Marilyn Sholin and Lori Jill have put together this amazing

2 day workshop in Asheville, NC.

Many of you have been asking for a trip to the Mountains this year, so we hope you will find a way to join us for this fun event.

We have packed the two days with a full schedule of photography fun, followed by Photoshop, and Post Processing Classes. You will not only have an opportunity to learn lighting, posing, post processing but also walk away with some amazing images to add to your portfolios. There will be several different "shooting" scenarios and many models to work with. Because it will still be cold in the mountains, we have been granted permission to work in several different areas of the hotel, possibly even the indoor pool. We are hoping we get a late snow fall though, so we can do a model session outside and work with the challenges that photographing in the snow can bring.

Day 1:

8:00-9:00am - Coffee, Introductions, and Orientation.

9:00 - 11:30am - Photography with both, Marilyn and Lori. We will divide the group into 2, with a couple models for each group. You will spend an hour or so in each group photographing. We will rotate the groups so that everyone gets hands on with both instructors and all the models.

Lunch and meet back at the hotel by 1:00 pm

1:00 - 4:30pm - We will work with post processing and basic enhancements, using mostly Photoshop, but also show you some of the same techniques that can be done in other software too, such as Lightroom.

5:00pm - Dinner that evening will be on your own but we will announce where the group will be meeting for anyone who would like to join us.

8:00pm - Lori has put together a special model session using only video lights. She will demonstrate the ease and uniqueness of using this kind of lighting and allow everyone to capture a few images of the model as well

Day 2:

8:00-9:00am - Coffee and Questions

9:00 - 11:30am - Marilyn will cover Nik Filters - Color Efex 4 and Topaz Filters

http://bit.ly/ms_nikfilters Demo Download (good for 15 Days) - Discount Code: msholin

http://bit.ly/ms_topazfiltersTopaz Adjust 5 and Topaz BW EFFECTS (30 Day FREE trial)Discount Code: msholin

Lunch and meet back at the hotel by 1:00 pm

1:00 - 5:00pm - after lunch Marilyn will demonstrate Postworkshop and Alienskin SnapArt 3

http://bit.ly/ms_postworkshopDiscount Code:XYCO-N254-NHOJ

http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.aspx (14 Day FREE trial)

Discount Code: MSH0901

This workshop is open for all skill levels. We will help you get started with the basics of lighting and posing, if that's what you feel you need the most from us. If you are a more advanced photographer, we hope to encourage you to expand on your skill set and dive into your artistic side. There will be great photo opportunities for everyone at all skill levels, and we know you will walk away with some new ideas and techniques to put to use in your own photography.

We are inviting everyone from each of our now 6 PPG cities and also sending invitations through both Marilyn and I's newsletters and email bases. The classroom is limited in size, so we are only able to allow 35 RSVPs into this workshop, please don't hesitate if you wish to join us on this fun weekend in Asheville this upcoming March!

We are posting this first, very early to our Meetup groups, in order to allow you the first opportunity to save your spot. I'm also allowing anyone who wishes to reserve their place now to pay only a deposit of $50 and then the remaining balance by Feb. 3rd. The price of $179 is only for those of you who have not become a PPG member yet on our new membership based website. PPG Members can RSVP for this workshop for only $129, that's a $50 savings. These kind of savings are the biggest benefit to being a member of our Portrait Photography Group. Both, Silver and Gold Members,receive discounts on events and workshops that PPG organizes or hosts.

Please take a moment to sign up at:  www.portraitphotographygroup.com

The hotel reservations should be made by Feb 17th [masked]), to lock in your discounted room rate of $79 . Please tell the desk it is for aMarilyn Sholin Fine Art workshop being held there on the 3rd and 4th of March. Some of us will be arriving on Friday and the discount is good for both nights. Let us know if you are coming in the night before and we will post a fun event to do together, perhaps dinner or a photo walk in downtown Asheville. 

Marilyns email to her thousands of subscribers in NC/SC/GA/TN is going out in the next few days. Be sure to register and not be put on the waiting list!