FIVE-DAY PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP FOR Teenagers
Learn to see the world.
Then Photograph it.
A week-long intensive for students who might know their way around a camera and want to push it further. We’ll spend mornings in the classroom, afternoons in the field, and a full studio lighting session to close it out.
July 13th – July 17th, 2026, Boulder, Colorado; 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM daily
DSLR or Mirrorless camera required
5-day workshop
Ages 13 – 18
Some camera experience (or at least a motivation to learn) required
*Got a 12 yo who is super interested? Shoot me an email and let’s talk!
Cost: $400
WHO THIS is FOR
Teenagers who have some basic familiarity with their camera and want to go deeper: understanding manual mode, developing an eye, and exploring a wide range of approaches to photography. You don’t need to be advanced. You do need a DSLR or Mirrorless camera and a genuine curiosity to learn. Students must be self-motivated and okay working independently and in a group.
ABOUT THe WORKSHOP
This class is for students who have picked up a camera, gotten curious, and want to know more. The week is designed to move you – wherever it is you’re starting from – towards confidence, intentionality, and a genuine photographic voice.
Each of the first four days follows the same rhythm: mornings in the classroom working through theory, technique, and creative thinking. Then we’ll head out into the world to practice what we learned. We’ll be at the Boulder Main Library for classroom work, and then outside the library for afternoon practice: around Boulder Creek, Pearl Street, and maybe pop over to CU as well.
What you learn in the classroom, you will practice with your camera that same day. The week closes with a full studio lighting session – a taste of a discipline that takes years to master, but one that will sharpen how you think about light in any context, from the studio to the street.
By the end of the week, you’ll be shooting more confidently, thinking differently about light and composition, and you’ll have a clearer sense of what kind of photographer you want to become.
READY TO REGISTER? SAY NO MORE
There’s only one option in my scheduling calendar. click on July 13th at 9:00 am and hit submit. This will walk you through registration PROCESS.
Rest assured that you are signing up for the full week.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS
Natasha Rigg is a documentary family photographer and the owner of Heirloom Films & Photography. She’s had several careers in her life from restaurant manager to geologist to photographer. Her most important job has been Mom to Lucy and Annika.
She’s taken dozens of workshops herself and photographed just about everything out there, including landscapes, buildings, street, abstract, weddings, sports, families, seniors, school portraits, and older adults. Her favorite subjects, though, are people and their connection.
Sara Hertwig started her professional photography career as a photojournalist working for Evergreen Newspapers after graduating from MSU Denver with a bachelors degree in Journalism. In 2021 she pivoted and went full time with her photography business and now enjoys creating images and videos for nonprofits, working with businesses on brand photography, portraits and events. She still freelances for news outlets, but now her clients also include universities, law firms, hospitals, small businesses, large corporations and local musicians.
HOW TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT
There’s only one option in my scheduling calendar. click on July 13th at 9:00 am and hit submit. This will walk you through registration PROCESS.
Because your life is a story worth telling.