Love, Light & Laughter
with Olga Levien
4 WEEK WORKSHOP BEGINS MAR 23
Find the LIGHT and share the LOVE.
You will move through a number of stages to create a powerful photograph, by working with visualization and intuition, using landscape marks, finding ways to connect to your subject and how to create emotive imagery that speak from your heart. You will discover your authentic voice, how to process images in your unique style to bring your vision to life and share your “light and love”. You will also learn how to use psychology in photography such as communication, body language, ways of evoking and translating emotions, bringing personality and a sense of connection to your work. You will explore how to create effective workflows to keep the balance with your photography, social media, business and life, learn how to create a personal “photography map”, and how to continue to stay true to yourself as you develop your skills and talent.
“This workshop is about YOU, your passion and struggles, your journey and discoveries. I’m simply here to help you find your strengths, to enable you to discover and translate your unique voice, to improve your photography and storytelling. I’ll help you grow and progress, as you discover your Voice, learn a solid understanding of the elements of the frame, bringing light, composition, elements of design, moments and storytelling together, while keeping your photography and home life in harmony, enabling to connect to your audience, and continue progressing.”
The course aims to discover the student’s personal strengths. It will provide tools for personal and professional growth by learning new techniques, as well as encouragement and support for the student’s development as an artist and storyteller. This course is not genre specific and all photographic interests are welcome.
This course is beneficial for both new and experienced photographers.
PREREQUISITES
To get the most out of this workshop, students should be comfortable using their cameras in manual mode.
what you’ll get
WEEKLY LESSONS
4 weekly lesson PDFs
Bonus PDF
Bonus Presets
VIDEOS
Multiple Shooting and Editing Videos
Reflection Video
Behind the Scenes Video
DAILY INSTRUCTOR-LED Q&A
Full participation students engage in instructor-led discussion and Q&A for daily interaction and support. Study along students have full viewing access.
LIVE CHATS
WEEKLY DISCUSSIONS
syllabus
Welcome & Preassignment
Introductions
Welcome PDF and Q&A; what to expect
Portfolio feedback: Identifying strengths and areas to be improved
Tale One
LEARN ABOUT
Your own photography journey
Your whys and motivations
Your voice, personality and experience
Shooting with intent
Visualization techniques
Working on location
Using landscape marks and the natural environment
Your vision and intuition
Positive approach in photography
ASSIGNMENTS
Your Voice
Shooting on location with intent
Tale Two
LEARN ABOUT
Elements of a photograph
Types of composition
Elements of design
Balance and harmony of the frame
Beauty of simplicity, how less is more
Using the light to create a mood in photographs
Capture moments
Storytelling techniques
ASSIGNMENT
Colour, Shape, Lines and Composition; Light and Moments
Story in one and many frames
Tale Three
LEARN ABOUT
Psychology in photography
Creating connection
Ways of evoking and translating emotions
Body language
Posing and ‘Un-posing’
Bringing personality, connection and emotions in your work
Refining your style, creating a mood in post-processing
Color palette and editing styles
Working in Lightroom and Photoshop
Ways to pop your subject and complete the story
Workflow, how to save time in post-processing
ASSIGNMENTS
Emotions and Connection {using props/connection cards}
Refining Editing Style, creating a mood in post-processing
Tale Four
LEARN ABOUT
Your personal photography map and photography goals
How to lift your work to the next level
Creating a stand-out portfolio
How to choose the best images
Explore ways to connect to your audience
Harmony in social media {Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest etc.}
The power of word and vulnerability
Creativity and inspiration
Finding balance
Harmony of development
ASSIGNMENT
Instagram/Facebook posts {images + captions, hashtags}
Personal “Photography Map”
Portfolio
about your instructor
Olga Levien is a New Zealand artist, mum, mentor, and a successful award-winning wedding and family photographer. You’ll often meet Olga on the wild Auckland beaches capturing connection between couples, or at the ice rink mastering her spins and jumps in adult figure skating competitions.
She’s also an everyday storyteller seeking adventures and loves to capture family activities with her three active little ones. “I love to capture the beauty in the details and harmony in moments”. Olga connects her passion for photography and teaching in her educational projects. She earned her PhD in pedagogical science and has worked as a teacher and a university lecturer. Originally from Saint-Petersburg in Russia, Olga met her Kiwi husband overseas, in Europe, and moved countries for LOVE.
She strives to share her heart and soul as openly as possible, creating a positive experience for others in a safe and friendly environment, where students can open themselves to new discoveries and inspiration.
Her class aims to help students discover their authentic voice and their strengths as a photographer and artist. Learn from Olga’s world of creating powerful connections and emotions in her photographs, learn to shoot on location in any type of light and environment, be inspired, gain practical knowledge and skills and … many more surprises! Join Olga on this exciting and inspiring adventure packed with tips and fresh techniques!
how it works
Full Participation students engage in an interactive online classroom experience that includes instructor-led group discussions and detailed, personalized guidance for the duration of the workshop. Full participation students post their assignments in the workshop and receive critique each week.
Study Along students have access to all materials and are able to view all content and conversation in the main workshop. Study along students will not be able to ask the instructor questions or request instructor feedback on their assignments, but they can follow along with instructor critiques of the Full Participation assignments.
START LEARNING
Class content is organized into simple steps as part of a clear, self-guided pathway inside your private online classroom, so you can check off each interactive step as you go.
GET WEEKLY LESSONS
Each week, you'll receive a set of course materials, which typically includes written & video content. All course materials are yours to download and keep.
STUDY & ASK QUESTIONS
You'll get access to a private online classroom for sharing and discussion. The instructor is present every day to answer questions and offer encouragement.
COMPLETE WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS
Students receive an assignment to complete each week; full participation students will receive instructor feedback on submitted assignments.
Olga’s work always so inspires me. I knew I HAD to take this course, even as a observer. What you can see from the start is her absolute dedication to help you grow and develop your knowledge to become all you want in your heart and outwards in your work. She is a beautiful soul inside and out and one never gets the feeling she is holding back on any trade secrets. I was constantly surprised by addition bonus content. Already, people are saying there is a new vibe to my photos. You cannot help but be moved by this course.
Absolutely a game changer. This class was so much more than I expected and really covered all aspects of my photography, including giving instruction on how to grow the business side of things as well as how to make sure that I am doing what I love and achieving my personal goals (and setting them!). I loved the encouraging and gracious way that Olga instructs while also definitely working to push us to our best. I would recommend this class in a heartbeat, and will probably be re-reading the class materials and watching the videos for the next couple of months because there is SO MUCH great content there!
Thanks, Olga, for telling me to give myself permission to try new things – I am already seeing a difference in the way I shoot and how I am willing to try something completely different, even if I might fail the first time or it might not work out how I envisioned.
This workshop with Olga was a complete game-changer for me. My photography progressed more than ever. Olga is so completely generous with her photography wisdom, and such a warm, delightful, and encouraging human. She gave well above and beyond of her time and really helped me open up as a photographer and a person. I will honestly take all of the workshops Olga offers. Loved it so much!
Thank you so much for your kind words, Sarah! I’m so glad you joined!
Love, Light & Laughter with Olga was by far the best and most useful workshop that I have ever taken! And I have taken many, here on CM and other platforms! After Tales of the Moment, I expected a lot of materials, in-depth information and many videos (I love the way Olga creates her videos by showing the footage and explaining what she is doing, rather than providing only the raw footage from the shoots with no comments) and Love, Light & Laughter lived up fully to my expectations – beautiful PDFs with tons of info backed up with numerous videos and exercises. I enjoyed and looked forward to every week and assignment! But what I found really invaluable were Olga’s reviews and critique. Olga spots and points out everything that needs attention and more work without any sugar coating and this is how she can really help you grow and develop. She provided detailed video feedback for each assignment which was at least 20 min long and answered in detailed every single question posted in the forum. I was truly impressed by her presence in the workshop. Olga is an instructor who will push you to find yourself in your photography and encourage you to work hard and follow your voice. With her enthusiasm and passion for photography, she is an inspiration. Join Olga, be prepared to work hard to get the most of the workshop and you won’t ever want it to end! Thank you, Olga!
Thank you so much, Lidiya! Your kind words mean the world to me! Your hard work did pay off! I loved to watch your journey and glad to support your development! We had such amazing time!
Wow. This is my second course with Olga and did not disappoint. The time and effort she has put in is phenomenal. For each assignment we received a 5-10 minute video EACH. She really opened our eyes to look at what we love about photography and to pursue that. There were so many editing videos and behind the scenes videos, it was soooo great. I can’t wait to hopefully see Olga when she comes to Sydney. She is a breathe of fresh air!!
Thank you so much, Sue! I appreciate your constant support and trust! Mean a lot to me! It was a pleasure to see you grow as an artist!
WOW! I cannot believe how much I have learned in 4 weeks, and how much it has changed not just the way I take photographs, but what I think about before pushing the button. So many a-ha moments! If this is a class you are considering, then I would say go for it, you will not be sorry! You will learn, be inspired, motivated and understand so much more about your own creativity and potential.
Olga, thank you so much for sharing not just your incredible knowledge and talent, but your passion and time. It is obvious how much you poured into this class and how much you gave us in return. Each tale with additional bonus videos and notes and each assignment with so many comments, ideas and techniques to help each of us on our individual journeys. You went above and beyond and the effort, care and consideration you gave each of us was truly appreciated.
Thank you so much. You have been an absolute inspiration and motivation and I cannot wait to put some of my new skillset into action! I would love to keep in touch and if you ever run any more workshops, styled shoots or meet ups, please think of me as I would love to join you again sometime!
Thank you so much for your kind words Andie! Im so glad you joined!
This was my favorite class at Clickin Moms. Olga has an incredible ability to see the unique potential in each student and to nurture it. I left this class more certain of my voice and my style. I now know he steps I need to take to grow as a photographer. I feel this class was a game changer for me.
Thank you so much Amy! Your kind words mean a lot to me!