photo 101: san fran: august -SOLD OUT

Instructor
Nicole Hill Gerulat has been a photographer for over 8 years. Examples of her work can be found on her site, nicolephoto.com as well as her blog, a little sussy. Nicole started teaching photography classes in September 2007 and teaches from her own curriculum.

Course Description
Photo 101 is for beginners with little or no experience in photography. Many professionals have taken this class as a refresher course and have really enjoyed it.

In class, you will learn how to work your camera using manual settings. A large portion of the class will focus on exposure and composition. Shooting with natural light will be encouraged and instructed.

We will also spend time reviewing and critiquing each other's work. (there will be 1-3 shooting assignments per week.)

Our final class will be a lighting demo where we will be learning lighting techniques and posing with models.

I realize some of you may have already taken classes and feel like you have a handle on basic exposure and composition. This class can still challenge you artistically.

Cost
$150 total
(this includes 3 weekday classes and the saturday lighting demo.)

Location
Ferney Art Studio
Valencia St, San Francisco, CA

Class Times
Classes are held one night a week (1 1/2 hrs.) for the first 3 weeks of the month with a lighting demo on the Saturday of the second week.

San Francisco -August
6-7:30pm or 7:40-9:10 (please choose a time)
August 12, 19, 26
August 22th -sat morning lighting demo.. you will choose from 9, 10 or 11am sessions

Equipment Needed
A digital SLR is recommended, but all you really need is a camera that allows you to change aperture and shutter speeds manually.

Sign-Up
SOLD OUT. Please click here to get on the wait list. An address to send the check will be provided if there is space, and the class payment will be due immediately. Please note that the class payment is only refundable if your space can be filled.

photo 101 crash course: NEW YORK

Instructor
Nicole Hill Gerulat has been a photographer for over 8 years. Examples of her work can be found on her site, nicolephoto.com as well as her blog, a little sussy. Nicole started teaching photography classes in September 2007 and teaches from her own curriculum.

Course Description
Photo 101 Crash Course is for beginners with little or no experience in photography. Many professionals have taken this class as a refresher course and have really enjoyed it.

In class, you will learn how to work your camera using manual settings. A large portion of the class will focus on exposure and composition. Shooting with natural light will be encouraged and instructed.

We will also have a lighting demo where we will be learning lighting techniques and posing with models.

The Crash Course is an intensive one-day workshop.

Cost
$200

Location
New York, NY (exact location TBA)

Class Time
October (saturday to be determined), 2009 : 9:30am - 4pm.

Equipment Needed
A digital SLR is recommended, but all you really need is a camera that allows you to change aperture and shutter speeds manually.

Sign-Up
Please click here to reserve a space. An address to send the check will be provided if there is space, and the class payment will be due immediately. Please note that the class payment is only refundable if your space can be filled.

photo 101 crash course: NEWPORT

Instructor
Nicole Hill Gerulat has been a photographer for over 8 years. Examples of her work can be found on her site, nicolephoto.com as well as her blog, a little sussy. Nicole started teaching photography classes in September 2007 and teaches from her own curriculum.

Course Description
Photo 101 Crash Course is for beginners with little or no experience in photography. Many professionals have taken this class as a refresher course and have really enjoyed it.

In class, you will learn how to work your camera using manual settings. A large portion of the class will focus on exposure and composition. Shooting with natural light will be encouraged and instructed.

We will also have a lighting demo where we will be learning lighting techniques and posing with models.

The Crash Course is an intensive one-day workshop.

Cost
$200

Location
Newport, CA (exact location TBA)

Class Time
August 1st, 2009 : 9:30am - 4pm.

Equipment Needed
A digital SLR is recommended, but all you really need is a camera that allows you to change aperture and shutter speeds manually.

Sign-Up
Please click here to reserve a space. An address to send the check will be provided if there is space, and the class payment will be due immediately. Please note that the class payment is only refundable if your space can be filled.

who we are

Nicole Hill Gerulat has been a photographer for over 8 years. Examples of her work can be found on her site, nicolephoto.com as well as her blog, a little sussy. Nicole started teaching photography classes in September 2007 and teaches from her own curriculum.



Mike Loveland works as the Director of Post-Production for Rubberball Productions, a stock photography company. He is in charge of acquiring thousands of images every month and leads a team of retouchers. Examples of his work can be found on mikeloveland.com and here.



Alma Loveland works as a freelance designer, specializing in patterns, banners, and wedding invites. She has worked as a designer for FranklinCovey and designed planning pages as well as many of their tote patterns and linings. Examples of her work can be found on almaloveland.com, and here.

private lesson?

mike, alma and nicole are happy to teach one-on-one for $100/hr.
please email us to book a session.

Illustrator 102

Instructor
Alma works as a freelance designer, specializing in logos, banners, business needs, and wedding invites. She has worked as a designer for FranklinCovey and designed their current limited edition Rhapsody planning pages as well as many of the cute linings in FranklinCovey's totes.

Course Description
Illustrator 102 is a project-based class that will build on the skills learned in Illustrator 101. As students enroll, they will be asked to send a sample of something they'd like to use Illustrator to create. Alma will choose the projects that she feels the class will be able to tackle together, and that use important tools and features that were not covered in Illustrator 101.

Class Requirements
A laptop must be brought to every class with illustrator downloaded. (You can download a free trial for the class if you have not already used up your trial for Illustrator 101.)

Cost
$100

Location
Springville
(location and map emailed after sign-up)

Class Times
JUNE:

Saturday, June 13 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (hour for lunch)

Sign-Up
Please fill out this form to reserve a space. An address to send the check will be provided if there is space, and the class payment will be due immediately. Please note that the class payment will be refundable up until one week before class starts. Afterwards, it will only be refunded if the spot can be filled with someone else.

photoshop 101

Instructor
Mike works as the Director of Post-Production for Rubberball Productions -a stock photography company. He is in charge of acquiring thousands of images every month and leads a team of 5 retouchers. His class will discuss the proper ways of acquiring images, learning Photoshop tools for retouching and designing, and will discuss better methods of the photographer's workflow through batching and creating Photoshop actions.

Class Requirements
A laptop must be brought to every class with Photoshop CS4 downloaded. (You can download a free trial for the class.)

Cost
$100

Location
Springville, Utah
(location and map emailed after sign-up)

Class Times

JULY:
Saturday, July 11: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(with an hour for lunch)

AUGUST:
Saturday, Aug 1: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(with an hour for lunch)

Sign-Up
Please fill out this form to reserve a space. An address to send the check will be provided if there is space, and the class payment will be due immediately. Please note that the class payment will be refundable up until one week before class starts. Afterwards, it will only be refunded if the spot can be filled with someone else.

illustrator 101

Instructor
Alma works as a freelance designer, specializing in logos, banners, business needs, and wedding invites. She has worked as a designer for FranklinCovey and designed their current limited edition Rhapsody planning pages as well as many of the cute linings in FranklinCovey's totes.

Course Description
Illustrator 101 will cover the toolbar, with emphasis on the pen tool, and the most common palettes.

Alma is also teaching 102 now. Please see the Illustrator 102 post for more information.

Class Requirements
A laptop must be brought to every class with illustrator downloaded. (You can download a free trial for the class.)

Cost
$100

Location
Springville, Utah
(location and map emailed after sign-up)

Class Times
JUNE:
Saturday, June 6th, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with hour for lunch.

AUGUST:
Saturday, August 8, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with hour for lunch.

Sign-Up
Please email m.a.lovelands(at)gmail(dot)com to reserve a space. An address to send the check will be provided if there is space, and the class payment will be due immediately. Please note that the class payment will be refundable up until one week before class starts. Afterwards, it will only be refunded if the spot can be filled with someone else.