If you’ve ever had difficulties posing a group this workshop’s for you. Chris Tierney’s 2nd part of his posing workshops will be focusing on how to pose small groups, families and children.

Posing is much more than just turn here, look there, smile… there’s classic poses that help trim your subject, mix that with classic hand and angle, with a touch of light and you’ve got a winning portrait.

Chris Tierneys part 2 workshop on posing families, groups and children.Chris Tierney’s been a professional photographer for over 30 years. His award winning portraits and use of classic style keeps him in much demand.

Workshop date: Feb. 27th
Time: 9am - 1pm
Cost: $125.00
Early registration: $99.00 before Feb. 17th

To register click here.

Location: NMVinc. Productions
11300 Coloma Rd.
suite B-14
Gold River, CA 95670
916.852.7716

Register click here.

If you’ve ever wondered how to pose a subject and just what do you do with their hands, this is the workshop for you. Posing is much more than just turn here, look there, smile… there’s classic poses that help trim your subject, mix that with classic hand and angle, with a touch of light and you’ve got a winning portrait.

This promises to be an exciting, hands-on introduction workshop to pose women and men, to bring out their best features. You will learn:

  • Understanding facial expressions
  • posture
  • body angles
  • how to acheive the best appearance of a subject with camera angles

Chris Tierney’s been a professional photographer for over 30 years. His award winning portraits and use of classic style keeps him in much demand.

Workshop date: Feb. 20th
Time: 9am - 1pm
Cost: $125.00
Early registration: $99.00 before Feb. 12th
To register click here.

Location: NMVinc. Productions
11300 Coloma Rd.
suite B-14
Gold River, CA 95670
916.852.7716

To register click here.

Below are some images from the recent Night Photography workshop Nov. 21st.

Carl Wolf’s images are stunning with color and light:

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

© Carl Wolf, 2009; Sacramento River Waterfront

© Carl Wolf, 2009; Sacramento River Waterfront

© Carl Wolf 2009, Pink Door

© Carl Wolf 2009, Pink Door

Instructor Jeff Burkholder’s painting with light on rope. By using a flashlight the ropes were painted during the 45 second exposure.
Rope line; © Jeff Burkholder, 2009
Rope line; © Jeff Burkholder, 2009

Here are a few shots from CAworkshop’s Mark Loper:

A night at the station

A Night at the Station

Pacific Rail Road (Digital Blend)

Pacific Rail Road (Digital Blend)

Delta King Wheel

Delta King Wheel

This is a hands-on workshop where you will be shooting live models in a professional studio.  You will learn everthing from classic portrait lighting techniques to cutting edge fashion lighting.  You will walk away from this experience knowing how to light a headshot, portolio image, or classic portrait using high end digital equipment and live capture software.  You will also get an overview of basic color management and workflow processes.  So, bring your camera and get in on the fun!

Workshop cost: $125

To register, click here.

Location: Bill Mahon studio;  In The Beginning Photographics
915 Fee Drive
Sacramento, Ca. 95815

Bill’s website is: www.billmahonphoto.com

Great workshop and fun time Nov. 21st. Bit cold but the results were great; bit of moisture in the air for refraction of light and yet not too much to become fog. Click here to see some of the attendees images.

November 21st. 6-9pm

Once the sun goes down, most put their camera away. But for many it’s a whole new world: tripods, cable release and long exposures. Yielding unique images and some very fun play with light. Learn some tips and tricks of taking photos at night:

- painting with light

- multiple strobe

- intro to High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography

- and a unique vision of shooting in the dark

Professional photographer, and CAworkshops.com Executive Producer, Jeff Burkholder will be conducting this workshop The location is still being determined (most likely Old Sacramento).

Items to bring and have for this workshop:

- small flashlight

- warm clothing

- comfortable shoes

- tripod

Cost: $85.00 non-members, $75.00 CAworkshops members

Maximum number of attendees: 20

To register click here.

Time’s running short. If you’re wanting to learn how to hand color on digital prints with international artist Diane Poinski, you better sign-up now.

This workshop will introduce you to the art of hand coloring black and white inkjet prints.

The day will include a brief history of the hand colored b & w photograph, an overview of different materials including papers, tools and media that can be used, and a demonstration using soft pastels with various tools.

Diane Poinski’s work has been sold internationally and she’s shown in numerous gallery shows. Her traditional hand-coloring techniques create one-of-a-kind artworks. Her thousands of hours of research and knowledge will fill you with creativity and skills that will transform your photos into masterpieces.

Date: October 24
Time: 10:30 am - 3:30 pm (with a break for lunch)
Location: 1021 R Street, Sacramento, CA
Cost: $125.00

Click here to register.