

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We are so excited to have you join us for these workshops. If you have questions please contact us through the contact us page.

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Engaged Couple Model

Are you a couple that recently got married but wish you had more fun/urban/trendy magazine style pictures of you? Or maybe you are just a super-cute engaged (or non-engaged) couple and want some new and fun images? Either way, this is your chance to get some free images by serving as models for a photography workshop!

Couples must submit a few images of themselves (close up and full length if you have one – snapshots are fine) as well as the attire they plan to wear for the shoot. We very much need couples who are comfortable in front of the camera and affectionate with one another.

The session will last approximately 30-40 minutes and be in Mesa on the date above. We will provide more details on when, where and what to wear once you are confirmed as a model.

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“Bride” for Bridal Portraits/Trash the Dress Session

Are you a bride that recently, or not-so-recently, got married but wish you had more fun/urban/trendy magazine style pictures of you? Do you still have your gown and want an excuse to wear it again and get it a little dirty? Well his is your chance to get some free images by serving as models for a photography workshop!

Model must supply her own attire for this shoot and “brides” please note your gown will get dirty. You can bring the dress you got married in and still have hanging in your closet, or you can borrow one from a friend willing to share, or buy a super-affordable and trendy white dress/gown if you are so inclined.

Model MUST submit a few images (close up and full length if you have one – snapshots are fine) as well as the attire they plan to wear for the shoot. We very much need someone who is comfortable in front of the camera.

The session will last approximately 30-40 minutes and be in Mesa on the date above. We will provide more details on when, where and what to wear once you are confirmed as a model.

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The exact time(s) will be confirmed once we select our models, but will likely fall between approximately 4:30-6:30 PM. ALL MODELS MUST SIGN A MODEL RELEASE AND BE AWARE THAT SOME IMAGES WILL APPEAR ON SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHY BLOGS ON THE INTERNET. Of course, the poses/styling and resulting images will be appropriate and in good taste at all times.

If you are interested, please email us here.

We are so excited to meet all of the attendees and can’t wait to share with you how to become a better photographer!

If you are coming to the workshop, leave us a comment and get to know the others who are attending.

Wait list for Workshops

Occasionally we do have a few spots open up for these classes so we do have a wait list. Please DO NOT email us to put you on the wait list or leave a comment below as this will not ensure you are on the list. The only way to get on the wait list is to follow the directions below. Thank you for your understanding.

Step 1::

* If you would like to be added to a waiting list for the Beginner Photography Workshop please click here .

* If you would like to be added to a waiting list for the Intermediate Photography Workshop please click here.

Step 2::

You will need to click on the button that says “Add Me To The Waitlist”. If a spot opens up we will send you an email and you will have 24 hours to register before we send the email to the next person on the list.

If you don’t get a spot continue to check back onto the blog for the next workshop date announcements.

***SAVE THE DATE! ***

WHAT: Beginner Photography Workshop

WHEN: Thursday, May 13, 2010 / 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

WHERE: 126 W. Main Street, Mesa Arizona

COST: $189 for the workshop ($159 early bird before February 9, 2010)
$89 non-refundable retainer holds your space; $100 balance due at the door.

HOW TO REGISTER: Click this link to register and to view all the class details

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WHAT: Intermediate Photography Workshop

WHEN: Saturday, May 15, 2010 / 1:00 PM – 8:00 PM

WHERE: 126 W. Main Street, Mesa Arizona

COST: $379 for the workshop ($349 early bird before February 9th, 2010)
$179 non-refundable deposit holds your space; $200 balance due at the door.

HOW TO REGISTER: Click this link to register and to view all the class details

If you would like to be added to a waiting list feel free to contact us above and we will add you onto the list in case someone has to back out.

We are so excited to meet all of the attendees and can’t wait to share with you how to become a better photographer!

If you are coming to the workshop, leave us a comment and get to know the others who are attending.

BEGINNERS WORKSHOP

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Kimberly Jarman Photography Studio
126 W. Main St.  Mesa, AZ 85201

Registration begins at 5:30 PM

$179 for the workshop ($149 early bird before October 15, 2009)
$79 non-refundable deposit holds your space; $100 balance due at the door.

*Credit cards accepted.

Only 20 seats available.

To Register for the Beginner Photography Workshop please click here. Registration will begin Monday, August 10, 2009.

INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOP

Saturday, January 16, 2010
1:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Kimberly Jarman Photography Studio
126 W. Main St.  Mesa, AZ 85201

Registration begins at 12:30 pm.

$359 for the workshop ($329 early bird before October 15th, 2009)
$159 non-refundable deposit holds your space; $200 balance due at the door.

*Credit cards accepted.

Only 20 seats available.

To Register for the Intermediate Photography Workshop please click here. Registration will begin Monday, August 10, 2009.

Registration for both of the workshops will begin at 1:00 am on  Monday, August 10th. Last time we sold out within a week, so make sure that you mark your calendar to make sure that you get a spot! We don’t want anyone to miss out.

BEGINNERS WORKSHOP

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Kimberly Jarman Photography Studio
126 W. Main St.  Mesa, AZ 85201

Registration begins at 5:30 PM

$179 for the workshop ($149 early bird before October 15, 2009)
$79 non-refundable deposit holds your space; $100 balance due at the door.

*Credit cards accepted.

Only 20 seats available.

To Register for the Beginner Photography Workshop please click here. Registration will begin Monday, August 10, 2009.

INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOP

Saturday, January 16, 2010
1:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Kimberly Jarman Photography Studio
126 W. Main St.  Mesa, AZ 85201

Registration begins at 12:30 pm.

$359 for the workshop ($329 early bird before October 15th, 2009)
$159 non-refundable deposit holds your space; $200 balance due at the door.

*Credit cards accepted.

Only 20 seats available.

To Register for the Intermediate Photography Workshop please click here. Registration will begin Monday, August 10, 2009.

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We are so excited to have you join us for these workshops. If you have questions please contact us through the contact us page.

Create Better Images from Serendipity Videography on Vimeo.

We have to thank everyone for your amazing comments and for being a part of such a fun day. And a big BIG thank you to Serendipity Videography for this fantastic recap and overview of our workshops!

We plan to announce the dates for our next round of workshops in the next two weeks or so. They will likely be in January or February 2010 and we will keep you posted so you can sign up quickly. If you have sent us an email in the past few weeks requested to be added, we have added you to our database and will send out the email as soon as the dates are locked in. Thanks for your support and we look forward to seeing you in the months ahead. Happy Summer!

Before I start recapping, I want to thank our sponsors for this workshop:

Gina, owner of Fiori Floral provided the beautiful boquet for our Bride and Groom shoot as seen down below in this post and ZuZu’s Petals in Downtown Mesa for the beautiful centerpieces for our food table.

Our goal for the beginner workshop is to teach those just starting out to understand the fundamentals of photography, understand the basics of their cameras by turning them off the automatic setting to shoot manually, and thus more creatively.

Among several other things, we also teach attendees which lenses will deliver better quality images and the different effects you can get by adjusting your cameras manually.

Everyone was practicing adjusting their settings to compensate for me being back light by the window and I couldn’t resist getting a shot of them!

Here is our entire Beginner group:

For the intermediate class, we dive deeper into several areas, including lighting, communication, creative shooting and much more.
But most importantly, we go outside to work with live models in two separate shoots and give the attendees lots of hands on practice!

This time we had a family with young children (since this is a group with which most budding photographers will find themselves working) as well as a “bride and groom” model. (Funny story there… read below.) It’s great to be able to apply the lessons from the class into a live shooting scenario and explain with hands on experience how we find good light and work with existing light, pose our subjects, adjust our settings and more.

A couple shots of our adorable family that modeled for us. As you can imagine, the kids were a little nervous with 20+ photographers taking picture of them!

But we applied my favorite — the tickle-approach — and it worked like a charm!

After our family shoot, we spent another 45 minute or so working with our bride and groom models. Here are a few shots of Cristi, our “bride” (and I might add THE most photographed fellow photographer in the Phoenix area – but its easy to see why — she rocks the camera!)

So funny story, Cristi’s husband Curt was out of town for our shoot, so she brought his cousin Kevin along, which provided some good comic relief at moments when the posing got a little too “intimate.” Of course there was NO KISSING or anything remotely similar At least we all laughed quite a bit and they were such troopers.

A few more shots of the attendees in action – Kim took these next three shots:

Here is most of our intermediate group. Cristi took this shot while some of us were still making our way downstairs for the live shoot.

Again, a big thank you to Gina, owner of Fiori Floral for donating this gorgeous bouquet! I absolutely love it and wish I had done something similar for my wedding several years ago.

To read some blog reviews by those in attendance, click here, here and here. Oh yeah, and here and here!
(Am I missing anyone? Please leave a comment with your blog link if so.)

To learn more about our workshops in general and find out details on the next one, click here.