{"id":25,"date":"2008-04-07T22:51:54","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T03:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2008-04-07T22:51:54","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T03:51:54","slug":"wppi-plus-class-with-mike-colon-and-ray-santana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/travel\/wppi-plus-class-with-mike-colon-and-ray-santana","title":{"rendered":"WPPI Plus Class with Mike Col\u00f3n (and Ray Santana)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WPPI offers classes before the big convention starts called Plus Classes that are essentially workshops with various photographers.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s classes were made up of 8 of the top photographers in the field, with 20 students per class, focusing for two days on their personal expertise in photography.\u00a0 I chose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikecolon.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Col\u00f3n <\/a>because I adore his work, he shoots Nikon (which is what I shoot) and I felt that I could learn a lot from him.\u00a0 I felt that our shooting styles were very much similar when it comes to shooting so I really felt that I could learn a lot from this amazing photographer.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The classes bascially were about the basics of photography and learning how to find and shoot natural light correctly.\u00a0 Each day we had a morning session of learning the craft and the afternoons were spent with models implementing what we learned during the day.\u00a0 The first day we had Jen &amp; Adam as our models and the second day we had Krystal &amp; Adam (same guy, different gals) as our models.\u00a0 I feel that I learned a lot from Mike &#8211; especially when it comes to determing light sources!\u00a0 I also learned how to pay attention more to what is\u00a0in the background that could be potentially distracting when shooting.\u00a0 He also had his assistant\/friend\/sidekick <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raysantana.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ray Santana<\/a> along with him for the class and I also learned a lot from Ray.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I felt bad for both guys though who were mystified with my manners.\u00a0 When it comes to fighting 20 people for a shot, I&#8217;m the first to bow out.\u00a0 I got elbowed in the head a few times and someone hit me with their lens (some of these lenses aren&#8217;t light!\u00a0 ow!).\u00a0 Photography isn&#8217;t a contact sport in my world so I chose to go for the odd angles and try and get what I can.\u00a0 Both Ray &amp; Mike by the second day were trying to not be great teachers but were also shoving me in for the good shots and looking out for me.\u00a0 They were both fantastic.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t say enough things about them.\u00a0 Anyone that gets a chance to take Mike&#8217;s workshop absolutely should!!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Below are some shots I got during the two-day class!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/mikec1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/mikec2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0Ray Santana at work&#8230; with the new lens I want!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/mikec3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/mikec4.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/mikec5.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0Some of the class and Mike shooting the models 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