Learn to Use Your Own Camera to Create
Photography Beyond Snapshots
This is a class for novice photographers through advanced snapshooters. If you take pictures with your camera on "Auto," but wonder why you get the results you get, this is for you. In this class you'll learn:
- How to use the shutter speed control to render moving subjects the way you want.
- How to use the aperture control (f-stop) to change the "feel" of your photos (D.O.F).
- How shutter speed and aperture (f-stop) interact with each other (E.V.)
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How to use your camera on the manual or "M" setting.
That's going to be a great shot! But what could this photographer do—in one second—to get a more dramatic result? Answer when we study "composition." - How to fine-tune exposure using digital photo analysis
- How to use strobe lighting to fix viewers' attention
- How to use and ignore the "laws" of photographic composition to produce compelling images
- Scratch-the-surface introduction to digital photo retouching
- Dip-under-the-surface discussion of underwater photography
- Your own digital camera, of any age or type, as long as it offers a Manual or "M" setting and direct control of shutter speed and aperture (f-stop).
- An internet-connected device that will allow you to use Zoom (I suggest something larger than a smart phone as we'll be viewing photos).
- To pay the class fee, $320 for you, $280 for members of your family.
- A sense of humor: we're going to learn from each other's mistakes (including mine), so don't take yours too seriously.
- You won’t need to be available for every meeting. Since class will be held on Zoom, I will record every class and make the recordings available to all participants.
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Here's a situation with complex lighting. What can you do to get a result that does justice to the beauty of the scene?
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At each meeting we will also:
- Have a photo assignment to do between meetings—homework—which you'll be able to do in about 20 minutes.
- Deconstruct the results of the week's photo assignment
- Learn to shoot better by assessing what worked and what didn't in our own photos and each other's
- Laugh a lot
This will be a "Weeknight Night Camera Club." We'll meet once a week on Zoom on Either Monday or Thursday evenings (to be determined by group preference) at 7:30pm (Pacific Standard Time) until about 9pm. Not too long, only about 90 minutes each time.
Our first meeting will be on
#0 Thursday, November 16 Prequel Meeting
** One week break for Thanksgiving **
#1 November 30 Official "start" date.
#2 December 7
** Three week break due to Marc traveling and Christmas **
#3 January 4
January 11 (class cancelled due to illnesses)
#4 January 18
#5 January 25
#6 February 1
#7 February 8
#8 February 15I have several people hoping for a "Level 2" class after this one, which I'd like to start in March.
Fees & Sign Up
The class costs
$320 per person, but you can add additional members of your family/household at $280. Arts education for the kids? Absolutely! Anyone old enough to handle and understand a camera is welcome.
Ready to start? Use this email link to register. Be sure to include your telephone number.
We'll handle payments in mid-October. Check by US Mail, AppleCash or Zelle preferred. Credit Cards are accepted, too.
