{giveaway} SnapShop photography workshop
>> Thursday, November 3, 2011 –
giveaway
today is a great day!!
we have an awesome giveaway...
most of you are probably already familiar with Ashley from Under the Sycamore.
we've been lucky enough to have her as our guest a few times.
well...
she is also the talented woman behind SnapShop
do have a dslr camera?
is it stuck in the automatic mode?
do words like "aperture", "shutter speed" and "ISO" scare you? :)
then you'll love what the SnapShop includes!!
during the course you'll cover:
-General rules for composition
-My personal tips for telling a story with your photographs
-How to capture moments, not poses
-Lighting: how to work with the lighting you have available
-The basics of shooting in Manual: ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture
-My personal photography style
-The process I take for capturing an image & what happens next
and these fun extras are included too:
-My personal tips for telling a story with your photographs
-How to capture moments, not poses
-Lighting: how to work with the lighting you have available
-The basics of shooting in Manual: ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture
-My personal photography style
-The process I take for capturing an image & what happens next
and these fun extras are included too:
-Optional one time critique/feedback on your photos by me
-Links to help you grow as a photographer
-"Cheat Sheets"
-Discount codes for photography related businesses
-Ideas for photo related projects
-Links to help you grow as a photographer
-"Cheat Sheets"
-Discount codes for photography related businesses
-Ideas for photo related projects
sounds fun right??
one lucky person is going to win a spot in the next SnapShop course!!
(it's a 4 week course starting November 13th and goes until December 11th)
a $200 value!
would you like it to be you?
to enter head over to the SnapShop website and check it out. come back and let us know what you'd be most excited to learn about!
the lucky winner will be announced Tuesday,November 8th!
p.s.
know someone getting a new camera for Christmas?
purchase a spot in a 2012 class to go with it!!
now that would be an awesome gift! :)
I would love to learn more about how to get off the auto mode!
I LOVE Ashley's pictures! The way she captures the everyday with her family is how I want to capture my families everyday. I would love to take the class to optimize my picture taking of my 7 kiddos.
I got a DLSR Camera for Christmas TWO years ago... and I still don't know how to use it! I would love to take part in a class like this... I know I could take great pictures if I just knew how to use my camera!
Love AShley's blog - I would be most excited to learn about lighting. I feel I have a good understanding on cropping and subject placement but lighting just stumps me.
I love Ashley! I think I'd be pretty psyched to learn more about shooting in manual. I think I'm going to ask for money for Christmas to take a SnapShot course in the new year, if I don't win today of course :)
Love Ashley's blog and would love to be able to wrap my head around manual mode!
This is so awesome! I would love to learn about lighting and how to capture those beautiful shots where the subjects eyes are catching the light.
I need to get out of auto mode and better capture the moments of my 4 kiddos growing way too fast!
time to ditch the auto mode!
I would love to win this! I am most excited about actually utilizing my camera to the best of its ability!
Always wanted to learn how to use every function of my DSLR except auto mode, this beginner class is exactly what I am looking for!
Auto mode can't do it all. Just like the auto mode on an air plane, the pilot still needs to be there do to the hard stuff. I need to learn how to be my cameras pilot!
I struggle with balancing out ISO, shutter speed, and aperture. I'd love some help getting that right. Thanks for the chance to win this class.
I have ventured into the manual mode but after several failed attempts I end up going back to the automatic mode....I would love a class like this to give me the confidence to stay in manual mode!
I would love to learn how to capture everyday events!
Big fan of Ashley's and admire her photo love so much! My new Nikon is all ready to learn more! (I know nothing!!)
I would love to learn how to shoot in manual so I can take wonderful pictures like Ashley.
I get so confused by the combination of settings--so I usually only change one (partial manual, i guess :)). would really like to learn more about it!
I would be most excited to learn ANYTHING that Ashley Ann is teaching!! Thanks for the giveaway.
this is on my christmas list already! i so long to learn about ISO and other manual goodies in a way that's understandable!
I really need to know what ISO and aperture means. I want to get the most out of my camera experience.
i would love to learn it all, but the cheat sheets would be a definite plus!!
I love, love, love Ashely. And her photography is amazing. I have tried to take the "live" class as I am in the area but it always sold out so fast. If I were fortunate enough to get to take the online class I would love learning everything she has to teach, not just one thing, because they all connect and she makes is seem so easy.
I would love to learn how to get those crisp clear shots.
I love Ashley's blog! I would love the class to learn how to use my camera to get intentional photos of my family to record the memories of our life.
I too LOVE Ashley's photography and stories of her family. I'm so inspired by her everyday life photos. I'd love to learn more about lighting and how to use the manual features of my DSLR so I always capture the moments of my almost 2 year old. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I love and need everything about the snapshop classes. I got a new camera for my birthday and I am frustrated I am not taking as good of quality of pictures I know it could take! Thanks for the chance!
Lyss
I've always wanted to learn how to use manual settings.
Well, I definitely need help getting off of the "auto" mode! I'm also excited about the capturing moments... and lighting. Oh, I'm interested in everything! :) Thanks for this opportunity!
I would love to learn how to shoot in manual I am stuck on AV! i love your photography and would love to learn from you! MichelleB
I would love to learn about how to get off the auto mode on my camera...and to learn from Ashley would be amazing...she is awesome!
I adore Ashley's photography and I'm a loyal reader of her blog (and yours)! I have an 18 month old son and I feel like I have missed so many opportunities for precious photos because I didn't really know what I was doing with my camera. I would love it if I didn't have to miss any more! (cole12880(at)hotmail(dot)com)
I would love to learn about the lighting tips so I can take incredible pictures for my blog! Sounds like a great course.
I think I would most enjoy the composition and her style story aspects because I took a class on the aperture, etc., but still don't think all of my photos are AWESOME like hers! :) Thanks for the great giveaway!
I'd love to learn how to tell a story with my photographs.
brooke{dot}foster12{at}gmail{dot}com
I would love to learn more about lighting. I also love how she gets in front of the camera too. I need to do more of that.
I'd love the cheat sheets and the photo critique! What an awesome opportunity! Thanks so much :)
I've followed Ashley's blog for over a year and have always loved the idea of her SnapShops. It made me so happy to see them offered online! I would love to learn how to feel confident with my Canon Rebel outside of the automatic setting. I did sports photography in high school with a similar camera but a refresher and a chance to go more in-depth would be wonderful!
I would love to take my camera off auto mode and learn anything and everything!
I have a basic understanding of photography but I would like to learn more about adapting to different lighting situations. Thanks for the chance. Best giveaway I have seen!!
would love how to use my camera to get super clear pics of my little girls! no more blur! :)
Most excited about learning to shoot manually! Have a GREAT Nikon camera but shoot on automatic ALL the time - would welcome some help with changing that situation :)
I would love to learn how to take clearer pictures and just taking pictures through the simplicity of life!
Kelli,diane.ripley@gmail.com
AH! I love Ashley! I would be so excited to learn how to use light. I am so bad at it. I also adore how she tells a stories with her photographs. I want to be able to do that better too! Actually, I just want to learn everything Ashely wants to teach me! :P
i love ashley's photos! i would love this so i could be more comfortable with what i'm doing behind my camera!
I would LOVE to learn to shoot in manual mode. I absolutely love Ashley's blog and pictures, so to be able to learn her tricks would be amazing!
I would love to learn more about composing good shots, seeing with a photographer's eye, the do's and don'ts of taking portraits and recording the precious moments of each day!
i would just love to learn to use my camera to the fullest.
Took a photog class at a VoTech and I learned how to pose people. NOT what I expected. So a class that would teach me anything about any of the buttons on my camera would be AWESOME!! Perfect giveaway!!!!
Jodi
I would LOVE to learn how to shoot much more confidently in Manual mode! Her class seems like it would be great to simplify the steps to help my get my photography to where I would like it to go next!
I'd love to learn when Ashley chooses to go with a higher ap. instead of lower...
I would love to learn more about lighting and getting off auto. Manually focusing scares me so much, and lighting makes such a difference in photos.
Thanks for this great giveaway!
Once upon a time I took a class with my manual SLR camera...I would love to be able to learn the functions of my dslr that was passed on to me and take some dreamy pics of my little girls:-) It's amazing how I have forgotten how to use a camera in manual mode!! Thank you so much for the chance to win!!
I would love to give this class to my sister for an early Christmas present. She is only 40 and went through heart surgery this year. Can't think of a better gift for her to learn to use how camera to capture her miracle life.
Oh how I love Ashley's pictures-- as a Grandmother of 4 who LOVES to take pictures with my Cannon DSLR but have way too many blurry pictures and all on AUTO, I would love to win this class !! Thanks for the chance
Would love to learn how to capture all the special "moments" in my childen's lives
This is an awesome giveaway! I would love to win a spot in the nesxt SnapShop course and learn how to have more fun with my camera.
I struggle in low lighting to get all of my settings "just right".
I would love to learn her tricks for telling a story in your photos. Thanks!!
I would LOVE this! I have a hard time taking action shots. It was easier when my daughter was immobile! :)
I would love to learn how to shoot in manual. I just got a new camera a few months ago and have never taken it out of auto-mode. Would LOVE to win this!
I definitely need to learn more about lighting!
I have all but given up taking pictures because they don't capture the feeling I want to express -- they just show what was going on (in a blurry/dark/grainy way). Would love to learn about basically all the features of my camera :)
I want to learn how to take pictures of my kids in sharp focus with the background behind them all fuzzy. I think that is accomplished by taking my camera off auto...
I want to build up my personal photography style so it's more unique and captures the real "moment"!
I am hoping to do a project 365 album for 2012 and would love to be able to tell a story with my photos.
I'd love to have Ashley give me feedback on my photos! What an amazing opportunity, as she is an amazing photographer.
I would love to learn how she tells a story with her photos. I just love her work! I would love to develop the same ability to take photographs of my daughter.
I just want it off auto mode!!
I would love the 1 on 1 critique and the discount on photography supplies!!!
I would love to learn more about lighting and get a critique on my photography!
I just want to learn how to capture everyday moments....just like Ashley does.
I would just love how to use my camera in anything other an automatic!
I have a Canon 50D and know how to use it pretty well. I do leave it in "P" mode, play around with the shutter speed and white blance and do OK most of the time but would love to learn more about all the other fancy stuff on my camera.
Actually, I would love to win this... if it were possible to gift it to a friend. If that wasn't possible, then I would enjoy learning how to better capture "storytelling" photos.
I am most excited about....EVERYTHING!!! I love photography but still no so little about the technical terms and how they can help my photography!
Thanks
Just looking at her pictures I am reminded that it is not always about capturing the subjects face, it's in the details. And there is definetly an art to capturing the small details that become the important ones later in life.
My biggest struggle is ISO, so I'd love to learn more about that!
I would love to win this! I've been trying to learn to shoot manually on my own and this class would be an amazing way to hopefully master it!
I'd love to have the cheat sheets. And I'd really like to know some rules of composition. There's so much to know when it comes to photography!
I would love to learn to make great photos of the moments I share with my kids
clumsy(dot)elle(at)gmail(dot)com
Oh I would LOVE to win...I have been wanting to take a class...because I love my camera and I love to take pics of my cute little boy...but I am still in auto mode and I REALLY want to learn more to take better pictures!
I love Ashley's "candid" style...I would love to learn how to capture a bit of that in my own photos!
sweetie926 at hotmail dot com
I'd love to get more ideas on composition! I hope I win!!
This class is the gift that keeps on giving.
I've really been wanting to learn how to use all of the features of our dslr to take professional-looking shots of our baby as she grows! Also, I want to develop my eye to capture the beauty in everyday things.
I'd love to learn more about composition and lighting. What a wonderful giveaway!
How awesome! I would love to learn more about lighting!
I'm just starting my photography business and learning the ropes & I would really love to learn about the basics of shooting in Manual: ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture...I'd love to learn about shooting moments not poses! This is awesome and she offers it online which is even better for my life!
Thank you for doing this!!! :)
I would LOVE to win this! I am a big fan of Ashley's work and I love how she teaches in the class and on her blog to capture every day moments. She's amazing!
Would love to learn some tips on photographing kids ... And everything else or course!
I would love to learn how to get my camera off of auto and take great everyday pictures of my kids.
To figure out how to meter light would be fantastic!
I love Ashley's blog and she always amazes me with her pictures. I would love to learn lighting most, but there are so many more things to learn as well.
capturing and remembering the everyday!
oh i would die! i would really really love to win!
I would love to learn how to use all the features of my DSLR and get out of auto mode.
I would love to learn how to take my life photos I good at the posing, and do that all the time, but as for taking shots of my life I suck they look flat and messy, uninteresting. I know how to use my camera in manual... but that doesn't help evoke feeling in photos. I would love to win a spot to learn what I need to see and what I'm missing in mine... thanks
I am a beginner with a growing interest in photography and this class sounds perfect!
I bought a DSLR last year and would love to get out of AUTO mode! Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to learn tips for lighting. I need serious help with that.
I would love to take fantastic pictures of our everyday life. Those are the ones my kids will look back at in 20 years. I have had a beautiful camera for over a year and so want to learn how to make the most of it. Once in a while I get a really great picture, I'd like that to turn into "quite often I get a really great picture"
The snapshot classes always sound so amazing. My husband and I have had a DLSR for years, and I rarely use it because I don't know how. One of the things I'm most excited to learn is the ISO, aperature, shutter speed information. I really want to use my fancy camera instead of point and shoot.
I am most excited to learn about aperture, but also to work with Ashley!
I would love to learn more about shooting in poor. Our apartment has terrible lighting, so I need all of the help I can get!
I would love to learn more about how to use the different features on my camera like ISO. I know it exists but have no clue how to use it!
I have realized that I can't slow down time. My children are growing way too fast. But I can take lots of pictures to document our lives. I own a pretty good camera, but am stuck in auto mode. I would really love to learn more!
Two things....being able to be successful taking pictures WITHOUT the flash and being able to be relatively "quick" with changing settings so I don't miss the picture.
I would love to win this!! I need to learn a lot, but would like to learn how to shoot in manual and about lighting most!
I would love to learn how to use the new camera I am getting for my birthday in a couple of weeks. DSLR world, here I come!!
I would love to learn manual mode and how to use the lighting I have better.
I am the queen of auto mode. I barely know how to turn off the flash (I know, it's that bad). I am expecting a little one in Feb. so I would love to learn how to use my camera.
I would love to hone my DSLR skills. I know enough to get by, but I want more than that. I would love this as a birthday present as my birthday is on the 14th! YAY!
I would love to learn more about lighting... our Halloween pictures aren't the best and when I took them, it wasn't even dark yet. This course looks amazing! Thanks for the giveaway!
i would DIE from EXCITEMENT if i won that! I have wanted to take the class since she started!!
I am really excited to 1) find a new site to stalk and 2) learn about lighting which I am really struggling with! I hope I win! Thanks for the opportunity.
I would like to learn how to use all the features my camera has to offer.
hgrossman@cableone.net
I'd love to learn how to get out if auto mode and how to be ready for great photo opportunities so they don't pass me by...
I desperately would love to learn how to take better pictures of my daughter. This is such a great opportunity and so exciting since eighteen25 & Under the Sycamore are literally the first two blogs I read everyday! I especially can't wait to see Firecracker everymorning! She reminds me so much of my little girl... I just can't capture her how I'd like. I'd be most excited to learn how to make a story from a picture like Ashley can teach in her course. Thanks so much to both blogs for giving me so much inspiration everyday!
tonnessen09 AT gmail DOT com
I would love to learn how to use my camera better, but would be most excited about taking my own professional looking pictures of my kids!
I'd love to be able to max the potential my camera has. So many settings, yet I stick to auto. Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
I just got a slr and I need help. I would be most excited to learn how to use my camera out of manual and also how to get that blurry back ground in photos
bridget.parry@gmail.com
I am stuck in auto mode. Aperture and ISO are things I can't get to stick in my head.
I want to stop using AUTO!! I feel like it's the easy way out, but the pictures never turn out like I want them to!
I have a canon digital rebel that I would love to take out of auto mode! I would also love some help with possibly upgrading the lens in the future!
I would love to learn manual. And so well that I could do it quickly. Great giveaway!
I have had a DSLR for a couple years now and I can not seem to dust my brain off enough to figure out iso, aperture, etc. I would love a chance to learn with an awesome photographer like Ashley! Love her pictures!
Thanks for the chance to win!
As a mom, I would love to learn how to take photos of my kids that really display their personality. Ashley's training in lighting and framing would be such a huge help!
I love Ashley and her blog. She is super creative and she always has the best pictures. I would love to take her SnapShop class to learn about her personal photography style and just to tap into a more creative approach to taking photos of my kids! Thanks for a great giveaway!
My husband is a genius at photography and takes awesome pictures.I on the other hand, know about photography and good moments and poses to capture but I don't actually take the pictures... my husband does! I would LOVE to be able to learn how to take great pictures and be able to put my creativity to work on my own! This Snap Shop course would be a great opportunity for me to learn the basics and branch out from there!
Definitely the tricks for getting the right lighting by using the manual settings!!!
I would love to learn more about lighting and also some techniques for photographing kids! Lois
becoming proficient in manual mode for sure! I've been working on it- mostly shooting in Av now, but still struggle.... Thanks for the chance to improve!
I would love the spot. Got a new dslr last Christmas and would love to use it better before this Christmas!
Monica
I would take the class but I'm still waiting for the camera fairy to bring me a DSLR, hahaha. :)
I want to learn to take story-pictures of my family. Thanks for doing the giveaway :)
I am most excited about turning the auto mode off and the manual mode on!!
I love Under the Sycamore and pretty much read it every day! I think it would be amazing to learn anything that Ashley wants to teach! I guess lighting would be the most important item that I need to learn at this time and how to choose the correct settings to go with it.
thanks!!
Jen
I would try to get away from using the Auto mode, but like someone else said-I find that it's too many things too figure out at one time, and by the time I do-that "magic" moment is gone. I would love to learn how to use the manual settings better!
Lighting is my biggest struggle. I hate the flash, so I'd like to learn more about pics in low light.
Lighting is my biggest struggle. I hate the flash, so I'd like to learn more about pics in low light.
I'm not sure why it didn't save my info...
I would really love to use my camera to its full potential and get it OUT of auto!!
I would love to win Ashley's giveaway! My camera is also stuck in auto! I would love to learn how to take beautiful manual photos!
I need to know what half the settings buttons mean. I looked at the manual and it tells me nothing! I don't even know where to begin. This is exactly what I need!
My new camera is stuck in automatic mode. I want to be able to capture my children's memories through a story of photos... Please teach me!
Courtney
I would love to learn to the basics of shooting in manual!
Oh i defintely need this class....i only know how to use auto mode and how to turn the flash off. Would love to learn what all those other buttons do on my camera
I would really just be excited to know how to finally use my camera properly. This would be so great to win.
camillastarks at gmail dot com
I would LOVE to learn how to get more out of ISO and aperture and not rely so much on the auto setting!!!
Aperture, wha?! In desperate need of this class to take my photos to the next level! Would also love to break free from the posed shots I seem to gravitate towards. Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love to learn how to capture moments better
Totally would be in heaven if I won a spot in this class! I would love to start shooting in manual mode :)
I would love to learn how to better capture those little moments of my sweet 5 month old before they are gone!
I would love to learn more and feel comfortable using the manual mode on the camera.
I am dying to get out of auto mode.
I would be most interested to learn how to compose my photos better and how to work with the lighting. I would just love a spot in this class!!
TIME. It is the most valuable asset, something you can never get back. Photos capture that moment in time, and without them, it is but a memory. I want my pictures to tell the story. Not the posed 'picture perfect' (haha), but the real everyday life. I want to make it last forever.
Definitely frustrated with my point-and-shoot, but haven't gotten around to buying a new camera yet, so maybe I'm not quite qualified...
But! Lighting is troublesome for me, as well as capturing everyday pictures rather than posed shots. Also, I have extremely unsteady hands, and capturing shots that are less blurred would be fantastic :(
As soon as I read "Want to get out of auto mode" I knew this class was for me!
I would love to learn composition techniques from ashley - i love her work! thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I would love to win! I would most like the ability to capture all the little moments of our days. In focus, of course!
Thanks so much for hosting!
Such a great role model! I would love to learn how to capture the mundane moments at home and not just the special occasions.
I have a one month old baby girl at home, so my favorite part of this class would be the cheat sheets that Ashley gives out to sum up everything we learned. Her cute little moments are so fleeting, have a quick reference quide would be amazing!
Thanks for hosting!
I have a DSLR and would really like to learn more about these amazing photos Ashley has the secret to! I could use more information on how to use my camera because it stays in auto mode. Lighting is a big interest of mine. Thank you so much for the giveaway!
I have had an SLR for almost a year and I'm still on auto. Very disappointing considering the camera is way better than that. So...I would LOVE to win this!
My parents gave us a DSLR camera for a baby gift and I only use it in the auto mode. I would love to learn how to use the other settings to take pictures of our little girl! The class sounds like it is just what I need! Thanks!
Would love to learn anything and everything from Ashley, love reading her blog and looking at her photos!
And I would like to learn how to use this new camera of mine.
Thanks for the chance!! =)
Trisha
I would LOVE to get out of auto mode!! Thanks for the chance!
Would love to especially learn about lighting and how she captures her kids stories so well.
Meghann
Would love to learn more about shooting out of auto mode.
I have been trying to take pictures in manual for a while without much success. I would love to learn to do it from Ashley.
I would love to get off of auto. I also have trouble figuring white balance, even though I select different ones, I always think the auto looks best and I know that shouldn't be the case! :)
i would love to learn the basics. i have a rebel xti but spend way too much time in the auto mode.
I would love to learn about lighting and modes beyond auto. Looks like an incredible opportunity!
I just purchased a DLSR camera and am struggling to learn how to use it! I would love to get to know my camera a bit better and be able to take some amazing phones of my nieces and nephews this holiday season, as well as the child my sister and brother-in-law are adopting!
I am a huge fan of Ashley!! I would love to learn how she captures such great everyday moments!
I am excited to learn how to capture moments, not poses. I feel like all my photos are posed and I would like to move away from that and capture the precious moments.
I can definitely use help in the Manual setting area and would especially love to learn how to take shots in the dark.
I have been wanting to take one of Ashley's snap shot courses for the last 2 years! I would love to learn to take beautiful portraits to share with family & friends! So excited!
Huge fan of Ashley's inspiring blog and her work. Giddy when she announced Snapshot online! I would love to learn the ins and outs of my camera and capturing those real moments!
how to use my camera not on automatic mode and to learn more about lighting. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to learn how to get people used to having their picture taken and NOT posing :)
I would love to learn how to actually use my camera! Thanks for the great giveaway!
I would love to learn how to focus in on my subject and blur the background just enough that it's hardly noticeable.
I'd LOVE to learn how to work with getting better lighting. I like that the way the class is laid out. Thanks for all of your work on your your cute blog!
I have had a dslr for several years and I am stuck in auto, so I need everything she can teach me!
I would love to learn absolutely ANYTHING! My DSLR is always in Auto mode b/c reading the manual is like reading a foreign language.
Oh this would be the perfect gift for my dear friend who just recently purchased her first DLSR camera!
Thanks :)
I would love to learn how to capture moments and not poses!
I would love to win this because I would like to learn how to take my camera off of automatic & shoot in manuel mode! Thank your for the opportunity with your giveaway!
Oh, my camera is definately stuck in manual. I'd love to learn all about aperature, ISO and everything else I need to take better photos of my kiddos!
This would make a great gift for my mom! She has wanted to participate in one of Ashley's SnapShops since they started. :)
I would like to learn how to take better pictures of my kids.
I need to learn about lighting and shutter speed. I need someone to walk me through! Would be so grateful to win this giveaway!
Oops! I meant my camera is stuck in Auto. I really want to learn to shoot in manual!
I would love to learn more about exposure and how to get crisp colors!!
Oh my I would love love love to win this class!!!! I am so excited!!
I am so ready to learn manual and better ways to capture pictures with indoor lighting!!!
From the moment the first image appeared I started to smile and felt warm and fuzzy inside. This is what I would like to learn..... to make beautiful pictures that make people feel the way these photographs made me feel....happy with the world.
I would be most excited just to get my camera off auto and learn anything! The class looks perfect!
I would actually LOVE to win this to give a s a gift : ) I have a friend who is finally getting a new camera yeah!!! She could use any tips : )