Ottawa Photography Meetup

While Mud Lake is a popular spot for birds and other wildlife, it's also a neat spot for nature lovers and landscapes.

This is an opportunity to refine your photographic skills looking for lovely vistas and creative images along with wildflowers, textures and more.
Take a look at the attached images in the photo-album for examples of images I captured at Mud Lake on a prior visit.

This is great for beginners and advanced shooters alike. No special experience is needed.

I am creating a new instance of this special custom coaching program.

It is a training opportunity, where I work with you one-on-one to offer personalized education in the form of "photo apprentice for a day".

In short, we select a photo assignment (or create a fictitious one) aimed at teaching you what you want to learn and provide you with a real-life instance where you fulfill the assignment with my help and guidance.

For a fixed fee of $200, I'll guide you through the assignment from start to finish. This is not me doing and you just watching, this is you doing and me coaching.

What I'd work with you on is tailored to your personal needs.
Here is a sample "day":
1-- Creating/planning the shoot concept (approx. 2 hours)
2-- Finding a model/client (1 Hour)
3-- Locating the props (variable)
4-- Scouting a location (variable)
5-- Planning and scheduling the shoot (variable)
6-- Doing the shoot together (approx. 1-2 hours)
7-- Editing the final images (approx. 2 hours)
8-- Presentation/deliver to the client/model (variable)

It is not a physical "day" but a typical workday (7-8 hours) spread out over several weeks as our mutual schedules permit. This can be adjusted if you need a bit more or less.

The fee just covers my time and coaching for the "day". You hire models, rent space... Or just bring your own talent, Use your own space.
I can also usually help find make-up artists, models etc. Also available for reasonable fees are access to a studio, props, model pool.
I encourage you to use your own equipment, so you learn to better use your own gear, but I can also loan you whatever is needed to achieve your apprentice learning goals.

If this is of interest just drop me a note at mike@giovinazzo.ca
and we can discuss with no obligation your own virtual day as an apprentice aimed at your personal needs.

NOTE -- There is no actual date for this (meetup just requires that I add a date). In reality we do the apprentice sessions based on mutual availability. The Dec 31 date is simply when this offer expires.