Photography Workshops

Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Photographers Welcome!

Do you love taking photos?

Have you looked at professional photos and wondered how the photographer created such beauty? 
Do you want to impress everyone with amazing images? Has it always been your dream to become a photographer? Learn 4 secrets about lighting, focusing and motion not found in books that will make your photos look professional! Study with Albuquerque’s world-class photographer Valerie Santagto. Valerie Santagto’s career spans the high fashion world of New York City and Europe for clients like Vogue, Revlon, Pierre Cardin, Harper’s Bazaar, and Andy Warhol, to local corporate clients such as Blue Cross Blue Shield and PNM of New Mexico.

This workshop includes:

• 2 hour lecture @ National Hispanic Cultural Center or the Harwood Art Center followed by a photo safari
• Basic to advanced photography techniques
• How to use the settings on your camera
• How to take photographs like a professional
• By the time you are finished with my workshop you’ll be able to use your camera and lighting as tools of your artistry! You will be amazed at your ability to take striking photos.

This event will address:

• Learning the dance between the ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed.
• Aperture –  Controls depth of field
• Shutter Speed – Controls movement
• Lighting – Learn to light with multiple or singe light sources
• Metering – A faster method to achieve optimal exposure
• Composition -Designing a photograph using depth of field and “Rule of Thirds”.
• Completion – Take photos like a pro

For $179 each student receives the following: (Normally a $300 value)

A 2 hour lecture teaching you how to use and understand the settings on your camera, proper application of lighting techniques, use of artistic principles and the experience of being instructed by one of New Mexico’s top photographers for the past 25 years, Valerie Santagto, followed by a 2 hour photo safari.

Workshops are held on Saturdays by appointment.

(excluding holidays)

To register, please call

Valerie Santagto at: 505-366-3256