Photography e course ~ ‘The Persisting Stars’ ~

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I believe with all my heart and soul that everyone has an artistic side waiting to bloom.  Creativity is singing away in our bones and our tremendous imaginations clamoring to express our quest for living with a little panache!

I love that creativity is making something from myself and you can too!

Photography is such a fabulous and wildly creative way to share your innermost being with others, explore the delight of the self portrait, a way to illustrate your journal writing and illuminate your imagination.

Expressing lalala ‘wonder.’

Photography is so simple, no fancy equipment needed! A simple point and shoot is perfectly perfect or even an i phone.

‘Persisting stars’  will teach you how to encounter the world with all of your being. You will unearth the small and telling details surrounding you by learning to respond with your emotions, experiencing the wonder of expressing your world in a captivating new way.

Through a series of simple and delightful playful weekly prompts, we get in touch with spontaneity, creativity and our imagination to illustrate the wonder of our daily lives with a unique signature style.

 

this seven week course leaps into…

~developing imagination!

~ learning the art of storytelling (YOUR story) with a playful imagination and artistic spark all of your own

~expressing themes, subject matter, and emotions in photography

~exploring the art of the self portrait in a spontaneous and delightful way

~ embracing the season (falling leaves, autumn) to explore your life experiences and emotions of release, surrender and letting go with reverence, watchfulness and tenderness in photography

~ learning how to make simple little films to transfer a sense of poetry in movement to photographs~

~ enjoying photography as a form of illustration for your journals (showing how it feels along with the ‘telling’) and morning writing pages as you explore your life through a gorgeous interplay of photography and writing

~ learning how to start a photoblog

~ going behind the curtain to be silly in photobooths ~

~ dabbling toes into the world of polaroid photography with my favorite cameras, tips and links for a little instant magic that can get you started with ease

The ‘Persisting Stars’ September class , 2011 is sold out and I am now accepting registration for the September class beginning Sunday, October 30, 2011. This is a lovely class of 75 participants with an emphasis on fun, poetic and creative photography. Assignments/lessons will be posted on the course blog and our online ‘studio’ will be shared on a flickr group. You will need a camera, a flickr account (very easy to join up) and a notebook with some freshly sharpened pencils or colorful pens.

Dates:

-The ‘Falling leaves’ October session begins Sunday, October 30, 2011 and runs for seven weeks.

Details:

-One week before the course begins I will send all passwords and information to the private blog for ‘the wonder of seeing
-As well there is a flickr group where you are invited to share photo’s, small films and scanned journal work.
-this course includes a class post every Sunday and Wednesday on the private blog which includes assignments.
- Also included are daily ‘mini emails mails’ of inspiring photography links/podcasts/images/tips for you to explore at your own leisure. (monday to friday throughout the course)

Materials needed:

~ a blank journal (or two, or three, can’t have enough!)
~ a camera (a simple point an shoot is perfectly wonderful)
~ a scanner if you want to share polaroid images etc in the flickr group, otherwise with a digital you can simply
upload directly from the computer
~internet access for the online classroom blog

Cost:

-The cost of the course is $129.00 canadian dollars

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Sorry, no refunds once you have paid for the course.

Once you have registered for the course you will receive all information, links and passwords for the course one week before the class begins.

Hope you can join us!

xoxo

Maddie

 

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