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| Click on this link to learn more about us, our values, philosophy and faculty . 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 . Daily Schedule 2009 Schedule A number of our workshops are already posted here right now and we'll be posting more over the next few weeks. These always sell quickly, so don't hesitate to sign up! Feedback Big News Other workshops by Michael Mariant are: Snow covered granite monoliths and beautiful valley scenes. Dates: February 19-22, 2009Big Sur Spring for beautiful Pacific Ocean vistas and giant forests. Dates: April 16-19, 2009 And Yosemite in Spring for the spectacular waterfalls. Dates: May 14-17, 2009 |
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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, SB-800, SB-900 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 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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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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| Tanzania, Africa | 24-NOV-2008 | $1000 | Only 2 seats left! |  |
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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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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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| Moab | 06-MAY-2009 | $895 | |
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| Moab | 01-OCT-2009 | $895 | |
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Tulip Festival - Skagit Valley, Washington - April
Tulips like you've never seen them before. Join our professional photographer instructor for flower photography on a grand scale!
This spring Northwest Washington's Skagit Valley will come alive with a burst of brilliant colors. Acres and acres of daffodils, tulips, irises, and lilies entice photographers to the towns of La Conner and Mount Vernon. Nikonians Academy will be there to take photographs in the pastoral beauty, and to enjoy the acres of intense reds, yellow, purples and whites. The flower-viewing season begins with dainty yellow daffodils in mid- to late March; followed by a rainbow of tulips in April. Irises and lilies follow, providing color well into the month of May....
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| Skagit Valley | 21-APR-2009 | $295 | |
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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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Garden of the Gods, Nikon D300 & Capture NX2
Learn your D300 in the classroom, in the field and in post processing!
This three day workshop will cover an amazing breadth of knowledge in one of America's most impressive locations....
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| Colorado Springs | 23-SEP-2009 | $549.99 | |
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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 | 19-FEB-2009 | $895 | |
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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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| Yosemite | 14-MAY-2009 | $895 | |
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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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| Big Sur | 16-APR-2009 | $895 | |
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Triple D Game Farm
A Three-day Wildlife Photography Adventure at the world famous Triple D Game Farm.
Come with us to the Triple D Game Farm , just outside of Glacier National Park for a three-day wildlife photography adventure....
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| Kalispell | 11-MAY-2009 | $1450 | |
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Bandelier National Park, Nikon D300 & Capture NX2
Learn your D300 in the classroom, in the field and in post processing!
This three day workshop will cover an amazing breadth of knowledge in one of America's most impressive locations....
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| Santa Fe | 12-MAY-2009 | $549.99 | |
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