Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - At 11:30 am on Friday, December 28th, Mike Laking, in support of the Vallarta Botanical Gardens, will be presenting the Photography, Flowers and Photoshop Workshop on how to create beautiful art from your photographs. The workshop is free with a $60 peso admission to the Gardens.

Mike will instruct you on how to use Photoshop filters and actions, printers, paper, and inks; he will also talk about how to find free Photoshop video lessons. He will then take you on a guided photography tour of the pond area and orchid house. One lucky person will be chosen to have a photograph of their choice turned into a work of art by Mr. Laking.

Following the workshop, participants can join Mike in the Hacienda de Oro Restaurant for informal discussions and lunch. You will have the opportunity to order from a great menu - and enjoy great prices.

Mike Laking is a digital photo artisan who specializes in flowers. Using computer graphic techniques and his original photographs, he creates unique digital giclée photo art. Mike is the grand prize winner of the 2010 Vallarta Botanical Gardens Photography Contest, and third prize winner of the 2011 event. Mike also was the winner of Best Digital Photograph at the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Ottawa, Canada Orchid Society annual show.

Mike’s art has been featured in numerous exhibits, galleries, articles, and on TV. He has won several national and international awards and is included in collections across Canada, the United States, Europe, and Mexico. His fine art giclées are printed using museum quality archival inks, on fine art paper, gloss photographic paper, or premium gloss canvas in limited editions. Each limited edition print is signed and numbered and includes a certificate of authenticity.

You can purchase his individually crafted and signed greeting cards locally at the Vallarta Botanical Gardens and also at PV's 'Flowers to Go.' All cards are of local flowers taken in and around the Banderas Bay area.

Check out his YouTube videos and preview his art at mikelaking.com. Mike is happy to meet to discuss his photo art, commissions, and photo restoration projects which are now being accepted. He can be reached in PV on his cell at (322) 194-1795 until January 12th.

"I am a digital photo artisan who uses a camera to paint - and my passion is flowers. The delicate, fleeting bursts of colors, shapes, and sizes are what I strive to catch, so that when the flower is gone, the art remains." — Mike Laking.