THE NSV PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Change Your Trauma Story Today
SEPT 2 – 8, 2024 in Ely, mn
About NSV Photography Workshop
Our flagship experience, the Photography Workshop, is an educational and healing experience. Based in Ely, MN, you’ll experience nature immersion, art immersion, and opportunities to share your story with your brothers and sisters.
You’ll hear loons sing on the lake, watch stunning sunrises and sunsets from your cabin. Take photo walks along beautiful shorelines. Photograph the stars (and maybe the Auroras!)
You’re provided all the equipment to learn photography and edit photos, and create a stunning masterpiece. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. You’ll be trained by award-winning photographers.
Next Step Opportunities
Each NSV program offers “next step” opportunities after participation in one of our programs. These opportunities allow you to reconnect with your brothers and sisters, reengage with the activity and remain on the path of changing your trauma story.
Curriculum
This is a comprehensive list of possible activities, depending on weather conditions.
- Classroom and field equipment training
- Classroom and field concept training
- Sunrise and sunset photography
- Night Sky photography
- Nature photography
- Wildlife photography at the International Wolf Center
- Wildlife photography at the North American Bear Center
- Waterfall photography
- Portrait photography
- Photo editing each day
- Talk at Brandenburg Photo Gallery
- Print day
“This program inspired me to slowly warm up to the idea of getting out of my home and into nature. This has been a struggle. Yesterday was the first time I went outside of my comfort zone and went hiking. I know that without my experience with the NSV program, this wouldn’t have happened.”
“Alec always went above and beyond to share his knowledge and expertise in photography with us. He would go out of his way to spend time with and connect to each of us individually. Alec not only made it easy to understand in his teaching style and approach, he made it fun and the laughing for me was therapeutic in itself.”
Gallery
Your Volunteer Instructors and support team
Alec Johnson - Instructor
Since 2018 Alec has volunteered with Honoring Our Veterans and is now the Executive Director of North Star Valor. He lives in Saint Paul, MN and is a part-time professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas. He is also a freelance automotive and architecture photographer, and award-winning fine art landscape and portrait photographer. Early in his career, Alec was a professional test driver for Goodyear Tire Co.
Heidi Pinkerton - Instructor
Heidi Pinkerton is one of northern Minnesota’s premiere night sky photographers. Specializing in photographing the Aurora borealis and based on the edge of true wilderness, she uses her professional experience and a lifetime of intuition to create unforgettable images of wildlife and wild skies. Along with her husband, Tom, Heidi lives in northern Minnesota.
Tom Hall - Support Team and Board Member
Upon an honorable discharge from the military Tom earned a bachelor’s in political science from Iowa State University while playing defensive end for the football team before completing my master’s degree in international relations from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He is currently enrolled for my Doctorate in business administration with the University of South Florida with a focus on rural American businesses
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tchall18/
Guy Townsend - Support Team and Board Member
US Army Veteran Guy Townsend.
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Our Location
Saint Paul, MN