What's New 2017 Archive

 

December 31st
Our special offers are live for a short time longer. Don't miss them. You can still take advantage of them until the new year.

If you attended the 2017 Zion Summit and want to order the 2018 Summit recordings you can still do so as well. However, this offer will also expire on January 1st.


Print of the Month
Holidays 2017

Mastery Workshops
Holidays 2017
Holidays 2017 Opportunities and Gift Ideas

December 25th
The site was off line for 2 days due to hardware maintenance performed by my web hosting company. We are now back online with full functions.

We are extending all our special offers until January 1st because some of you could not place their orders during the off-time. We will honor all orders placed after the deadlines.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season.

December 16th
Our Holidays 2017 Opportunities and Gift Ideas are live:
1 - Holidays 2017 Print of the Month

2 - Holidays 2017 Mastery Workshops

December 10th
We are proud to officially announce that the 2018 Moab, Arches and Canyonlands FIne Art Photography Summit is open for registration. Now in its 16th Year, the 2018 Summit takes place in Moab Utah, at the door of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. In addition to photographing these two incredibly beautiful locations you will study the latest Lightroom and Photoshop techniques with Alain Briot and Jeff Schewe.

The three days Summit Vision Field Workshop, which takes place immediately after the Summit, will take us to Indian Creek and to the Needles District of Canyonlands on the first day, to Bluff and the San Juan River Area on the second day and finally to Monument Valley by way of Valley of the Gods on the third day.

Together the Summit + the 3 day Vision Field Workshop offer a unique photography learning opportunity as well as a photographic expedition allowing you to maximise your time and get the most out of your trip.

If this event has your name on it you can read the detailed description, and register now, at this link. If you want to attend both the Summit + the Summit Vision Field Workshop we recommend you register right away. The reason being that the Summit was previously announced privately to 2017 Summit Participants and as a result the Vision Field Workshop is already half sold out.

December 3rd
The Little Known Workshop we announced on Friday is now sold out. If you want to be notified when we announce the next Little KNown workshops email us at alain@beautiful-landscape.com and we will add you to our announcement list. If you are not familiar with Little Known Workshops you can read a detailed description at this link.

Little Known workshops are by invitation only. The only way to be notified is to be on our announcement list.

November 29th
The 2017 Print of the Season Collector Set is available. Don't delay if you desire it because it was first announced privately to collectors yesterday and only one set remains available.

The December Print of the Month is also available for order. I released it a few days early because I will be busy with events later this week and I wanted to make sure it was available in time for the Holiday season.

November 28th

The 2017 Print of the Season will be announced very soon. The Print of the Season is a limited edition print, or set, that I release every year for the Holiday season and offer at a very attractive price. It is released in a very limited edition of only a few prints, making it both rare and valuable.

Because of the very limited number of prints available they sell out within a few hours. Being first when it is announced and acting fast is the key to getting one. Therefore, If you want to be notified when this print is published email me at alain@beautiful-landscape.com with the words 'print of the season' in the email title and you will be first notified.

You can see the previous Prints of the Season at the bottom of the Print of the Month Page.

November 26th

The Mastery Workshop Updates site was updated to a dynamic web page. Be sure to check it out. If you own a Mastery Workshop on DVD or USB and have not registered for the updates yet this is the ideal time to do so. Just log on to the Mastery Workshop updates site and register with the username and password of your choice.

The Reflections Blog was also updated to a dynamic web page.

November 24th
Our Black Friday Special Offer is Live!
Save up to 50% and more on my Mastery Workshops Collection. 9 different workshops at the lowest price they will ever be available. Plus, you get the new, 2017 Master Files collection at a huge discount also.

And, we have 1 remaining order for the Thanksgiving Print of the Month Special Offer. Are you the one who will take it?

November 23rd
Natalie and I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you for being our friends and students. We very much appreciate each and everyone of you.

November 21st
Our 2017 Thanksgiving Print of the Month Special Offer is live. Save 50% on your order! All the details are at this link.

November 16th
The 2018 Antelope Canyon Workshop is sold out. The last seat was taken immediately after I announced it in my email newsletter

We just opened the 2019 Antelope Canyon Workshop for registration. Register now If you want to have a seat in this workshop, or if you are planning your schedule early.

November 15th
We have only one seat left for the 2018 Antelope Canyon Workshop. First come first served. If this workshop has your name on it don't delay!

November 12th: 2018 Moab Summit pre-Announcement
The 2018 Fine Art Photography Summit will be in Moab, Utah on November 2nd to 5th with the field workshops on November 6th to 8th.

It will be announced soon however we opened a pre-announcement list for those of you who want to guarantee their seat and save money:

Email me at alain@beautiful-landscape.com if you want to be on the pre-announcement list and save over 20% on the package Summit + Field workshop. Several Zion Summit 2017 Participants have already registered for 2018 so available seats will be limited.

This will be the 16th Fine Art Photography Summit.

Our guest presenter will be Jeff Schewe.

The photography locations will include Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Monument Valley, the San Juan River, Valley of the Gods and other remote areas of Navajoland.

November 11th
The November Print of the Month is available.

Natalie and I returned from teaching the 2017 Zion Fine Art Summit yesterday. A couple of photographs from the Summit are featured on this page. More will be posted later. Natalie and I say a huge 'thank you' to all of you who attended the Summit as well as to Jeff Schewe and Kevin Raber who joined us and gave presentations during the Summit.

October 23rd
Back to 'work' after a fun week end attending Ferrari's 70th Anniversary Celebration and watching the US F1 Grand Prix at Scottsdale Ferrari.

The image featured above is Butler Wash Sunset #2. Just like Butler Wash Sunset #1 it was created during our Fall 2017 Little Known Northern Navajoland Workshop.

It started as a collage of three photographs which gave me a panoramic image. I did not like the flat aspect of the panorama (I rarely do) so I stretched it vertically. That was better but the stretched image did not have enough movement for my taste so I warped it a bit to give it some curves.

I then adjusted color and contrast to match my taste. The red is my doing. The cliffs at sunset were a warm yellow, not the deep red that you see here.

As with all my work please enjoy at your own risk. This is not reality. This is an artistic image to which the 'unspeakable things' described above have been done. I let go of concerns for representing reality a long time ago. If you want to learn how to do all this, including letting go, take a workshop with us. If you like my work you'll love the experience.

Attending Ferrari's 70th Anniversary Celebration.
Photograph by Natalie Briot

October 15th
Last call for the Summit. Room registration will close soon and you will not be able to get the discounted rate. We have a couple seats left but If you are planning to attend you need to register and make your hotel reservations now:
http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Workshop-Summit-17-Zion.html


October 13th

The 2018 Antelope Canyon Workshop 2018 - Extended
-- only 2 seats left
--

October 8th
The October Print of the Month is available.

September 25th

This week marks the end of four different special offers, as follows:

1 - Zion Summit with Jeff Schewe and Alain Briot

2 - New Master Files Examples Collection

3 - Marketing Success Seminar 2018 - Part 3

4 - Antelope Canyon Workshop 2018 - Extended
-- only 3 seats left
--

The 2018 Fine Art Photography Marketing Success Seminar, Part 3

September 19th
New updates were posted to the Mastery Workshops on DVD/USB Updates site today, as follows:

Personal Vision Mastery Workshop: 1 update
Personal Style Workshop: 1 update
Artistic Composition Workshop: 5 updates
Advanced Marketing Mastery Workshop: 5 Updates
Advanced Adjustment Layers Workshop: 11 updates

These updates are free to all Mastery Workshops on DVD/USB owners. To download them simply log on to your account using this link:
http://beautiful-landscape.com/MasteryWorkshopsOnDVD

September 14th
We just returned from teaching the Fall 2017 Little Known Northern Navajoland Workshop. This event was a success, thanks to the fantastic participants who attended. Natalie and I say a big Thank You to all of you.

A photograph from this photographic adventure is featured here. More photographs will be published soon.

Marcus (our Navajo guide) and Natalie Briot during the river running part of the Fall 2017 Little Known Northern Navajoland Workshop. Natalie and I say a big Thank You to all of you who attended this photographic adventure.

September 3rd
The September Print of the Month is titled Cedar Mesa Sunset. You can see it and order it from the Print of the Month page.


Just Announced:
The Alain Briot Master Files Examples Collection

September 2nd
New: the Master Files Collection
I just published the Alain Briot Master Files Examples Collection. You can order it by itself or in combination with one or several Mastery Workshops on DVD.

This is the second Alain Briot Master Files Examples Collection. I released the first Alain Briot Master Files Examples Collection last year.

Master Files are important because they show you all the adjustments I made to my photographs when I processed and optimized them. These are never shared except though the Master Files Collection. Be sure to check them out on the special offer page.


-- Just Announced --
The Summer 2017 Mastery Workshops on USB/DVD Super Special Offer

August 27th
The Summer 2017 Mastery Workshops on USB/DVD Super Special Offer is live. This offer will save you 20 to 40% and more off my regular pricing. Several gifts and new products are part of this offer. Check out all the details on the Special Offer Page now.

August 16th
Coming soon: The yearly Mastery Workshops on USB/DVD Super Special Offer. This offer will save you 20 to 40% and more off my regular pricing.

It will be first announced to subscribers of my email newsletter so make sure you are subscribed. if you are not subscribed yet you can sign up now at the top of this page. You will be first notified when the special offer is announced.

Free gifts will be available to the first few orders therefore being first notified is important.

August 15th

Part four of our four-parts Podcast series titled Podcast Story is available

August 13th
My August newsletter was sent out today to subscribers. If you did not get it you can subscribe now.

You will get 40 free eBooks when you do: http://beautiful-landscape.com/Newsletter-Subscription-Page.html

August 11th

Nazlini Sunset
August Print of the Month

August 5th
Part three of our four-parts Podcast series titled Podcast Story is available


August 1st
The August Print of the Month is available.

July 29th
Part two of our four-parts Podcast series titled Podcast Story is available.

July 21st
Due to a cancellation we have one seat available for the Spring 2018 Death Valley Workshop. First come first serve. Grab it while it's there!

We have only a few seats left for the Zion Fine Art Photography Summit

July 20th
The Summit Collection promotion is now over. Thank you to all of you who ordered it during the limited time special offer. Natalie and I very much appreciate your business.

The Summit Collection is now available in our Online Store at regular pricing.

July 16th
Part one of a new series of four podcast episodes titled Podcast Story is available.

In this new series Natalie and I talk about how we started the podcast, what motivated us to start and what our goals were. As we go through each episode we talk about the various aspects of the podcast including the sound quality, the equipment we used, how this equipment was improved over the years, and finally where we find inspiration for each episode. We conclude by discussing ideas for future episodes.


You can listen to this new episode now on the Podcast Page.

July 11th
The 2006-2016 Photography Summit Collection special offer end soon. Don't miss on the savings!

July 5th

Three new podcast episodes were added today to the Podcast Page:
- Part 3 of 3 of our series on 'What is Art?'
- A slideshow of the 2015 Death Valley Summit
- A slideshow of the 2016 Antelope Canyon Summit

July 4th

Happy 4th of July!

July 3rd
The 2018 Death Valley workshop is sold out. Email us if you want to be added to the waitlist:alain@beautiful-landscape.com You will be first notified if we have an opening due to a cancellation.

July 2nd
1
- The July Print of the Month was published today.

2
- Now available: the 2006-2016 Fine Art Summit Collection on DVD/USB
The 2006-2016 Summit Collection is available for immediate order with a limited time special offer.

June 30th
Part 2 of our podcast series on What is Art? is available.

In part two of this three-parts episode Alain and Natalie continue talking about what is art using a list of 17 art definitions written by Natalie's Navajo students. Part two covers definitions eight to to twelve. After reading each definition Alain and Natalie talk about what they mean to them, how they relate to them, and what they make them think of. You can listen to this episode now here.

June 29th
Coming soon: the 2006-2016 Fine Art Summit Collection on DVD/USB
This new collection features Alain's Summit presentations recordings and handouts from the past 10 Summits.
It will be offered with a unique special offer for a few days when announced. Email me if you are interested and want to be first notified: alain@beautiful-landscape.com

2018 Death Valley workshop update: only 1 seat left!

June 24th

We have a few seats left for the Zion Summit but the Summit Vision field workshop is sold out. if you want to do both what you need to do is register for the Summit first, then ask to be added to the Vision field workshop waitlist. We often have cancellations so your chances of getting in are good. Detailed info is on the Zion Summit Page.

June 23rd
New podcast available: What is Art-Part 1?

In part one of this episode Alain and Natalie talk about what is art using a list of 17 art definitions written by Natalie's Navajo students. Part one covers definitions one to seven. After reading each definition Alain and Natalie talk about what they mean to them, how they relate to them, and what they make them think of. You can listen to this episode now here.

June 20th

Only 2 seats left for the 2018 Death Valley Workshop.

We also have one opening for the Little Known Northern Navajoland workshop this fall, due to a cancellation. If you want to join us email me at alain@beautiful-landscape. You can also learn more about our Little Known workshops at this link.

June 18th

We have only 3 seats left for the 2018 Death Valley Workshop. If you are considering attending this is decision time because these will not last long. All the details are on the Death Valley Workshop Page.

The photograph featured on this page today was taken during our just-completed Little Known Eastern Navajoland Workshop. LIttle Known workshops are by invitation, very limited (only 6 previous participants) and take you to places we cannot access with a large group. Most of the locations were discovered by Natalie and us when we lived in Navajoland. If you want to join us email me at alain@beautiful-landscape.com and I will add you to the waitlist for the next opening. You can also learn more about our Little Known workshops at this link.

June 10th

New images were added to the 2017 Online Portfolios section today.

June 8th: Free Zion Summit mug with your next order

The next 10 registrations for the Zion Summit, Field Workshops or the Marketing seminar or the next 10 orders for Mastery Workshops on DVD/USB or Fine art Prints will receive a free Zion Summit mug.

We only have 10 Zion Summit mugs available so this offer is on a first come first served basis. This mug is not for sale. The only way to get it is to place an order or register for a workshop.

If you have a question (if you want to know if it is still available for example) just email me at alain@beautiful-landscape.com

Sorry, sold out.
Sign up for my newsletter at the top of this page to be part of the next FREE MUG promotion

June 7th
The available seat for the September Little Known Northern Navajoland Workshop has been taken. If you are interested in our Little Known Workshops email us and we will add you to the waitlist: alain@beautiful-landscape.com

June 2nd

The June print of the month is available.

June 1st
We have one opening for the September Little Known Northern Navajoland Workshop, due to a cancellation. Email or call us if you are interested and we will give you all the details. This workshop is open to 6 participants only and focuses on little known areas and on advanced landscape photography. 928-252-2466 or alain@beautiful-landscape.com

May 25th

A photograph created during our May Navajoland Workshop (a couple weeks ago) is now featured on this page. Join us for a workshop and learn how to create photographs like this one for yourself! Click Here to see our current workshop offerings :-)

May 19th

A new podcast episode was published today. In this episode Natalie and Alain talk about the Marketing Success Seminar series. You can listen to this episode now, free, on the podcast page.

 

May 18th
The May Print of the Month is available.

May 17th: Print of the Summit announcement

This year every Zion Summit participant will receive a matted and signed print by Alain Briot. This print, titled the 2017 Zion Print of the Summit, will be released in a limited edition equal to the number of Summit participants.

This limited edition print will not be available elsewhere, the offer being unique to the 2017 Zion Summit.

The value of the print itself is nearly half of the Summit registration fee:
http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Workshop-Summit-17-Zion.html

We have not offered such a print before and we may never do it again. Take advantage of it.

The 2017 Zion Print of the Summit

May 10th
A second new Podcast episode is available at this link. This is the 81st episode of our Podcast.

May 4th

A new Podcast episode is available at this link. This is the 80th episode of our Podcast.

May 1st
A new essay about the 2017 Zion Fine Art Summit is available at this link.

April 20th

The 2017 Marketing Success Seminar on USB or DVD is available for order right now at this link. A special offer is available for a limited time.

The 2017 Marketing Success Seminar on USB or DVD
Available for order right now

April 19th
Registration for the 2018 Antelope Canyon Workshop has started. If this workshop has your name on it don't delay.

April 19th

The 2017 Marketing Success Seminar on USB or DVD will be available tomorrow. A special offer will be available for the first orders.

The initial announcement will be emailed directly to interested students. If you want to order this new Marketing Seminar let me know over email at alain@beautiful-landscape.com


April 16th

We returned from teaching the Antelope Canyon workshop in Page, Arizona, earlier this week. The workshop was fantastic thanks to a wonderful group of participants. Thank you again to all of you who joined us for this photographic learning adventure and experience.

I am currently working on the 2017 Marketing Success Seminar audio recordings. The recordings will be available on USB and DVD very soon. An announcement will be featured on this site when the recordings are ready to ship. if you want to get these recordings let me know over email at alain@beautiful-landscape.com A special offer will be available for the first orders.


The 2018 Marketing Success Seminar and 2018 Antelope Canyon Workshop will be announced shortly. The 2018 Marketing Seminar will focus on salesmanship skills, handling customer objections and more. The contents will be new and different from the 2016 and 2017 Marketing Seminars.

The 2017 Zion Summit: click on the image to see the detailed description

April 6th
Natalie and I extend a big 'Thank You' to all the participants of the 2017 Marketing Success Seminar. You helped us make it a success and we enjoyed your company as much as we enjoyed helping you with your photography marketing.

If you want to join us for the 2018 Marketing Success Seminar drop me an email with the words '2018 Marketing Success Seminar' in the subject line and I will add you to the pre-registration list. No obligation, you will just be first notified when the event is announced and you will benefit from the early bird registration price: alain@beautiful-landscape.com

Alain teaching during the 2017 Marketing Success Seminar

April 1st,
The April Print of the Month is available:
http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Print-of-the-month-list.html

March 25th, 4:40 pm
The 2018 Alumni Rendez Vous is sold out. Thank you to all who registered for your amazing level of interest in this event. If you did not have time to register email me and I will add you to the waitlist: alain@beautiful-landscape.com

March 25th, 2:30 pm

Only 1 seat left for the Alumni Rendez Vous as of Saturday March 25th at 2:30 PM AZ time:
http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Workshop-Alumni.html

March 25th

I wrote a short description of the 2018 Alumni Rendez Vous at this link:
http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Workshop-Alumni.html

March 21st
The 2018 Alain Briot Alumni Rendez Vous will be announced today. Let me know if you are interested. Places are limited and given the level of interest it will fill up fast. This workshop is by reserved for Alumni and by invitation only. So to receive an invitation you need to email me at: alain@beautiful-landscape.com

Create images for an audience who loves your work, not for an audience who despises what you do.

An appreciative audience pushes you forward, gives you confidence and gives validity to your work.
A negative audience makes you feel worthless, saps your energy and makes you want to quit.

Alain Briot

March 20th
Natalie and I are impressed with the quality of the work students are posting on the Facebook Alain Briot Workshops Group and with the quality of the comments and the conversation. We want to thank you all for participating in this group.

If you have not joined the group yet you can do so now by clicking here.

I also want to take this opportunity to make a pre-announcement. We will be offering an Alumni Workshop next year, in the spring of 2018. It will be called The Alain Briot Workshop Alumni Rendez Vous. It will be open only to Alumni (previous workshop participants) and it will be by invitation only.

If you are interested in participating in this event let me know by emailing me at alain@beautiful-landscape.com
I will have a detailed description shortly.

The new Alain Briot Workshops Group on Facebook

March 19th
My March Newsletter was sent today. If you did not receive it you can subscribe now at this link and get 40 Free ebooks.

If you are already subscribed and did not receive it let me know and I'll check why it is not getting to your email box.

March 14th

One of my favorite photographs from our just-completed White Sands Workshop is featured on this page.

March 10th

The Spring 2017 Antelope Canyon Workshop is sold out. You can join the waitlist by emailing us at alain@beautiful-landscape.com

The workshops that still have openings are available at this link: http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Workshop-home.html

March 8th

We just returned from teaching the March White Sands Workshop. A photograph of Natalie and I teaching in White Sands is featured on this page. It was taken by Paul, one of our workshop participants. Thank you Paul :-)

Natalie, Alain and Diane during the 2017 White Sands Workshop
Composing in Teams - Photograph by Paul W.

March 1st
The March Print of the Month is available.


Antelope Canyon Triptych

February 27th
I just created a Facebook group for workshop participants to post photographs taken during our workshops. If you are on Facebook the group is called Alain Briot Workshops Group and you can find it at this link. If you are not on Facebook this is the perfect opportunity to give Facebook a try :-)

The group features photographs created during our field workshops and during the Annual Fine Art Photography Summit.

The group is open to all Alain Briot Workshop Alumni. If you attended one of our workshops, no matter when, be sure to post some of your photographs.

You are encouraged to post comments on other members photographs. Just make sure your comments are respectful of the other group members sensibility, work and efforts.

February 20th
The 2018 Little Known Western Navajoland Workshop is sold out. We still have 2 seats in the 2018 Little Known Grand Canyon Monsoons Workshop. Don't delay if you want to sign up: alain@beautiful-landscape.com or 800-949-7983.

If you are not familiar with our Little Known Workshops series here is the description:
http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Workshop-Little-Known.html

February 19th
Regarding the two Little Known Workshops we announced a couple days ago we have 1 seat left in one of them and 2 seats left in the other. If you want to sign up let us know now: alain@beautiful-landscape.com or 800-949-7983.

February 17th
The 2017 Marketing Success Seminar goes up $100 today. You can still get the special offer price if you register now:http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Workshop-Marketing-2017.html

You also get a huge discount if you attend the Seminar + the Antelope Canyon workshop because they are offered back to back.

The February 16th

Little Known Workshops Update:
The two Little Known Workshops we announced yesterday are already almost sold out. We just have a couple seats left. If you received an invitation over email and you plan to join us you need to let us know right away. If you did not receive an invitation and are interested in learning about these private workshops let us know by emailing me at alain@beautiful-landscape.com

February 15th
Today we are announcing two new 2018 Little Known Workshops. If you did not receive an invitation and are interested in attending one or both let us know: alain@beautiful-landscape.com These usually fill up right away so do it now.

If you are not familiar with our Little Known Workshops series here is the description:
http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Workshop-Little-Known.html

February 10th

The February Print of the Month is available.

February 5th

I am currently publishing a series of essays on my Reflections blog. These include the following essays so far:
- My Philosophy
- The power of marketing
- You don't need a larger audience, you need a more qualified audience

- Be good at marketing what you do, not just good at creating photographs


Visit the Reflections Blog regularly to see new essays as they are published.

January 26th

Our first 2018 Workshop will be Death Valley in the Spring. Click Here to visit the description and registration page.

January 25th

We will be announcing a Death Valley Workshop in Spring 2018 shortly. If you are interested email me at alain@beautiful-landscape.com

These are our current Workshops and Seminars. Some have openings and some are sold out.

January 24th
The Start the Year in Style special offer ends this week. If you want to take advantage of it do so now. All the details are here.

January 13th
Our Start the Year in Style special offer is live. All the details are here.

January 11th
New photographs are being added to the Online Portfolios Section, and specifically to the new Images Created in 2017 section. These consist of images created both in 2016 and in 2017 and published now. As is my habit I publish them under the heading of '2017 Photographs' because I go by the publication date, not the creation date.

The addition of these new photographs is an ongoing process. Expect to see new images coming up at irregular intervals over the next few days or weeks, as my schedule allows.

January 9th
New Year resolution #2: collect art
I am always surprised at the number of fine art photographers who do not collect art. Art for me is a lifestyle. I love beautiful things and having beautiful things in my life is an essential aspect of who I am. As an artist I know that collecting art is indistinguishable from the act of creating art. Owning art by different artists in different mediums is inspirational. Their vision is expressed and shared in their work. To be able to see it everyday nourishes my soul. I encourage you to collect art, originals or reproductions depending on your budget. Being an artist is not just making art, it is also living with art. No one can create in a vacuum.

See New Year resolution #1 on the January 3rd entry below

January 7th

Here are our current workshop openings:

 

Antelope Canyon
Workshop

A few seats left

Navajoland Workshop
A few seats left

2017 Zion
Fine Art Photo Summit
Field workshop

half-full

January 6th
The January 2017 Print of the Month is available.

January 3rd

New year Resolution #1: Learn how to reach the next step with your photography

It's that time of year again! Over the next few weeks I will be featuring New Year Resolutions to help you reach the next step with your Fine Art Photography. Here is the first one:

The start of a new year is the time to start new resolutions. For photographers this means improving your photography or making your business more profitable if you are selling your images. Regardless of your goals or achievement level, it always means reaching the next step with your work because art is a journey and not a destination.

We all know that success requires efforts and that efforts equals results. The question is which efforts are you going to make this year, in 2017, in regards to reaching the next step with your work?

This can be both a difficult question and a difficult decision to implement. Our workshops and mentoring programs are designed to help you reach your goals. Take a look at our current workshop openings and see which one best fits your need. We just announced the 2017 Zion Fine Art Photography Summit and the field workshops are starting to sell out. Don't delay if these have your name on it. The best time to make decisions is now.

January 1st, 2017

Natalie and I wish you a glorious Happy New Year! May the New Year bring you health, happiness, beautiful light, fantastic photography and be the best ever. May all your wishes come true.

Happy New Year to all of you from Natalie and I.
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Layers Mastery Workshop on DVD owner
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I am enjoying the new layers DVD very much . I think this is a fabulous product and the information is very valuable. For me, perhaps the most valuable part is the discussions of the master files.

Mike
Layers Mastery Workshop on DVD owner



Thank you very much for putting so much of your knowledge into a form
that we can all learn from.

Your Marketing Mastery Workshop on DVD has not only taught me a lot about marketing,
it has also inspired me to try even harder to sell my work.

I am excited about holding my own exhibits in the near future!

Peter Ahrens, Australia


Of all the photography workshops and classes I've attended, the Route 66 experience opened the door to unexpected forms of creativity.  

I am very happy with the images I produced on that trip.  In fact, I ended up with more interesting images from that workshop than from any other.  

Thanks again!

Joel Geffen


I am still on a high from my wonderful time with both of you. 
It was very, very special to be with you in the Navajo country.

Ginny, Colorado

Summit 2010 and Vision Field Workshop participant



I am about half way through your new book and very impressed. 
You have done a great job with it and I am finding the concepts very helpful.
Thank you for writing such a great book.  I am really enjoying it. 
Your photo of the stars rotating around Polaris is wonderful.

Doug,
California



The Layers Mastery Workshop on DVD has helped me excel my work in a way that no other book,
tutorial (NAPP member) or seminar has. Your down-to-earth teaching style and your willingness
to share your techniques is unmatched in this business.

Thank you Sincerely

David Wolfe


Marketing Fine Art Photography is The Best photography business book
I have EVER read!

I'll make this short: if you are a student, an emerging or a professional photographer just wanting to improve your bottom line, read this book. The author is personable and helpful and the text is enjoyable.

Christine Goldbeck, Middletown, PA



Although I do not envision selling my work anytime in the near future I bought Marketing Fine Art Photography figuring there would be some useful info that I could apply in the workplace somehow (personal brand, etc).

I have so far read Part 1 & Part 2 (Chapters 1-8) and I can say that the book is more than I expected (not that I have low expectations for any book from Alain based on all the previous ones).

I found that these first 8 chapters contain much information that causes me to think differently about my work and artistry in general and gives me energy to do some different things in the future. Good stuff Alain!

John Motzi, Downingtown, PA



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