Watercolor Painting Workshop
This 3-hour workshop is a great way to set the stage for your Sedona Hummingbird Festival experience. Watercolor artist and teacher Sandra Beck will lead you through the process of sketching and painting a watercolor hummingbird portrait, and you will leave with your very own completed painting as well as the painting supplies you used to create it! This class is designed for beginners, but anyone will enjoy it. The workshop will be held in Canyon Trails Cowboy Church, 1.5 miles (3-minute drive) from Hummingbird Central.
Limit: 20
Date & Time: Thursday, July 25, 1-4pm
Cost: $30
Human-Hummingbird Interspecies Communication Workshop
Join internationally recognized animal communicator Nancy Windheart for a unique animal communication workshop focused on hummingbirds. Nancy’s in-person workshops are in high demand and sell out quickly, so this is really an extraordinary opportunity.
In this 6-hour program (divided into a morning and afternoon session), you will have an opportunity to “unplug” from your normal life and learn new ways of being and understanding. You will experience new ways of listening through practices of silence, guided exercises and meditations, and other practices designed to help you open your internal intuitive and telepathic senses and listen and hear in new ways.
We will practice with hummingbirds and other animals both in person and at a distance, and have time for questions, feedback and guidance.
- Explore how you have already communicated telepathically with animals and expand on your experiences.
- Learn and practice tools for sending and receiving telepathic communication.
- Understand the levels of communication that are possible with other species.
- Learn how to experience animals’ perspectives and viewpoints.
- Enjoy exercises and meditations that open your heart, increase your awareness and understanding of animals and your receptivity to telepathic communication.
Come prepared to open into new ways of being and perceiving with the support of Nancy, the other workshop participants, the local hummingbirds, and the beautiful, nurturing energy of our host home. The workshop will be held in a private Sedona residence less than 4 miles from Hummingbird Central, with spectacular red rock views and dozens of hummingbirds at the feeders.
Limit: 15
Date & Times: Monday, July 29, 9-noon and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $350
Costa’s Hummingbird
Photography Workshops
We are offering 4 hummingbird photography workshops, all led by professional photography instructor Lisa Langell. These workshops will be held in two of the most beautiful hummingbird gardens in the area, filled with a large population of hummingbirds.
Beginning Hummingbird Photography
Love photographing hummingbirds but struggle to use the correct settings and techniques? Lisa will teach you critical information to improve the quality of your images.
You will learn:
- Suggested settings for shutter speed and aperture to ensure sharp eyes and reduce motion blur in your images
- Essential composition tips
- Suggestions on what lighting, foreground and backgrounds work to make your images more eye-catching
Note: Lisa will help you prepare to get the most out of this workshop by providing you with essential pre-workshop homework: a two-part introductory video and a zoom class. Details to come after you register.
This class will be held in the Village of Oak Creek in a private garden filled with hummingbirds, with red rocks in the background. It is 15 miles (30 minutes) from Hummingbird Central.
Gear to bring: DSLR, Mirrorless or Bridge camera with a lens length of 200mm to 600mm, memory cards and batteries. Tripod optional.
Limit: 12
Date & Time: Thursday, July 25, 4-7pm
Cost: $110
Intermediate-Advanced Hummingbird Photography
Do you love photographing hummingbirds in natural light and want to take it a step further? Join Lisa Langell as she provides helpful tips for expanding how you photograph hummingbirds.
You will learn:
- How shutter speed will affect wing blur / sharpness and how you can experiment with speeds to get varying looks
- What focus settings work best to get the most out of your camera’s eye-tracking and continuous focus features
- Expanding on composition and aperture to give more subject-background separation
On Thursday, this class will be held in the Village of Oak Creek in a private garden filled with hummingbirds, with red rocks in the background. It is 15 miles (30 minutes) from Hummingbird Central. On Monday, this class will be held in Cornville at “Tiny Waters,” a lush garden filled with interesting plants, ornaments, and of course many hummingbirds. It is 12.5 miles (15 minutes) from Hummingbird Central.
Gear to bring: DSLR, Mirrorless or Bridge camera with a lens length of 200mm to 600mm, memory cards and batteries. Tripod optional.
Limit: 12 on Thursday and 12 on Monday
Dates & Times: Thursday, July 25, 6-9am
Monday, July 25, 6-9am
Cost: $110 each day
Hummingbird Photography and Videography with your Apple iPhone
Love capturing hummingbirds with your iPhone? Join Lisa Langell to learn key tips on taking better photos and video of these beautiful birds!
You will learn:
- How to take beautiful video and get close enough to your subject when doing so
- How to use your headphones to get remote photos of hummingbirds
- Basic composition tips
- What types of images are/are not possible with your iPhone
- Apps that can help post-process your shots into beautiful and artistic images
This class will be held in Cornville at “Tiny Waters,” a lush garden filled with interesting plants, ornaments, and of course many hummingbirds. It is 12.5 miles (15 minutes) from Hummingbird Central.
Gear to bring: iPhone (fully charged), tripod with a mount to hold your phone (tall enough to reach a feeder), pair of wired headphones for iPhone with volume control (optional, but suggested).
Limit: 12
Date & Time: Monday, July 29, 4-7pm
Cost: $110
Sponsors
Watercolor Painting Workshop
This 3-hour workshop is a great way to set the stage for your Sedona Hummingbird Festival experience. Watercolor artist and teacher Sandra Beck will lead you through the process of sketching and painting a watercolor hummingbird portrait, and you will leave with your very own completed painting as well as the painting supplies you used to create it! This class is designed for beginners, but anyone will enjoy it. The workshop will be held in Canyon Trails Cowboy Church, 1.5 miles (3-minute drive) from Hummingbird Central.
Limit: 20
Date & Time: Thursday, July 25, 1-4pm
Cost: $30
Human-Hummingbird Interspecies Communication Workshop
Join internationally recognized animal communicator Nancy Windheart for a unique animal communication workshop focused on hummingbirds. Nancy’s in-person workshops are in high demand and sell out quickly, so this is really an extraordinary opportunity.
In this 6-hour program (divided into a morning and afternoon session), you will have an opportunity to “unplug” from your normal life and learn new ways of being and understanding. You will experience new ways of listening through practices of silence, guided exercises and meditations, and other practices designed to help you open your internal intuitive and telepathic senses and listen and hear in new ways.
We will practice with hummingbirds and other animals both in person and at a distance, and have time for questions, feedback and guidance.
- Explore how you have already communicated telepathically with animals and expand on your experiences.
- Learn and practice tools for sending and receiving telepathic communication.
- Understand the levels of communication that are possible with other species.
- Learn how to experience animals’ perspectives and viewpoints.
- Enjoy exercises and meditations that open your heart, increase your awareness and understanding of animals and your receptivity to telepathic communication.
Come prepared to open into new ways of being and perceiving with the support of Nancy, the other workshop participants, the local hummingbirds, and the beautiful, nurturing energy of our host home. The workshop will be held in a private Sedona residence less than 4 miles from Hummingbird Central, with spectacular red rock views and dozens of hummingbirds at the feeders.
Limit: 15
Date & Times: Monday, July 29, 9-noon and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $350
Costa’s Hummingbird
Photography Workshops
We are offering 4 hummingbird photography workshops, all led by professional photography instructor Lisa Langell. These workshops will be held in two of the most beautiful hummingbird gardens in the area, filled with a large population of hummingbirds.
Beginning Hummingbird Photography
Love photographing hummingbirds but struggle to use the correct settings and techniques? Lisa will teach you critical information to improve the quality of your images.
You will learn:
- Suggested settings for shutter speed and aperture to ensure sharp eyes and reduce motion blur in your images
- Essential composition tips
- Suggestions on what lighting, foreground and backgrounds work to make your images more eye-catching
Note: Lisa will help you prepare to get the most out of this workshop by providing you with essential pre-workshop homework: a two-part introductory video and a zoom class. Details to come after you register.
This class will be held in the Village of Oak Creek in a private garden filled with hummingbirds, with red rocks in the background. It is 15 miles (30 minutes) from Hummingbird Central.
Gear to bring: DSLR, Mirrorless or Bridge camera with a lens length of 200mm to 600mm, memory cards and batteries. Tripod optional.
Limit: 12
Date & Time: Thursday, July 25, 4-7pm
Cost: $110
Intermediate-Advanced Hummingbird Photography
Do you love photographing hummingbirds in natural light and want to take it a step further? Join Lisa Langell as she provides helpful tips for expanding how you photograph hummingbirds.
You will learn:
- How shutter speed will affect wing blur / sharpness and how you can experiment with speeds to get varying looks
- What focus settings work best to get the most out of your camera’s eye-tracking and continuous focus features
- Expanding on composition and aperture to give more subject-background separation
On Thursday, this class will be held in the Village of Oak Creek in a private garden filled with hummingbirds, with red rocks in the background. It is 15 miles (30 minutes) from Hummingbird Central. On Monday, this class will be held in Cornville at “Tiny Waters,” a lush garden filled with interesting plants, ornaments, and of course many hummingbirds. It is 12.5 miles (15 minutes) from Hummingbird Central.
Gear to bring: DSLR, Mirrorless or Bridge camera with a lens length of 200mm to 600mm, memory cards and batteries. Tripod optional.
Limit: 12 on Thursday and 12 on Monday
Dates & Times: Thursday, July 25, 6-9am
Monday, July 25, 6-9am
Cost: $110 each day
Hummingbird Photography and Videography with your Apple iPhone
Love capturing hummingbirds with your iPhone? Join Lisa Langell to learn key tips on taking better photos and video of these beautiful birds!
You will learn:
- How to take beautiful video and get close enough to your subject when doing so
- How to use your headphones to get remote photos of hummingbirds
- Basic composition tips
- What types of images are/are not possible with your iPhone
- Apps that can help post-process your shots into beautiful and artistic images
This class will be held in Cornville at “Tiny Waters,” a lush garden filled with interesting plants, ornaments, and of course many hummingbirds. It is 12.5 miles (15 minutes) from Hummingbird Central.
Gear to bring: iPhone (fully charged), tripod with a mount to hold your phone (tall enough to reach a feeder), pair of wired headphones for iPhone with volume control (optional, but suggested).
Limit: 12
Date & Time: Monday, July 29, 4-7pm
Cost: $110
Sponsors