The Top Three Workshops in San Marcos, California

San Marcos, California is in North San Diego County. It is not on the coast, however, and does not have any spectacular landmarks. It does, however, have a “hidden talent,” so to speak. This small city has a wonderful California State University, as well as a local college. Both schools are very good. I suppose you could say that San Marcos is a great place to learn.

The local Palomar College in San Marcos offers some of the best adult workshops I have ever experienced, at a fairly low cost. Most of these workshops are only a day or two long, and may be fun to try out if you are ever in the San Diego area.

I have taken quite a few of these workshops, and have been quite pleased with all of them. I also feel that they are much better quality than some of the higher priced workshops found in the larger cities. You can learn everything from sushi making, to belly dancing, to podcasting, to filmmaking, to hologram making. I am going to discuss my three personal favorites.

One of my favorite workshops is the two day “Photography: Beginning” class with Paul Johnson. Many places have photography workshops and classes, but there are two things that make this particular workshop different.

The first is that the first day of the workshop is spent in the classroom, learning how to use your manual camera (either digital or film), and the second day is spent at Balboa Park, practicing what you have learned. What better place to take pictures than Balboa Park? It is a beautiful place to spend the day and, since you provide your own transportation to the park, you can spend as much time there as you want once the class is over.

The second thing that makes the Photography workshop at Palomar college wonderfully different is the instructor. Paul Johnson is extremely knowledgeable, and really teaches you all the best tips and tricks for taking highly professional artistic photographs. He covers some things that many other photography instructors are either unable (because they don't know) or unwilling to share, and in a very short period of time.