Oregon Photo Safaris

Welcome Dwon, to our BIG NEWS February 2010 newsletter.

•  BIG NEWS: Over 200 students in 2009 & over 750 web hits per month!
We trained over 200 students in 2009!  Some were professionals, some were intermediates, some were beginners, but everyone was Advanced/Expert by the end of their training!  We launched the  photography careers of a few of our students, and helped others win prestigious photography awards!

Our web presence is also growing with an average of over 750 hits to our site a month!  Not bad considering our site doesn't pay for web placement or advertising.  Our site is built and maintained by instructor Dwon Guvenir who uses his creativity to help keep us at the top of searches.  Web consulting is available if you'd like to work on your web presence.

Our passion is for teaching photography in an easy to understand, intuitive, and universal way so that every student, no matter what level they were when they started, is fully capable of picking up any camera in any situation and making whatever they want happen, in camera!
Register now for our 2010 workshops!  Registration


•  BIG NEWS: We've partnered with Amazon.com to help you find great gear!
We urge our students to contact us whenever they need guidance in picking out new gear.  Well, the more students we teach, the more time we spend just with gear questions.  So we partnered with Amazon.com to showcase products they sell that we have used, currently use, or would use.  We wouldn't recommend a product unless we had confidence in it's ability to save you time and money out in the field, that and the fact that you just can't beat the prices on Amazon.

We aren't selling the products, we're simply acting as a portal to our top picks on Amazon.  When you purchase one of the items through our "aStore" portal you're buying from one of Amazon's vendors directly, not us.  We're simply showcasing products Amazon's selling to help you find gear you need. 

It also gives us a way to track our effectiveness promoting the awesome products some of our partners like Wacom and OnOne Software make.  So please utilize our aStore when making your purchases!

You can find the link on our home page for Gear You Need, and then the Our Top Gear Picks will take you to our aStore.  We also have links on our Gear You Need page to Markins Ball Heads which aren't offered on Amazon.com but in our opinion are the best ball heads on the planet!


•  BIG NEWS: We've been approved as PPA Continuing Ed again!
Again this year, we're proud to announce that all our Weekend Workshops are Professional Photographers of America Continuing Education Systems workshops earning our students merits towards their Master Photographer Degree.

Our Portland Weekend Workshops are a great way to get the most for your money with a breakdown in the class curriculum.  Saturdays are the Advanced Photography workshop for $100 which gives PPA members 1 Merit and Sundays are the Composition and Lighting workshops for $150 ($200 value) which gives PPA members 1 Merit.  That gives PPA members 2 Merits in two days for only $250!
Register now for our 2010 workshops!  Registration


•  BIG NEWS: Geocaching in 2010!
This year we'll be leaving Geocaches at many of our favorite locations around the state!  Each Geocache will contain Photo Tips (Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced tips) and a set of near by coordinates to put those tips to good use to make Amazing Images!!!

It may not sound like much now but consider those weekends when you don't have any idea of what to do.  You'll go to our web site where you'll be directed to the page where you can download the coordinates directly to your GPS unit.  Then you head out treasure hunting to find the cache.  When you find it, you'll follow the coordinates in the cache to the photo location and the tips in the cache to make amazing images!  It will be a blast.  I'll keep you posted when we set our first cache.

Partners Wanted: We're interested in working with our current partners and making new partners to help us make this happen on a large scale.  If you're interested in becoming involved in this project with us please contact us.  Consider that our partners will be listed on each geocache page that is posted on the different geocaching sites with redirects back to their site.


•  BIG NEWS: Off-Road Training in 2010!
I recently completed Off-Road Trail Leader training with internationally recognized trainer Bill Burke. 

There is a demand for good off-road training, so we're considering offering local classes and training taught by experienced off-road instructors. 

We'll be contacting off-road instructors.  Stay tuned. 


•  March's Cape Kiwanda Weekend Workshop!
March 13 & 14
This Weekend Workshop continues to be one of our most popular!  We'll be staying at the beautiful Inn at Cape Kiwanda across the street from the beach and the always popular Pelican Pub!  Some of the most amazing images our students have ever created were captures during this workshop!
Register now!  Registration


•  Public Classes Start again in April!
Register Now Limited Enrollment

All your favorite classes: Basic Photography, Advanced Photography, Composition, Advanced Lighting, and Photoshop for Photography.

 
•Ashton Update
  Ashton's Grandfather came to visit from Turkey and it was great! He hasn't visited since Ashton was one year old and now he's almost 4. That's right!..I said 4 years old.  Some of you have been getting the "Ashton Update" since he was born.  Can you believe it's been 4 years?!?!?!

  BIG NEWS in 2010

  Gear You Need

  2010 Safaris

 2010 Workshops

 2010 Classes

Student Success Stories Wanted!
We've been hearing rumors from students that have been referred to me by past students that some of you who trained with us have gone on to some really cool commercial work with Nike, Columbia and more.

If you've had some cool jobs please let us know and we'll post your success and link to your portfolio.

We love to see our students succeed!


Student Images Wanted
I'm proud of our students and it would be my honor to show off your work!
If you've taken one of our classes we'd like to display your images on the web site.
You'll keep all credit and every image will display your full name and copyright.
If you're interested in showing off your work contact us.
Visit our site to view the amazing images some of our students have submitted!
www.oregonphotosafaris.com

Licensed Oregon Guide
Oregon Photo Safaris is an Oregon licensed, bonded and insured Outfitter / Guide.

Thank you for supporting Oregon Photo Safaris.  We've worked hard over the years to ensure our classes, workshops, & safaris are structured to minimize our impact on the environment.  Please do what you can to support ecological responsibility.
Thank you for your continued support!
Dwon Guvenir, Founder Oregon Photo Safaris
www.oregonphotosafaris.com
503-999-4321
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