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The Carmel 3 day schedule
Friday thru Sunday
Day 1 of 3 day class, Friday
Carmel
We will start on Friday at 10 a.m. at the Il Fornaio restaurant (attached to the Pine Inn on Ocean Avenue- between Lincoln St. and Monte Verde St.) in downtown Carmel, with introductions. We will then dive into the many pages of information that Michael provides that is needed to know to make award winning art consistently, instead of 'happenstance-once-and-a-while-luck type'.
At 1 p.m. we take a break and have lunch there. You can then ask Michael any particular questions you have, like what equipment he shoots with, etc..
Afterwards, we'll continue going over the multitude of things that can make or break our photographic art. Michael has developed, from a lifetime of creating art and studying how the eye views it, a keen ability to create g great compositions with 'controlled eye movement', even from some of the students work that they thought were just ho-hum!
You will learn as much as you can take in, but much comes from the field practice that is still to take place. Bring 3 or 4 photos with you and Michael will show you how to make your best images even better by applying all of the compositional rules you have just learned to them.
You will 'fix' your old art, learn how to 'dodge and burn', with editing programs, to enhance them, to make certain things stand out and other parts retreat, and to cut them / crop them to keep the strong parts only, eliminating the weak parts, thus turning many into new-looking pieces entirely, ones that Will Now Win AWARDS- many have!
Later in the afternoon, if we get done with all the classroom work, sometimes we don't, we go and make some new photographs, starting our advanced thinking processes in creating. Michael will give a few 'easy assignments' to get us thinking/working in the processes that have won him so many awards. Class officially ends this day at 6 p.m..
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Lichen Covered Stones, Pacific Grove Beach,
Monterey by Michael Seewald. All rights reserved.
Day 2 of 3, Saturday.
Cannery Row, Fisherman's Wharf
We start out with a group breakfast at 8 a.m. at First Awakenings in Pacific Grove, just around the corner from the Monterey Aquarium in Monterey, in the American Tin Cannery outlet Center. Parking is available for free at the lot just up the street, for three hours with restaurant receipt. Pay-meters don't start until 9 we believe, check first.
www.firstawakenings.net
125 Ocean View Blvd, Ste 105,
Pacific Grove, CA 93950 (831) 372-1125
Michael, as well as the students with their newfound knowledge, then critique a few more photos for review if we did not get to everyone's the day before. Whether beginners or advanced, all will learn so much from these exercises.
We will then head out to 'make art' at in the area. First right there in the mall, with assignments that reinforce Michael's concept of 'controlled eye movement', and then the ocean in Pacific Grove.
We will take lunch over at Peter B's Rest. & brew pub Peter B's Rest/brewpub over at Fisherman's Wharf. Afterwards, we'll work the great afternoon light over on Fisherman's Wharf, or along the sea next to it. We will finish at 6 pm.
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Carmel Mission
Day 3 of 3: Sunday
Mission/ Point Lobos
we start with a group breakfast at 8 a.m. at a breakfast restaurant in Carmel and then progress to the Carmel Mission and work throughout the morning there. We will go back into Carmel for a deli-lunch at 1.
Afterwards we will head to Point Lobos Reserve and work there until 4, making some dynamic images that MANY of the students over the years have been able to sell and reimburse themselves for the cost of the class in profits, how's that?
We will finish with a 'Certificate of Achievement' presentation, where you'll get a certificate for your participation in this intense, yet fun, three day 'fun-shop'.
If some folks have to scoot out a little early to catch a plane home we understand, many do, it's OK!
We will return home in a good frame of mind knowing that our art is progressing (slow at first, then faster by the end of the class) in light-year proportions over past growth rates- (see testimonial pages) and have, in many cases, made friends from fellow classmates that could/will last a lifetime.
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The Carmel 4 day schedule
Add day 4 for only $195 more.
If we get two or more interested we could offer a fourth day, so if that's of interest, let us know. Hotels are available at much reduced rates Sunday nights.
Day 1 of 4 day class, Friday.
Same as 3 day...
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Lichen Covered Stones, Pacific Grove Beach,
Monterey by Michael Seewald. All rights reserved.
Day 2 of 4, Saturday.
Cannery Row, Fisherman's Wharf
Same as 3 day
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Carmel Mission
Day 3 of 4: Sunday / Mission, Big Sur
We will start Sunday at the Il Fornaio coffee bar, in the rear of the Pine Inn in downtown Carmel, at 9 a.m, and then progress to the Carmel Mission for an hour or so. We will then hit the Highlands Inn overlooking Point Lobos State Reserve. It usually has a splendid photography exhibit in the main lobby/bar area (see group photo above).
We then head south towards Big Sur, shooting the famous Bixby's bridge on the way. There is a restaurant just before Big Sur, with a stream, where we'll have lunch. Afterwards we will head further south, and shoot the dramatic ocean waterfall at Julia Pfeiffer State Beach. There is a good chance we will return late this day.
Day 4 of 4, Monday / Point Lobos
On Monday we start with a group breakfast at 8 a.m. at a breakfast restaurant in Carmel.
Afterwards we will head to Point Lobos Reserve and work there until 1, making some dynamic images that MANY of the students over the years have been able to sell and reimburse themselves for the cost of the class in profits, how's that?
We will go back into Carmel for a deli-lunch at 1 and resume class at 2 back at Point Lobos and will finish this day at 4 pm.
If some folks have to scoot out a little early to catch a plane home we understand, many do, it's OK!
We will finish with a 'Certificate of Achievement' presentation, where you'll get a certificate for your participation in this intense, yet fun, four day 'fun-shop'.
We will return home in a good frame of mind knowing that our art is progressing (slow at first, then faster by the end of the four days) in light-year proportions over past growth rates- (see testimonial pages) and have, in many cases, made friends from fellow classmates that could/will last a lifetime.
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