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The NikoniansAcademy is a photography training institution specialized in a small class environment -typically of 12 to 15 students- to provide high quality personalized photography training in all topics related to modern photography in North America. Powered by nikonians.org, the largest community of Nikon photographers in the world, the NikoniansAcademy is celebrating its 5th anniversary. Since 2005 our workshops are led by the best instructors who teach on the most advanced topics. We aim to shorten your learning curve and help you to master your camera, your tools, your workflow and your vision. Toward that aim, we also offer field photography travel workshops and photo safaris. Designed as a service to Nikonians members, we nevertheless welcome other camera brand users in our field/travel workshops. Click on this link to learn more about us, our values, philosophy and faculty
. Below you can find the latest news. Scrolling further down this page you will find all the current classes offered which still have seats left, or you can use the menu at left to see what is available as of this moment by topic, by city area or by date Problems? Questions? Daily Schedule Featured Workshops By David Tejada:
By Winston C. Hall: By Jim Stamates By Steve Simon 2010 Schedule On the Master your Nikon Camera Series: On the Master your Tools Series: Our workshops always sell quickly, so hurry up; don't hesitate to sign up! We began to post our schedule for 2011 with wonderful field workshops By Jim
Stamates By Michael Mariant By Mike Hagen And more to come from all of our faculty, now
proudly including Jim
Stamates and Steve Simon Students keep on emailing to let us know how pleased they were with our classes. We encourage you to go to the Nikonians Academy forum to see what people are saying about our workshops or to share your own experience
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Moab, UT Photo Adventure
Join us for a photographic adventure in the Four Corners. The Gateway to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.
Moab attracts photography enthusiasts to the Four Corners Utah area. Located in southeastern Utah along the banks of the Colorado River between soaring red sandstone cliffs, Moab is the gateway to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Dead Horse Point State Park, the Colorado River and the beautiful La Sal Mountains. There are more National Parks, State Parks and other major attractions within a 200-mile radius of Moab than any other location in Utah. And Nikonians Academy is going for a series of workshops and field shooting to both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks....
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| Moab | 08-SEP-2010 | $895 | Only 2 seats left! |  |
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| Moab, UT | 29-APR-2011 | $895 | |
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| Moab, UT | 10-MAY-2011 | $895 | |
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Big Sur: From the Coast to the Canyons
Join us for a photo adventure along California's most rugged and beautiful coastline.
Workshop Dates: Thursday, April 14 - Sunday, April 17, 2011...
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| Big Sur, CA | 14-APR-2011 | $930 | |
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Master Nikon Capture NX2
Learn how to use Nikon's premier photo processing software to get the very most out of your images in this one-day workshop.
Learn how to use Nikon's premier photo processing software to get the very most out of your images in this one-day workshop. Capture is an impressive program, but it can be a bit daunting to most users. We'll use Capture and learn how to utilize it to its full capacity. We'll also learn how it should be integrated with Photoshop and where Capture fits in your digital workflow. Starting August 2008, we are fully converted to cover Nikon Capture NX2...
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| Phoenix | 15-OCT-2010 | $179 | |
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| Chicago | 31-OCT-2010 | $179 | |
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| Denver | 07-NOV-2010 | $179 | |
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| Las Vegas | 05-DEC-2010 | $179 | |
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Eastern Sierra & The Owens Valley
Come with us to one of the hidden photographer's gems in California
Workshop Dates: Thursday, October 20th - Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
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| Bishop, CA | 20-OCT-2011 | $895 | |
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Professional Lighting on Location with Nikon CLS
Learn the secrets of professional location lighting with David Tejada.
During this two-day workshop you will learn professional techniques on how to use your shoe mounted strobes off camera....
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| Boston | 10-SEP-2010 | $575 | |
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| Atlanta | 22-OCT-2010 | $575 | |
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Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta - October 4 to 8, 2010
Join us for spectacular Hot Air Balloon photography at one of the USA's most famous events.
Originally conceived as a competition with the balloonists performing challenges and being rated on their success, the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta began in 1972, with 13 intrepid balloonists. Today the emphasis is on fun and good times. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is the largest hot air balloon rally in the world with as many as 700 balloons participating in the 10-day festival....
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| Albuquerque | 04-OCT-2010 | $875 | |
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Master your Nikon D300/D300s - In Depth
Join us as we go in depth to unlock the potential of the amazing Nikon D300/D300s Camera
Learn more than you thought possible in this one-day workshop that will unveil the potential of Nikon's incredible D300/D300s Digital SLR. We'll help you navigate through this technological wonder so you are comfortable with its operation and setup....
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| New York | 14-OCT-2010 | $179 | |
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| Washington DC | 21-OCT-2010 | $179 | |
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| Chicago | 29-OCT-2010 | $179 | |
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| Austin | 13-NOV-2010 | $179 | |
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| Boston, MA | 03-DEC-2010 | $179 | |
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| Atlanta, GA | 10-DEC-2010 | $179 | |
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Master Nikon D700 & D3/D3s/D3x In Depth
Join us as we go in depth to unlock the potential of the amazing Nikon D700 and D3 cameras!
The Nikon D700 and D3 cameras are the top professional workhorses in the Nikon digital SLR family. This course is aimed at improving your skills with Nikon's amazing new digital cameras. You will learn directly from one of our Nikonian Professional photographers in an intensive hands-on environment....
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Nikon i-TTL and Creative Lighting System Weekend
Imagine two full days of flash photography, lighting setups and hands on shooting experiences. This workshop is a great opportunity to learn new flash techniques, refresh your skill set and try new lighting setups. Learn how to balance flash and ambient light. Controlling exposure in Manual Exposure Mode. Using gels to balance the white balance. How to properly use the non-TTL flash modes. Models will be available to photograph on the second day. Experiment and have some fun!
Join us in this two day flash workshop as we work to fully understand all the Nikon Creative Lighting System has to offer....
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| Phoenix | 16-OCT-2010 | $389 | |
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Master Nikon i-TTL Flash, CLS
Learn to use Nikon's innovative wireless flash system!
For anyone who owns a SB-600, SB-800, SB-900 flash and wants to understand how the i-TTL (intelligent Through The Lens) system works and what Nikon's Creative Lighting System (CLS) can do for you. We'll have lots and lots of flashes, and will set up many different types of shots using the i-TTL system (speedlights, cameras, gels and filters). You will learn flash techniques that will help you solve difficult lighting scenarios. We'll cover methods on how to creatively light situations that arise in studio photography, outdoor portraits, product photography, closeup and flower photography, web and product photography, travel photography, fill-flash photography and night photography...
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| New York | 16-OCT-2010 | $179 | |
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| Washington DC | 23-OCT-2010 | $179 | |
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| Chicago | 30-OCT-2010 | $179 | |
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| Denver | 06-NOV-2010 | $179 | |
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| Las Vegas | 03-DEC-2010 | $179 | |
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Master Nikon D700 & D3/D3X/D3S - Advanced
Join us as we go into the advanced functions to further unlock the potential of these incredible professional cameras.
By popular demand, we've added an Advanced D700/D3 workshop to our schedule. There is so much more to the D700/D3 than we can cover in our In Depth Day 1 workshop, so we felt the need to add this Day 2 as students requested....
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| Denver | 05-NOV-2010 | $179 | |
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| Austin | 12-NOV-2010 | $179 | |
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| Las Vegas | 04-DEC-2010 | $179 | |
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Master your Nikon D300/D300s - Advanced
Join us as we go into the advanced functions to further unlock the potential of this superb camera.
By popular demand, we've added an Advanced D300/D300s workshop to our schedule. There is so much more to the D300/D300s than we can cover in our In Depth Day 1 workshop, so we felt the need to add this Day 2....
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| New York | 15-OCT-2010 | $179 | |
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| Washington DC | 22-OCT-2010 | $179 | |
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| Austin | 14-NOV-2010 | $179 | |
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Master your Nikon D90 and D80
For Nikon D90 and D80 owners who want to move beyond Auto mode and learn their cameras in depth.
We really go into a lot of detail with these impressive cameras. We start the day with an indoors tutorial and Power Point Presentation. We cover the camera's main dial operations, menu controls and custom function screens....
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| New York | 17-OCT-2010 | $179 | |
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| Washington DC | 24-OCT-2010 | $179 | |
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| Boston, MA | 02-DEC-2010 | $179 | |
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| Atlanta, GA | 09-DEC-2010 | $179 | |
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African Photo Safari - November 2011
Join us for the adventure of a lifetime to photograph Africa's amazing wildlife and landscapes. 11/4/11 - 11/15/11.
We'll be photographing the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, Tarangire and at private luxury tent camps throughout Northern Tanzania. All with private Land cruisers, professional wildlife guides, catered meals and excellent accommodations. Yes, it is a long ways off, but start planning now for the trip of a lifetime! We are limiting the size to 12 participants and this number includes your Tour Leader....
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| Tanzania, Africa | 04-NOV-2011 | $1000 | |
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Costa Rica Photography Adventure
Warm up your Nikons in the middle of winter! Beaches, Jungles, River trips, Culture, and lots of Birds and Wildlife!
11 Days in Costa Rica, March 12 - March 22, 2011...
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| Costa Rica | 12-MAR-2011 | $499 | |
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Wildlife Adventure in Grand Teton NP
Join one of North America's most successful wildlife photographers as he leads you to the amazing wildlife and scenics of Grand Teton National Park.
Join Nikonians Academy Instructor Jim Stamates for 4 wild days to learn, shoot, and experience Grand Teton National Park....
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| Grand Teton NP | 05-OCT-2010 | $895 | Only 3 seats left! | |
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Master Nikon i-TTL Wireless Flash, CLS
Learn to use Nikon's innovative wireless flash system in our completely revamped workshops for 2011.
For anyone who owns a SB-600, SB-800, SB-900 flash and wants to understand how the i-TTL (intelligent Through The Lens) system works and what Nikon's Creative Lighting System (CLS) can do for you. We'll have lots and lots of flashes, and will set up many different types of shots using the i-TTL system (speedlights, cameras, gels and filters). You will learn flash techniques that will help you solve difficult lighting scenarios. We'll cover methods on how to creatively light situations that arise in studio photography, outdoor portraits, product photography, closeup and flower photography, web and product photography, travel photography, fill-flash photography and night photography....
Learn more about this workshop
| City Area | Date | Price | |||
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| San Francisco, CA | 22-JAN-2011 | $224 | |
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| Los Angeles, CA | 29-JAN-2011 | $224 | |
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| Indianapolis, IN | 12-MAR-2011 | $224 | |
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| Raleigh, NC | 20-MAR-2011 | $224 | |
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| Omaha, NB | 16-APR-2011 | $224 | |
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Master the Nikon D700 & D3/D3s/D3x In Depth
Join us as we go in depth to unlock the potential of the amazing Nikon D700 and D3 cameras in our completely reworked curriculum for 2011.
The Nikon D700 and D3 cameras are the top professional workhorses in the Nikon digital SLR family. This course is aimed at improving your skills with Nikon's amazing new digital cameras. You will learn directly from one of our Nikonian Professional photographers in an intensive hands-on environment....
Learn more about this workshop
Master the Nikon D700 & D3/D3s/D3x - Advanced
Join us as we go into the advanced functions to further unlock the potential of these incredible professional cameras in our completely reworked curriculum for 2011.
By popular demand, we've added an Advanced D700/D3 workshop to our schedule. There is so much more to the D700/D3 than we can cover in our In Depth Day 1 workshop, so we felt the need to add this Day 2....
Learn more about this workshop
Master the Nikon D300/D300s - In Depth
Join us as we go in depth to unlock the potential of the amazing Nikon D300/D300s Camera in our completely reworked curriculum for 2011.
Learn more than you thought possible in this one-day workshop that will unveil the potential of Nikon's incredible D300/D300s Digital SLR. We'll help you navigate through this technological wonder so you are comfortable with its operation and setup....
Learn more about this workshop
Master Nikon Capture NX 2
Learn how to use Nikon's premier photo processing software to get the very most out of your images in this one-day workshop with completely reworked curriculum for 2011.
Learn how to use Nikon's premier photo processing software to get the very most out of your images in this one-day workshop. Capture is an impressive program, but it can be a bit daunting to most users. We'll use Capture and learn how to utilize it to its full capacity. We'll also learn how it should be integrated with Photoshop and where Capture fits in your digital workflow. Note that since 2008, we are fully converted to cover only Nikon Capture NX 2....
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| San Francisco, CA | 23-JAN-2011 | $224 | |
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| Indianapolis, IN | 13-MAR-2011 | $224 | |
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Slot Canyons and Page, AZ
Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend and Glen Canyon. It'll be an amazing week of adventure.
Day 1...
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| Page, AZ | 03-MAY-2011 | $895 | |
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| Page, AZ | 17-MAY-2011 | $895 | |
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The Passionate Photographer
10 Steps To Becoming Great with Steve Simon.
There are no secrets, at least not in this session where Nikonians Academy Photographer Steve Simon deconstructs the elements that make good photographers great. This workshop will take you to a higher level in your own photographic journey....
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| Boston, MA | 04-DEC-2010 | $179 | |
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| Atlanta, GA | 11-DEC-2010 | $179 | |
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Yosemite in Winter: A Season of Contrast
Come along for a photo adventure like none you've been on before! - Lodging included
Workshop Dates: Thursday, Feb. 17 - Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011...
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| Yosemite, CA,Yosemite, CA | 17-FEB-2011 | $1395 | |
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Yosemite - Spring Waterfalls and Spring Blooms
Join us for the premier season for Yosemite photography - Lodging included
Workshop Dates: Thursday, May 13 - Sunday, May 16, 2010...
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| Yosemite, CA | 26-MAY-2011 | $1495 | |
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Yosemite in Infrared
Capture the towering cliffs and fall foliage of Yosemite with Infrared Photography in this incredible Autumn workshop.
Yosemite during the fall season is a quiet time in the park as foliage begins its change to the rich golden and red hues that characterize California's fall season....
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| Yosemite, CA | 13-OCT-2011 | $1395 | |
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Giant Redwoods of Northern California
Giant redwood forests, breathtaking scenery and fog shrouded trees make for an incomparable photographic journey.
Deadline to Sign Up: June 10, 2011....
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| Redwoods, CA | 23-JUN-2011 | $895 | |
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The Ultimate Travel Workshop: Central America & the Panama Canal
20 days, 7 countries, 11 ports-of-call April 27 - May 18, 2011
Are you interested in travel photography — in capturing the flavor of a culture and its people? Are you desiring to travel to exotic ports and bring back photos showing the beauty and splendor of the location? Are you unsure how to go about getting these photos, all the while seeking the methods, tips and approaches that will catapult you to the next level in your photography skill set? Does the thought of walking up to a stranger in a foreign land, aspiring to take their picture, strike fear in you? Have you ever wondered just how the pros can get those dynamic and intimate photos?...
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| Central America and Panama Canal | 27-APR-2011 | $1399 | |
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