Cottage Living Stage

Our seminar stage features seminars on design, hobbies, and making the most of cottage living!

Pure Michigan Photography Classes

Learn from professional photographer Kimberli Bindschatel on how to get the most out of your digital camera. 

Sign up for any one class, or get all four for only $99!
Registration includes a take-home package worth over $50!  Click on any of the links below to register.

Digital Boot Camp

Do you want to learn more about your digital SLR camera and take your photography to the next level? This crash course in the basic technical skills of photography is fast-paced and offers a wealth of information taught by Kimberli Bindschatel, professional photographer. Learn the essential relationship between shutter speed, f-stop (aperture), and ISO and discover how to use histograms to ensure proper exposures. The seminar includes a demo of Photoshop where you’ll learn how to prepare images for printing or the web and learn about file size, cropping and color adjustments. If you’d like, bring your camera and manual.

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Registration fee for this class is $45.

Photo Design - Composition

How do you create a photograph? First learn the guidelines for good composition, how to recognize them and then incorporate them into your own work. Well-composed pictures often take careful planning and sometimes patience. We’ll explore how to walk on the art side of photography.

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Registration fee for this class is $25.

Top Ten Tips from a Pro Photographer

Want to learn some of the tricks of the trade? In this seminar you’ll learn some simple techniques from a pro with years of experience. You’ll get ten new tips that will greatly improve the quality of your photography.

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Registration fee for this class is $25.

Photography - Beyond the Basics

Know your camera well? What’s next? In this seminar, we’ll explore new horizons of photography. Natural lighting, focusing techniques, portrait and wildlife tips, and much more!

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Registration fee for this class is $25.

Janet Schrader - "Sand Pirate"

Janet Schrader is the founder and owner of Fairy Godmother Services: Sand Sculpting, Photography, & Beach Art, started in 2006.

After successfully fighting a severe battle with cancer, Janet found comfort walking the shoreline of Lake Mi. Looking for answers among the beach treasure (beach glass, rocks, fossils, & driftwood) Schrader found more then what she was looking for.  What she found was a new way of life, a new philosophy, and a new career.

Come to the show and see in person, how living by the lake has changed her life.

Sand Sculpting Lessons

Come join the fun, and learn the secrets of sand. Professional sand sculptor Janet Moore Schrader, will teach how to make towers, doors, windows, and stairs.

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KIDS!! Storm The Castle!

What's the best thing about building a sand castle? DESTROYING IT!! First you'll learn how to make sand cannon balls and throw them at toy soldiers guarding the castle ramparts. Then you'll get to stomp the castle to the ground!

Giant Sandcastle Build!

Watch the fun, as professional sand sculptor Janet Moore Schrader, builds a giant medieval sandcastle!

The castle will be design for audience participation, so just ask Janet how you can help!

When completed the sculpture will become a photo opportunity to pose in, so don't forget your cameras.

Dallas Carlson - Nature & Wildlife Photographer

Dallas Carlson had the privilege of being raised by his grandparents who loved to spend time exploring Michigan's great outdoors. As a child he spent summers either in their cabin by the river, or traveling extensively throughout Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Camping and exploring the rugged beauty of the north year after year, he developed a deep love and passion for the wilderness and the animals that call this place home.

His training has not been through formal teaching or institutions, but rather by wildlife biologists how to respectfully fit in with the wild creatures he is photographing.

To see some of Dallas' work, check out www.HisHandiworkPhotography.com

Nature Photography at Your Cottage

Get tips on taking great nature photos around your cottage through the lens of professional photographer Dallas Carlson.

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