Basic Photography Workshop #6 | Erin Rachel Photography

Last weekend I had the privilege to teach 7 aspiring photographers

the Basic Photography Workshop at the Home School Cottage in Slidell.

If you know me at all, I am totally in my element when it comes to teaching.

I love every minute of it!

I love sharing knowledge, seeing others learn and most of all establishing

new friendships! I love people:-)

We had a great 4 hours full of hands on projects, class time and of course

answering a bunch of questions!

If I could show you all of their images from their projects you would probably

be amazed! I know I was. This workshop was full of creativity from top to bottom.

We dodged the rain the whole morning and it looked like it was going to

start pouring a.n.y. minute. Sooo...obviously the park is not the most ideal

place to go take pictures:-) I didn't want to have to worry about

camera equipment getting rained on....that would so not have been cool!

So we hopped over to a run down gas station.

Yep you heard me right, a run down gas station!!! It was a cool place!

We had lots of detail, texture, fun and cover just incase it started

raining. It never did rain, just had to deal with the wind but hey that's

better than being soaking wet:-)

Below are a couple of pictures that won the

contest in our hands on projects:

Congrats to Grayson for winning the "fill the frame" project!

Congrats to Alicia for winning the "thirds" project!!!

Congrats to Stacey for "picture of the day". I loved the randomness of it:-)

Thanks for a great workshop! Y'all were and are amazing!

Keep up the good work and practice:-)

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Photo Talk Monday | Erin Rachel Photography

This past Monday I hosted the second Photo Talk...to date.

I love it...we are building a community of photographers whether it's a hobby, an

amateur or professional photographer it's for everyone!

We started with question and answer time.

A couple of topics from the night were...

1-Lenses...why there are really expensive lenses and then some cheap ones:-)

2-Which lens is a good all around lens.

3-How come my point and shoot takes so long to save the picture

before I can snap another one!!!! (I am sure many

of you have that question!)

4-Camera settings and different scenarios to use these settings in

5-Photo critique

Of course these topics create discussion which leads to more questions!

This month each individual is working on specific projects that are

personal to them, and I can't wait to see their images!

Plan on joining us next month at

The Homeschool Cottage in Slidell

on Monday May 24th at 7pm!

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Basic Photography Workshop #5 | Erin Rachel Photography

Is amazed...

this is the 5th Basic Photography Workshop...

and I have now marked 50 people that have taken my workshops...

how exciting is that?!?!?!

I love love love every minute of teaching!!!!

Seriously I sit here amazed...

Anyway enough reminiscing! ha

Here are a few pictures from the workshop that was

held at the Homeschool Cottage in Slidell,

sit back and see their creativity at work!

p.s. oh before you leave, I am in two of these pictures...

kind of like Where's Waldo...Where's Erin:-) Can you find it?

Fill the Frame- won by Mr. Robert

Thirds- won by Shara

Picture of the Day- won by Stephanie

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Kids Photography Workshop | Erin Rachel Photography

Last Friday afternoon I taught the first Kids Photography Workshop at the HomeSchool Cottage in Slidell, LA.

Talk about two hours of fun! That's what it was:-)

We went over their cameras and what the buttons are and what they can be used for.

We had lots of hands on projects...they learned to fill the frame...simple techniques for portraits...texture...color...and fun!

{SLIDESHOW HERE}

These next few pictures are some that the kids took...

Texture on Thirds

Filling the Frame

They were a pretty creative crew!

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Basic Photography Workshop #4 | Erin Rachel Photography

Yesterday was simply amazing.

I was privileged to be able to teach the Basic Photography Workshop for the 4th time.

As I was sitting their teaching and they were asking me questions...

All I could think of was how much I LOVE this.

To sit there and be around people and see them learn...it's beyond rewarding.

I honestly l.o.v.e. it!

This was the smallest workshop I've had with only 4 attending. I had several back out

at the last minute, at first I debated on whether postponing it or going with it.

I'm soooooooooooooo thankful I went on with it.

I have to say each class gets better and better...

and yesterday confirmed that fact:-)

They were such a great group, great questions, eager to learn, willing to be critiqued and to top it off...FUN!

Voted Picture of the Day:

Voted Thirds/ Leading Lines

Voted Fill the Frame

March Photography Workshops! | Erin Rachel Photography

There are a few spots left so email me or call me asap if you want me to reserve

a spot for YOU!

March 13th Basic Photography Workshop

-$50

9am-1pm

Come and learn all about your camera, the settings on your camera,

how to properly compose an image, hands on projects, basic exposure,

basic manual settings and more!

March 19th Kids Photography Workshop

-$35

3-5 pm

Kids bring your point and shoot camera! We'll learn all about

what your settings will do to make your pictures awesome,

how to capture fun moments, hands on projects, basic composition,

snacks and fun!!

March 20th Basic Photography Workshop

-$50

9am-1pm

Come and learn all about your camera, the settings on your camera,

how to properly compose an image, hands on projects, basic exposure,

basic manual settings and more!

March 22nd Photo Talk

7pm

$10.00 UNLESS you have already attended a workshop- for you it's FREE!!!!

Come for open Discussion and Question and Answer time.

Bring your camera, ask questions, get photos critiqued etc.

A fun time to learn and meet new friends!

Dessert and Coffee provided!

March 27th Seeing Creatively Workshop

9am-1pm

-$50.00

An extension to the Basic Workshop learn more about composition,

exposure, shooting manually, being creative, seeing an image and learning

how to get the same result, lots of hands on projects, fun and more!

Also remember I am offering one-2-one tutoring with you and your camera!

or one-2-one business days for you photographers wanting to know

more about building your business!

Contact me at:

erwilson83@gmail.com

985.774.9815

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Just wanted to post a picture!

Just a fun picture of my last day in Manitou Springs!!!

One.2.One Business day | Erin Rachel Photography

Wow...as I reflect over this day and journey with a friend I am amazed!

I absolutely, whole heartedly L.O.V.E. teaching and seeing people learn!

I want them to be successful in their life and business.

I am humbled at the fact that this gal, who has become a friend, would

let me spend the day with her teaching her all of the ins and outs

about a photography business. When I say all...I mean all that I know...I have

by NO means arrived. I am still learning DAILY and am loving it!

We started off the day at CC's Coffee House in Slidell digging deep

into Who Are You? What makes you tick? What do you like?

What do you not like? What do you love to do? Where do you love

to shop? What drives you? What is your favorite color? What are your

goals in life? When you look back over your life what do you want

to be said of you? What three words describe you? And yeh the list goes on!

Then the fun started...showing her where to pick out a color palette that

goes together, to fonts, to blogging (...my favvvv past time!!!), to setting

up domain names etc.

We took a break and headed over to Sunrise on Second for some yummy lunch

and to continue "talking business" ha!

When you both love it...it's so fun and super easy!

This is where we started talking about "the money". So we broke down her packages

and prices...only to find out she pretty much could work at Wal-Mart and make more!

This is when she drew all over her paper saying..."Wake-up Call"!!!

So now that we have some things in order I think she'll be making some money now. As well as knows how to base her pricing etc. This part made her happy!!

Before it decided to start raining on us we packed up and hit the streets on a photo session.

As a photographer you RARELY have nice pictures of yourself so as part of the day I wanted

to do a shoot of just her...she's so fun! Full of personality!!!

We wrapped the day up at Starbucks...yes had to get my fix!!!

Answering questions, talking about shooting techniques, making time for yourself

and not getting wrapped up in business all the time, staying organized, the affects of

blogging, outsourcing to save yourself time, giving back to others, the experience of a session/shoot from beginning to end, editing your pictures, software and yeh the list goes on! Fun stuff!

Thanks Theresa for an amazing day, filled with fun, getting to know you better, talking

what we love to talk about, seeing your business grow and I can't wait to see you take off even more!!!

My f.a.v.o.r.i.t.e.

Photography Workshops

Classes are filling up fast so if you are interested PLEASE contact me asap! Feel free to pass the information along to family and friends!

PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP DATES:

Basic Photography Workshop $50.00

Sat. March 13 9am-1pm

Sat. March 20 9am-1pm- FULL

Bring your camera (point and shoot, DSLR) and learn basic composition rules, camera settings, hands on projects and more!

Kids Photography workshop $35.00

Friday March 19th 3-5 pm

Bring point and shoot camera, learn how to take fun creative pictures, hands on projects and snack provided!

Limited Space Available

Photo Talk- $10.00

Limited Space Available

Monday March 22 7-9pm.

Come for open Discussion and Question and Answer time.

Bring your camera, ask questions, get photos critiqued etc.

A fun time to learn and meet new friends!

Dessert and Coffee provided!

Seeing Creatively Photography Workshop $50.00

Saturday March 27 9am-12pm

Lots of hands on projects group and individual, fun way to learn more about composition, photo critique and instructional time on techniques.

One-on-One Session- $140.00

4- 1 Hour Session to personally teach you about your camera, how to use it, techniques, composition etc.

Coming in the Fall of 2010 a 10 week Photography Class and Photo Expo!

More details coming soon.

Contact me at: 985.774.9815 or erwilson83@gmail.com

One-on-One Session with Michelle | Erin Rachel Photography

So I get a phone call sometime in November-ish from Michelle's husband

David asking opinions on cameras. He wanted to buy Michelle

a good camera so I gave my opinions and basically just said

"whatever you do buy Canon" :-) This was the best advice I could give!!!!

He asked about me spending

some time with Michelle showing her how to use her camera

and all of the ins and outs. Since they live in Huntsville, AL she

wouldn't be around to take a workshop, so I said absolutely YES!

He called me back a few weeks later saying he had gotten her

the Canon Rebel XSi.

Two thumbs up for David:-) He bought her a great camera, surprised

her for Christmas and even went a step further with this session!

Michelle called me two days after Christmas all excited and totally

surprised at her camera! We set up a day to get together for

a few hours.

Little did we know that the Wednesday we met a PJ's Coffee house

that it would be freezing cold and rainy and cloudy! But hey we

can't control everything right!

We grabbed a cup of coffee and hot chocolate and went to work:-)

So after spending a couple hours going through composing a picture,

to how to use her settings etc. We headed outside to a nearby church

that has a huge covering over the front and worked on a few

projects!

Michelle walked away shooting in manual mode:-)

So proud of her!!! Keep it up girl!

Thanks for such an awesome session!

Announcing NEW Workshop | Erin Rachel Photography

I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited...can you tell? I'm actually kind of jumping up and down, even though you can't see me!!!

SEEING CREATIVELY

When? January 9th

Time? 8am-12pm

Location? Home School Cottage in Slidell

I have had so many people wanting to learn more about composition, putting more photography rules into practice, training their eye and using creativity!

The workshop will include:

Discussion Time of Seeing Creatively

Hands-on Group Projects

Hands-on Individual Projects

Slideshow Critique of every project

Drinks and Refreshments

FUN!!!!!!

Creativity!!!!

Surprises :-)

Prizes

Learning

and did I mention FUN!!!!!!

$50.00

Limited to 12 people

ReserveYOUR spot TODAY!

Email me with any questions or to reserve YOUR spot!!!!!!

Gift Certificates available-

drop the hint to Husband, Wife, Dad, Mom, Sister, Brother, Friend...you name it! Contact me for more information on Gift Certificates

Contact me!

erin@erinrachel.net

985.774.9815