Lighting is such a strong key to a good photograph. It can make or break your image. Knowing where the light is coming from, what exactly that light is doing to your subject, and how to use it to convey your message is crucial. If you find yourself struggling with lighting you may want to consider CMmentor Lisa Harrison‘s beginner workshop Lighting 101: Intro to Natural Light. Lisa is here today to share a little about her incredible workshop and to showcase some alumni images from the previous courses.
lighting 101 | a cmu natural light workshop giveaway

I wanted to showcase some images from class alumni from the first 2 runs of Lighting 101: Intro to Natural Light. This course will help photographers who are comfortable working with their cameras in manual mode learn how to see and understand natural light and then put it to use to create beautiful images with depth and dimension. You can read the class reviews and sign up here. The next run starts Monday August 6th. Registration is currently open to lifetime members and will open to everyone on this Thursday July 19th. The slideshow below may take a few moments to load.





















































winner!
Congratulations to Carlie Fraser who was our random winner for the free seat! Email me at april@clickinmoms.com and I’ll get you all set up!
Today we have 1 free seat to giveaway! All you need to do is add a link to this post on your Facebook or blog and then leave a comment below saying you did so by Friday, July 20th at 12pm EST. We will pick a winner via random number generator and update this post so make sure you check back. Good luck!!
Lisa Harrison, Vermont
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As CM’s Photoshop expert, it’s only fitting that Lisa is the instructor for the Lighting 101: Intro to Natural Light, Processing 101: Photoshop Fundamentals for Photographers, and Processing 201: Intermediate Photoshop for Photographers workshops. Speaking of her photography journey, Lisa says, “when my son was born I became hooked on photography. I wanted to capture everything I could. When he napped, I read about photography and taught myself photoshop. My husband bought me my first DSLR in 2004 and the rest is history.” With her Canon 5d mark III and various lenses, mostly primes, she enjoys lifestyle photography with bright clean processing and natural skin tones but equally loves black and whites. Living in Vermont with her husband and two children, Lisa loves skiing and boating. Family, friends, Starbucks, Zumba, her camera and computer are among her list of must haves.
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Would love to win a spot! Posted on my personal page! :)
Posted it on my FB page!! This is one of many workshops I'd love to take!!
So many people want this giveaway and I do to.
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since I don't have a facebook page.
Thanks for the chance to win!
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Linked to fb but my comment here didn’t show up so sorry of I double post but I’m trying again! Thanks!!!
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Added this post to my Facebook.
I will be sharing this on my FB page when I get home! Would LOVE to win a seat to this workshop :)
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Thanks for using my picture of my sweet girl :)
Shared on Facebook to let my photography friends know and follow as I think there is some priceless information!
Thanks
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Good luck to all the entrants!!!!
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Thanks for the giveaway!
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I've posted this on facebook. I really want to learn more about natural light photography!
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I just posted on my FB page…thanks for the chance to win!
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I posted it on my facebook page!
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OOoo not sure if i have done this right ….. thank you for the chance
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