Megan Knorpp Photography: Photography Classes

I love to teach - it's partly why I homeschool and definitely why I get so excited when I get asked to teach at church.  Our workshop is awesome and I love it - but I also know there is a need for some more personal - one on one - kind of training.  So, I've decided to start giving photography lessons*.  These lessons would be open for all sorts of folks.  For teens just getting excited about photography, moms who want to take better photos of their kids, the budding professional photographer, or Grandma who has a great camera but no idea how to work it!

For those who want to know ALL the basics of digital photography there would be a three week session of 1.5 hour long courses.  That would be the Starter Package.  There are others though who would want classes that are more specific - those classes would basically be an hour and a half on any range of topics.   Classes will be held in the evenings on a weekly basis at either my home or a predetermined location(for when we're shooting). 

 

Starter Package - (3) 90 minute lessons, one on one with Megan.  Covering basic camera function,  how to get your images to look like the pros, and what to do with your photos after you take them(i.e. photoshop, prints & web ready images).   

Additional classes can be added to suit the students needs - i.e. Photo-blogging, Child/Family photography, Starting a Photography Business, Photojournalism, Wedding Photography, .  These classes start at 90 minutes but may need to be longer depending on the student's request.

Each 90 minute class would be $60 - the starter package would be a little more bang for your buck at $150.    Enrollment would be pretty limited so if you're really anxious to do this soon - get on it and call me!  For more information on how to enroll, contact me and we'll get you all set up! 


*A digital SLR camera is required. 

Easter Came Early

We really struggle to find gifts for Easter that will remind our boys what we are celebrating and the sacredness of it - and avoiding all the materialism that has crept into every other gosh darned holiday.  But this year we found a gift that they would be excited about and that would kinda embody the day.  And once we though of it - we couldn't wait until the weekend.  We got them chicks and here they are!

We got one for each member of the family so that we never run out of eggs.  We got three different breeds - all good layers.  Black Australorps, Rhode Island Reds, & Americaunas.  Americaunas don't lay as many eggs - like maybe 3 a week but they are bluish greenish eggs and they are such beautiful birds that we couldn't turn them down.  I would have liked to have found a Wyandotte and a Barred Rock but didn't this time.  Here's a close-up of the Americauna:

And here are some other cute ones:

Getting cozy to stay warm:

Tired so fast...

And the poopy outtake of the first image...

These chicks are all about a week old and won't lay eggs for at least 20 more weeks  - which means we're looking at late August.  I wasn't planning on starting with chicks again but they're just so cute and irresistible...don't you think?  And it's fun to bond with your birds and they with you. I always notice a difference with the hens I raise from birth to the ones I buy as older pullets.

Happy Easter!

p.s.  I've had several people ask me how I took these shots.  It was actually really simple.  I had already taken some product shots for a friend on some white butcher paper.  I took the paper and taped it up behind - letting it roll out in front without an noticeable edge creating a never-ending white backdrop.  It was right next to a bunch of bright windows that I used for my lighting.   It's super easy and you could use any color paper.  Maybe I'll do a "how-to" post some time...