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These hands-on workshops provide a fun experience where you'll shoot some, eat some and learn a lot. Each workshops caters to participants of any skill level or experience.

Play With Your Food

Do food stylist really use motor oil for syrup? Is that ice cream fake? While there are some bizarre tricks to the trade you'll learn other aspects of how to effectively style food in this hands on workshop. From composition to propping to faking it ... you'll get permission to play with your food while you shoot, eat and learn. Lead by Food Photographer Kyle Dreier and Food Stylist Teresa Blackburn.

That Looks Good

What do you do after you've taken your photo? There are many creative ways to adjust, tweak, push, pull, manipulate and process your images after you've captured them. Learn about how to give your photos that extra pop. We'll explore how to work in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. This class is designed for anyone from entry level to intermediate plus some touches of advanced processing if you're so inclined. Let's shoot, eat and learn.

Date, time and place for this workshop are yet to be determined.

That's My Style

Does your photography "look" like you did it? Are you using your visual voice in your images? Your personal style and approach are unique to you. In this workshop you'll get tools to help you develop your look, your style and your cohesive portfolio ... all in an effort to make you're images unmistakably yours. Are you ready to shoot, eat and learn?

Date, time and place for this workshop are yet to be determined.

Make or Break It

How about a little business to go with that meal? Are you serious about turning your photography hobby into a career? Are you a professional photographer looking to make better business decisions? This workshop is for you. You'll get the hard truth about how to create your pro forma, build your marketing plan and capture clients. Can you think of a better way to shoot, eat and learn?

Date, time and place for this workshop are yet to be determined.

Delicious Lighting

Join food photographer Kyle Dreier and Chef John Stephenson at Fido for the "Delicious Lighting" workshop. The evening will include food from Fido's best kept secret kitchen for your enjoyment while you participate in this hands-on evening of photographing food under the instruction of Kyle Dreier. He'll cover natural lighting, hot lights and strobes. You'll learn what Kyle's "9 to 3 o'clock" lighting technique really means and how it can make almost any food look appetizing. Come ready to shoot, eat and learn.

We had this class on January 13, 2011 and it was a blast. See for yourself. Chef John and his crew kept everyone happy with some wonderful food and Kyle jammed about 8 hours of content into 2 hours of tricks, tips and techniques for successful food photography lighting. We will do this class again but the date is yet to be determined.

My Stupid Camera™

Are you frustrated with the results you're getting from your camera? Whether you're using a camera phone, a point-and-shoot, or a digital SLR you've likely said "my stupid camera".

On March 10, 2011 we had a sold out class where participants enjoyed culinary creations by Chef John Stephenson at Fido and participated in a hands-on evening of photographing food under the instruction of Kyle Dreier. See the fun you missed here.