School of the World is one of the most affordable and beautiful places that you can learn both photography and yoga on vacation. Combining elements of a yoga retreat and photography workshop, we offer programs for all skill levels all year round. Our certified yoga instructors offer a wide variety of approaches including Iyengar based Hatha Yoga, Power Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, and Anusara based classes. Our photography program satisfies everyone from first time photographers to working professionals looking to learn new techniques. Beginners become acquainted with the fundamentals of photography, digital workflow, and basic digital editing. Advanced photographers learn new techniques, and students of all skill levels benefit from having a local guide take them to amazing locales to shoot that they otherwise would never see.
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Digital Photography and Yoga Four Week Program
Why not take a month to explore your creativity with photography and refresh your body and spirit with yoga? Four week photography students have time to cover all of the basics of photography, as well as take a lot of field trips for great landscape, portrait, street, travel, night, and time lapse lessons. You also get time to learn digital darkroom editing and workflow skills using Photoshop and Lightroom. Yoga classes are an hour and a half each day, M-F. This four week program includes lodging, 40 hours of Digital Photography Class, and 30 hours of Yoga Class. We offer several lodging options and our prices are affordable.
Digital Photography and Yoga Three Week Program
In this three week program students get time to learn techniques for achieving certain "looks" or stylized photos - using manual settings, lighting, lens selection, and post-production editing. With three weeks to deepen your yoga practice you will be feeling amazing and won't want to leave! The three week program includes lodging plus 30 hours of Digital Photography Class and 22.5 hours of Yoga Class. We offer several lodging options and our prices are affordable.
Digital Photography and Yoga Two Week Program
In this two week program there is time to cover all of the basics of photography, as well as take field trips for great landscape, portrait, street, travel, night, and time-lapse lessons. You also get an introduction to digital darkroom editing and workflow using Photoshop and Lightroom. Two weeks with our yoga instructors and you will be feeling like a new person! This two week program includes lodging plus 20 hours of Digital Photography Class and 15 hours of Yoga Class. We offer several lodging options and our prices are affordable.
Digital Photography and Yoga One Week Program
In this one week course students explore the fundamentals of photography including aperture, shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and composition. The one week course is designed to expand each student's photographic vocabulary and get some great Costa Rica vacation photos. We alternate yoga instructors throughout the week and the yoga classes continually change so that every new day offers new challenges and rewards for everyone. This one week program includes lodging plus 10 hours of Digital Photography Class and 7.5 hours of Yoga Class. We offer several lodging options and our prices are affordable.