Feel like you would love to trust yourself more in your art?
Psst! You don’t have to be the photographer people expect you to be.
Come spend a day with us, and learn to trust and gather inspiration from your inner artist. How to explore outside the box, how to slow down your mind and be in presence with what is in front of you. Learn how to go inward to connect with yourself, your heart and your soul’s eye at this workshop.
LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE!
Strawberry Cottage, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
Saturday May 14, 2022
Have you been wanting to connect deeper and commit to the art you “actually” want to make? Are you seeking more confidence in your ability to make meaningful art? Are you craving creative freedom and expression and how to keep your love for photography alive, without dreading the business aspect? Have you been wondering how to blend what you see in your soul and the stories of the clients you meet? Are you aching to harness a sense of presence during your sessions, instead of stressing over posing guides ahead of time?
Are you curious about all the back end magic? Session prep, client communication, setting boundaries and expectations to avoid burning out. Shooting big families, keeping busy children engaged, dealing with “difficult” dads…we’ll dive into all of this.
We will gather in discussion; we will sit heart to heart and share openly. There will be opportunities to watch and shoot alongside each of us, ask questions and immerse yourselves in our inspirations and creative energies.
This workshop is for you if:
~ you want to harness the ability to trust yourself with your subjects, in the moment
~ you want to learn practical methods of navigating client interactions in a way that honours your art, and their expectations
~ you are craving more freedom in your creativity and expression
~ you want to connect with other artists, and spend an inspiring day of shooting together
~ you want to access a deeper state of presence when you are photographing your subjects
~ you want learn to capture essence rather than moments while shooting families/mothers
~ you want to study and shoot light with more depth and expertise
~ you want to step outside the box and add free lensing and double exposure to your portfolio
~ you want to nurture your inner artist and give it permission to lead your creative process
Schedule
9am - 9:30am - meet and greet
9:30am - 10:30am - pannel intro/discussion
10:30am - 12pm learning and demo with Kirsten (creative freedom and free lensing)
12pm LUNCH together*
1pm - 2:30pm - learning and demo with Chantal (essence + motherhood)
2:30pm - 4pm - prep/website/portfolio/social media critique
4pm - 5pm group discussion/Q+A
5pm DINNER together*
6pm -7pm - learning/demo with Brogan (family)
7pm - 8:30pm - guided and free shooting with Chantal (presence + maternity)
8:30pm - 9:30pm - end notes/closing
*Lunch and dinner will be catered by The Union Street Café for all attendees.
'm a mom to three wildlings and wife to my husband Ryan. Together, we live in the beautiful Annapolis Valley and I spend my free time outside hiking, reading a good book, playing games with my family or binge watching our latest Netflix obsession. I have been a photographer for 10 years now, getting my start with equine photography. I have worked with brands such as Country Liberty, Sueno Swimwear and Moby wraps and I was voted Best Photographer for The Grapevine's 2021 Best of the Bunch. I have also been published on the cover of The Grapevine, on the Click Community and Looks Like Film blog, The Photographer Chronicles magazine and more. My main focus now is to create photos for families who want more than your traditional portraits. I photograph my maternity, newborn and family clients in an emotive and truly authentic way.
Kirsten is a Click Pro photographer, freelens junkie, avid connoisseur of the 3 C’s, (coffee, cheese & chocolate) and a self professed hobby collector. With a school girl crush on dramatic light, composition, and colour theory, her work is influenced by things like childhood nostalgia, classic works of art, favourite literature, and film inspired vignettes. She is passionate about cultivating a sense of community and following what sparks joy while fanning little fires under the butts of other creatives. She has also been known to provide the matches
Chantal is a creatrix and artist interested in exploring and living in full expression as a human being. In collaboration with 2 of her soul sisters, she guides women to their expansiveness, their radiance and into walking in their fullest expression of self. She uses her photography as a vehicle to presence and embodiment. Her images are focused on the essence of her subjects, and the simplicity of what is beauty. Her Self Portrait work demonstrates her edges, and has been the catalysts to her healing and journey to becoming her self. She has been published in magazines such as Click and Lemonade and Lenses, as well as the Looks Like Film blog. Her drive for photography was born as a means to support her. family, while being home to raise her babies 9 years ago. She continues to home educate her two children, and resides in Milford, Nova Scotia. In addition to her photography, mentoring and homeschooling, she paints, writes, dances, sings, plays guitar and dabbles with piano and ukulele.