Welcome!

The Nikonians Academy is a photography training institution specialized in a small class environment -typically of 12 students- to provide personalized photography training in all topics related to modern photography in North America. Our workshops are led by the best instructors who teach on the most advanced topics. We aim to shorten the learning curve and help you to master your camera, your tools, your workflow and your vision. Towards that aim, we also offer field photography workshops and photo safaris

Click on this link to learn more about us, our values, philosophy and faculty

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Below you can find the latest news. Scrolling further down this page you will find all the current classes offered which still have seats left, or you can use the menu at left to see what is available as of this moment by topic, city area or date

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Daily Schedule
All of our one-day classes start at 8:00 AM and end by 5:00 PM

Moab, UT
Also, we have opened up another American Southwest Field Photo workshop to Moab this Fall. Join us September 15-18, 2008 for an adventure in Utah's slick rock country.

Slot Canyons and Page, AZ
Winton C. Hall opened his second field workshop for September 22 - 25, 2008 into Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend and Glen Canyon. Don't miss this adventure!

Master your D300
We have been leading lots of workshops around the USA on the extremely popular Nikon D300 camera. It is great fun to be in a room full of fellow Nikonians who have a burning desire to learn everything possible about their new camera. But, hurry up, we are almost sold out

2008 ANPAT to Yosemite
We have one last seat available in double occupancy for the Nikonians field event of the year this fall Don't miss it!

Nikon Capture NX2, D3, D700, SB-900
We have been receiving your "Please help!" emails in regard to these workshops. We listen. We our now fully converted to Nikon Capture NX2 and we are working feverishly to update our workshops for all the new Nikon gear, the D3 and D700 cameras along with the latest SB-900 flash. Stay tuned

Feedback
Over the last few weeks people have been emailing to let us know how pleased they were with our classes. We encourage you to go to the Nikonians Academy forum to see what people are saying about our workshops or to share your own experience

Tanzania Photo Safari
We have 3 seats still available for this lifetime adventure Hurry up!

Big News
The big news is that we've hired another instructor to lead some of our very popular travel and destination workshops. His name is Michael Mariant and he has been a professional photographer for the Associated Press for a good number of years. You can see his bio here

His area of expertise is leading workshops in the Sierra Nevada and along the Pacific Coast, so we've added four new travel workshops scheduled for later this year and early next year. They are:

Death Valley in the Fall. Landscapes in the desert. Dates are November 13-16, 2008

Yosemite in Winter. Snow covered granite monoliths and beautiful valley scenes. Dates: February 19-22, 2009

Big Sur Spring for beautiful Pacific Ocean vistas and giant forests. Dates: April 2-5, 2009

And Yosemite in Spring for the spectacular waterfalls. Dates: May 14-17, 2009
Winston C. Hall
Mike Hagen
Michael A: Mariant

Nikonians Africa Photo Safari

Join us for the adventure of a lifetime to photograph Africa's amazing wildlife and landscapes. 11/24/08 through 12/6/08.

We'll be photographing the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and at the private Arumeru River Lodge. All with private Land Rovers, professional wildlife guides, catered meals and great accommodations. Yes, it is a long ways off, but start planning now for the trip of a lifetime! We are limiting the size to 12 participants....

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Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta - October 6 to 10, 2008

Join us for spectacular Hot Air Balloon photography at one of the USA's most famous events.

Originally conceived as a competition with the balloonists performing challenges and being rated on their success, the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta began in 1972, with 13 intrepid balloonists. Today the emphasis is on fun and good times. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is the largest hot air balloon rally in the world with as many as 700 balloons participating in the 10-day festival....

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Moab, UT

Join us for a photographic adventure in the Four Corners.

Moab attracts photography enthusiasts to the Four Corners Utah area. Located in southeastern Utah along the banks of the Colorado River between soaring red sandstone cliffs, Moab is the gateway to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Dead Horse Point State Park, the Colorado River and the beautiful La Sal Mountains. There are more National Parks, State Parks and other major attractions within a 200-mile radius of Moab than any other location in Utah. And Nikonians Academy is going for a series of workshops and field shooting to both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks....

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Master Nikon Capture NX2

Learn how to use Nikon's premier photo processing software to get the very most out of your images in this one-day workshop.

Learn how to use Nikon's premier photo processing software to get the very most out of your images in this one-day workshop. Capture is an impressive program, but it can be a bit daunting to most users. We'll use Capture and learn how to utilize it to its full capacity. We'll also learn how it should be integrated with Photoshop and where Capture fits in your digital workflow. Starting August 2008, we are fully converted to cover Nikon Capture NX2...

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Master your Nikon D300 - In Depth

Join us as we go in depth to unlock the potential of the amazing Nikon D300 Camera

Learn more than you thought possible in this one-day workshop that will unveil the potential of Nikon's incredible D300 Digital SLR. We'll help you navigate through this technological wonder so you are comfortable with its operation and setup....

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Death Valley Photography Workshop

Join us for an unbelievable trip to one of North America's most impressive locations.

Death Valley is regarded by some as desolate and empty. But the desert lovers know that the beauty of the park lies not on the paved road but in abundance away from the tourist spots. Death Vally might to some be an appropriate name for what they see; but there is so much more. Framed by the Armagosa and Paniment ranges, the valley harbors a delicate and fragile ecosystem that changes spectacularly in front of your eyes from day to day. Here, timing is everything. We will see breathtaking cliffs inside box canyons, remote ghost town dwellings, salt flats and bizarre formations, the infamous 'Sliding Rocks' of The Racetrack, and towering sand dunes that are constantly evolving, never photographed the same twice. Capture the vibrancy of Death Valley during shooting sessions throughout the day interspersed with tips, techniques and specialized instruction in landscape photography....

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Yosemite - Winter Photography Workshop

Come along for a photo adventure like none you've been on before!

Winter time in Yosemite is peaceful serenity at its best: the least number of tourists in the Valley while a blanket of white snow covers the valley, dotting the trees and providing great contrast to the stark granite walls....

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Yosemite - Spring Photography Workshop

Join us for the premier season for Yosemite photography.

The premier season for photographers in Yosemite Valley is spring, with its countless blooming flowers, tall green grasses, roaring rapids in the Merced River and the showcase of them all: over a dozen waterfalls pouring over the towering cliffs of the valley's rim, dropping thousands of feet in sheer free-falls, stair-cased steps or series of cascades. Coupled with the dramatic backdrop of the sheer granite walls and iconic lofty, precipitous spires, peaks and domes, spring time in Yosemite is a sheer photographer's playground....

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Big Sur Photography Workshop

Join us for a photo adventure along California's most rugged and beautiful coastline.

The workshop is four-days of discovery along tide-pool dotted wide sandy beaches, strategic vista points where pinnacles of granite jut out of the crashing waves, through fern-covered gulches teeming with towering stands of redwood trees and up fertile canyons to hidden waterfalls cascading among moss-covered rocks....

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Master Nikon i-TTL Flash, CLS

Learn to use Nikon's innovative wireless flash system!

For anyone who owns a SB-600 or SB-800 flash and wants to understand how the i-TTL (intelligent Through The Lens) system works and what Nikon's Creative Lighting System (CLS) can do for you. We'll have lots and lots of flashes, and will set up many different types of shots using the i-TTL system (speedlights, cameras, gels and filters). You will learn flash techniques that will help you solve difficult lighting scenarios. We'll cover methods on how to creatively light situations that arise in studio photography, outdoor portraits, product photography, closeup and flower photography, web and product photography, travel photography, fill-flash photography and night photography...

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Master your Nikon D300 - Advanced

Join us as we go into the advanced functions to further unlock the potential of this superb camera.

By popular demand, we've added an Advanced D300 workshop to our schedule. There is so much more to the D300 than we can cover in our In Depth Day 1 workshop, so we felt the need to add this Day 2....

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