Monday, November 16, 2009

SirNicolay's Photography 101 Lessons and Schedule

Welcome! I'm James Nicolay, both a teacher and a photographer. I am a professional licensed high school English teacher and just a laid-back photographer whose passion for photography is overflowing--don't get me wrong, teaching is also something I'm passionate about, but my pictures are getting more attention from more people lately.

Looking back at my life, photography runs in my blood. My family members are all professional photographers, and it was photography which kept our family alive for more than two decades.

It is a big risk to conceptualize the business of combining both teaching and photography. But of course, the marriage of these two passions makes a lot of sense.

Whenever I teach English classes, some of my students notice how carried away I get especially whenever I talk about stories. I feel the same way with photography. Pictures are frozen moments--a collection of photos weaves a story. And I have always wanted to pass on and discuss stories.

What's your story? Let me help you see it with YOUR OWN CAMERA.



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These are the photography tutorial lessons I offer (with their corresponding fees):





BASIC DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
(3-4 hours in U.P. Diliman)
* Required Materials: Any Digital Camera, Notebook, Writing Materials

* Keynote on Nature of Photography
* Qualities of Good Photographs
* Getting to Know Your Camera
* Basic Photography Techniques and Tips
* Hands-on Training and Critiquing
* Preview of Natural Editing and Web Publishing

Pre-paid Fee thru BDO or Chinabank: P750
Pay-in-Person Fee: P1,000





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NATURAL PHOTO EDITING & WEB PUBLISHING
(3 hours in UP Diliman)
* Required Materials: Laptop, Photo Files

* Sample Editing Workflow
* Hands-on Training with Adobe Lightroom 2
* Exporting Photos
* Publishing/Sharing Pictures Through Various Photo Websites

Pre-paid Fee thru BDO or Chinabank: P750
Pay-in-Person Fee: P1,000





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PORTRAITS 101 (PEOPLE PHOTOGRAPHY)
(3 hours in UP Diliman)
*Required Materials: Any Digital Camera, Notebook, Writing Materials
* Requirements: Attended the Basic Digital Photography Class
and/or More than 6 Months of Photography Experience

* Descriptions and Types of Portraits
* Ideal Camera Settings
* How to Work with Models
* Proper Postures
* Hands-on Training and Critiquing

Pre-paid Fee thru BDO or Chinabank: P750
Pay-in-Person Fee: P1,000





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STILL LIFE & LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
(3 hours in UP Diliman)
* Required Materials: Any Digital Camera, Notebook, Writing Materials
* Requirements: Attended the Basic Digital Photography Class
and/or More than 6 Months Photography Experience

* Descriptions of Still Life Photography and Landscape Photography
* Ideal Camera Settings
* Working with Layers
* Hands-on Training and Critiquing

Pre-paid Fee thru BDO or Chinabank: P750
Pay-in-Person Fee: P1,000





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ADVANCED EDITING: RAW & HDR
(3 hours in UP Diliman)
*Required Materials: any DSLR Camera, Laptop
*Requirements: Attended the Basic Digital Photography, Natural Editing Class
and/or More than 6 Months of Photography and Editing Experience

* Hands-on Shooting in RAW mode: Manual Bracketing
* Descriptions of Raw and HDR Imaging
* Hands-on Training: HDR, Pseudo-HDR, and Exposure Blending


Pre-paid Fee thru BDO or Chinabank: P1,250
Pay-in-Person Fee: P1,500




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BLACK AND WHITE
(3 hours in UP Diliman)
*Required Materials: any DSLR Camera, Laptop
*Requirements: Attended the Basic Digital Photography, Natural Editing Class
and/or More than 6 Months of Photography and Editing Experience

* Principles of Black and White Photography
* Using Graduated Filters
* Hands-on Shooting in RAW mode
* Hands-on Training: Post-processing of Black and White Photos


Pre-paid Fee thru BDO or Chinabank: P750
Pay-in-Person Fee: P1,000




I'm now releasing CERTIFICATES for those who are interested.
Each certificate is printed in color, Legal size, on hard paper, and concealed.
You must pre-order/pre-pay your certificate to get it immediately after the class.
You may opt to have one certificate for multiple titles of photography courses.
Each certificate is P250 and comes with a free hand-out for the course/s taken.



SPECIAL PROMO!

(25% Discount or Save up to P1,250!)
Reserve slots and pre-pay for ALL 6 courses for only P3,750!


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Hereunder is the schedule of the classes so far. Please take note of the time, the venue, and the type of tutorial. I will appreciate it if you guys will just join an available class because it's fun to learn with other persons. (I had students who found really good photo buddies through my classes ;) The maximum number of students for every lesson is 10 (except the Editing classes, where the maximum is 8).

Classes may be cancelled and/or rescheduled by the teacher but with prior notice--due to weather, conflict with schedule, etc.

If the class is still Free (or is not reserved yet), you have the option to ask for another type of class to replace that ESPECIALLY if three or more students will go with you in that class.


PAY-IN-PERSON reservations MAY get cancelled if there will be 6-10 registrants who will pre-pay their fees. I highly encourage you to pre-pay your fees--it's cheaper and your slot will definitely be reserved.





November 29 SUNDAY Morning:
8AM-12NN. Basic Digital Photography. UP Diliman - 5 Students

November 29 SUNDAY Noon:
12NN-3PM. Black and White. UP Diliman - 6 Students

November 29 SUNDAY Afternoon:
3-6PM. Portraits 101. UP Diliman - 10 Students (FULL)





December 5 SATURDAY Morning
11AM-3PM. Basic Digital Photography: UP Diliman - 5 Students

December 5 SATURDAY Afternoon
3PM-6PM. Natural Editing and Web Publishing: UP Diliman - 2 Students





December 6 SUNDAY Morning:
9AM-1PM. Basic Digital Photography. UP Diliman - 5 Students

December 6 SUNDAY Noon:
12NN-3PM. Advanced Editing: RAW and HDR (will shoot with BDP Class). UP Diliman - 9 Students (FULL)

December 6 SUNDAY Afternoon:
3-6PM. Still Life and Landscape. UP Diliman - 10 Students (FULL)





December 12 SATURDAY Morning
11AM-3PM. Basic Digital Photography: UP Diliman - 3 Student

December 12 SATURDAY Afternoon
3PM-6PM. Natural Editing and Web Publishing: UP Diliman - 2 Students





December 19 SATURDAY Morning
11AM-3PM. Basic Digital Photography: UP Diliman - 2 Students

December 19 SATURDAY Afternoon
3PM-6PM. Natural Editing and Web Publishing: UP Diliman - 1 Student





December 20 SUNDAY Morning:
8AM-12NN. Basic Digital Photography. UP Diliman - 1 Student

December 20 SUNDAY Noon:
12NN-3PM. Black and White. UP Diliman - 7 Students

December 20 SUNDAY Afternoon:
3-6PM. Portraits 101. UP Diliman - 9 Students





December 27 SUNDAY Morning:
9AM-1PM. Basic Digital Photography. UP Diliman - 0 Student

December 27 SUNDAY Noon:
12NN-3PM. Advanced Editing: RAW and HDR (will shoot with BDP Class). UP Diliman - 5 Students

December 27 SUNDAY Afternoon:
3-6PM. Still Life and Landscape. UP Diliman - 5 Students





January 2 SATURDAY Morning
11AM-3PM. Basic Digital Photography: UP Diliman - 0 Student

January 2 SATURDAY Afternoon
3PM-6PM. Natural Editing and Web Publishing: UP Diliman - 0 Student





January 3 SUNDAY Morning:
8AM-12NN. Basic Digital Photography. UP Diliman - 0 Student

January 3 SUNDAY Noon:
12NN-3PM. Black and White. UP Diliman - 1 Student

January 3 SUNDAY Afternoon:
3-6PM. Portraits 101. UP Diliman - 1 Student





January 9 SATURDAY Morning
11AM-3PM. Basic Digital Photography: UP Diliman - 0 Student

January 9 SATURDAY Afternoon
3PM-6PM. Natural Editing and Web Publishing: UP Diliman - 0 Student





January 10 SUNDAY Morning:
9AM-1PM. Basic Digital Photography. UP Diliman - 0 Student

January 10 SUNDAY Noon:
12NN-3PM. Advanced Editing: RAW and HDR (will shoot with BDP Class). UP Diliman - 0 Student

January 10 SUNDAY Afternoon:
3-6PM. Still Life and Landscape. UP Diliman - 0 Student





The rest of JANUARY 2010 SCHEDULE to FOLLOW



*Last Updated 11/29/09 - 12:30 AM



If you're interested, please fill out the form below:











Full Name:




Nick Name:




Email Address:




Contact Number/s:




Occupation:




Personal Website URL: (ideally multiply.com account)




What brand of camera do you use?

Nikon

Canon

Sony

Pentax

Olympus

Fuji

Panasonic

Kodak

Others



Which camera model?




How long have you been taking pictures with this camera?

More than a year

More than 6 months

More than a month

Less than a month



Which of these photography equipment do you have/use?

External Flash

Tripod

Two or more lenses

Lens Filters

Battery Grip

None



Which of the photo tutorial sessions are you interested to take up?

Basic Digital Photography

Natural Photo Editing and Web Publishing

Portraits 101

Still Life & Landscape Photography

Advanced Editing: RAW and HDR

Black and White



Do you want to receive a certificate? (Each certificate costs P250 and comes with a free hand-out for the course/s taken.)

Yes.

No.

Maybe next time--after I have taken the next few classes.



What is/are your preferred schedule or date/s of tutorial lessons? Please be specific: include the time. (Only the scheduled classes above will be considered.)




How did you hear about SirNicolay's Photography 101?

Friend Referral

Google or other Search Engines

From multiply.com

From facebook.com

From tabblo.com

From philmug.ph

From friendster.com

From pinoyexchange.com

From sulit.com.ph

From another website

From another blogger



Do you have a personal laptop?

Yes. I own one.

Yes. I borrow from a friend or a family member.

No. But I have a personal desktop computer.

No. But I have a PC in the office.

No. But I check stuff online through Internet Cafes.

No. I rarely go online.



If you own a laptop, is it a PC or a Mac?

PC

Mac



Which program/s do you use for your pictures?

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

Aperture

ACDSee

Bundled Software

iPhoto

MS Paint

Picasa

Preview

Others

None



Choose one method of payment for the tutorial session/s: (Please take note that there's a corresponding additional charge for Pay-in-Person choice)

BDO

Chinabank

Pay-in-person



Do you have any other concerns/questions?




I hereby agree that all the information above is TRUE, and that I will be confirming through e-mail in the next 48 hours.

Yes

No








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The Top Three Winning Entries of the Ordinary Objects Photo Contest

I'm glad to announce the final rankings of the Top Ten photos for the Plants and Flowers Theme.

10. "Sipit" by Andrew Arlos
9. "Jeepney Ad" by Sharon Lorene Ga

8. "Lock's Nest" by Wendell Alinea

7. "Losing My Religion" by Juven Aquino

6. "Dahon" by Danny Perreras

5. "Ang Sarap Dito" by Wendell Alinea

4. "Cheerful Barrier" by Sheila Marie Tan


... and the top three are:



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3. "Hagdanang Pataas" by Elija Paul Villanueva








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2. "Harana" by Philip Cruz








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1. "Jars of Clay" by Junico Visaya






Congratulations to the winners! :D

The first placer gets a P500 worth of SM Gift certificate and P250 ROC Cafe Gift certificate, while the second placer also gets a ROC Cafe Gift Certificate. The top three winners will receive free passes to any photography class of their choice. The prize is transferrable. :D


Friday, November 6, 2009

The Top Three Winning Entries of the Plants and Flowers Theme Photo Contest

Sorry for the late announcement--it's currently hell week at work. Haha! I'm glad to announce the final rankings of the Top Ten photos for the Plants and Flowers Theme.

10. "Lotus" by Lolita Cabilis
9. "Balbas Pusa" by Mario Onagan

8. "Matinik" by Manny Zuniega II

7. "Tiger Lily" by Diana Zabala

6. "Thorny Endeavor" by Mike Caballes

5. "Little Towers" by Koji Arboleda

4. "Beauty and Madness" by Philip Cruz


... and the top three are:



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3. "Golden" by Sharon Lorene Ga








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2. "Pistil and Stamen" by Lea Medina








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1. "Into the Light" by Notnot Medina






Congratulations to the winners! :D

The first placer gets a P500 worth of SM Gift certificate and P250 ROC Cafe Gift certificate, while the second placer also gets a ROC Cafe Gift Certificate. The top three winners will receive free passes to any photography class of their choice. The prize is transferrable. :D


Sunday, November 1, 2009

Dakak



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Friday, October 16, 2009

Via vol.3



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The Look



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Sunday, October 4, 2009

The Top Three Winning Entries of the Emotions Theme Photo Contest

Through the decision of four judges (three photographer friends and me), I'm glad to announce the final rankings of the Top Twelve photos for the Emotions Theme.

12. "Fearless and Ferocious" by Sharon Lorene Ga
11. "Summer Bliss" by Dayon Licup

10. "Month 1" by Winna Altamira
9. "Longing for Love" by Dan Perreras

8. "Legend Rebel" by Sam Lim

7. "Giggles" by Dan Perreras

6. "Innocent Smiles" by Dayon Licup

5. "Old Man" by Mario Onagan

4. "Bakit" by Gary Cepe


... and the top three are:



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3. "Nanay Ko!!!" by Philip Cruz








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2. "Pure Joy" by Honey D. Young








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1. "Smile" by Notnot Medina






Congratulations to the winners! :D

The first placer gets a P500 worth of SM Gift certificate. The top three winners will receive free passes to any photography class of their choice. The prize is transferrable. :D

Thanks for joining, everyone! :D I'm moving the deadline of SURVIVING ONDOY theme to Oct 12, 12nn. :D