Summer is Officially Here! 

Hope you have lots of cool plans. 

Here is an updated Summer Schedule for all Classes.

Full schedule of classes will resume each month, starting in September. Stay Tuned for the Fall Schedule. 

PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES IN LA CONNER

How to use your DSLR to Capture Awesome Images – Class 1

What the class teaches:

• How to Shoot in Manual Mode
• Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO. These 3 settings will be explained in detail with lots of examples and images.
• Depth of Field: You’ll learn how a photographer changes this in an image.
• Bracketing Exposure is capturing multiple images of the same subject with different exposures.
• A Circular Polarizer is an optical filter that screws onto the end of the lens.
• Raw vs. Jpeg – We’ll discuss this as well as an overview of editing a RAW image file.
• Prerequisites: You must be familiar with you basic camera settings, taking pictures in Auto Mode, image review, etc.
• Equipment Required: A DSLR or Mirrorless Camera with interchangeable lenses. 

Dates and Times:

• July 16, Tuesday – 6pm

How to Capture Awesome Images with your DSLR – Class 2

What the class teaches:

• Lenses and Focusing: Different lens focal lengths and what they are best for
• You’ll learn the technique of Focus & Recompose
• Sharper Images: Blurry images can be avoided by following one simple rule
• Hyper-focal Distance: How to extend your depth of field in landscape images.
• We will take time to practice these skills outdoors
• We will cover in detail how to capture Night Sky images of the stars and Milky Way.
• Discuss all the equipment needed
• Exact camera and lens settings, Walk through setting up out in the field!
• Locations for night sky imaging and more!
• Prerequisites: You must be completely comfortable with shooting in Manual Mode.  

 Dates and Times:

• June 26, Wednesday – 6pm
• July 25, Thursday – 6pm

Photo Composition Class in La Conner

What the class teaches:

How you compose a shot means everything. This class shows simple composition techniques and gives you an idea of what to look for when you’re out capturing images.

After we complete the classroom section of the workshop we will embark on a walking Photo Tour of La Conner where you will practice what you just learned.

• Rule of Thirds: This simple technique provides a framework for lining up your shots.
• How does YOUR position affect the image?
• How to simplify an image
• Layering: Near and Far
• Symmetry
• Reflections
• Leading Lines: Leading lines are lines within an image that leads the eye to another point in the image
• Angle of light / Time of Day
• Framing is a technique used to direct attention to the subject.
• What are Elements of Coolness and How to Add them to your Image
• Half the workshop is in the classroom, the other half we will be walking through La Conner looking for Photo Composition images!
• Prerequisites: None.
• Equipment Required: Any digital devise to capture images.

 Dates and Times:

• July 23, Tuesday – 6pm

TO REGISTER FOR SUMMER PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES CLICK HERE

 

Introduction to Photoshop – 2 sessions- $100

In these two sessions we will cover how to enhance your images using Camera Raw.  This allows you to adjust the shadows and highlights, as well as many other options, and make your image look much closer to what your eye saw when you captured the image.

The Introduction to Photoshop Class covers 2 separate sessions. In the first session you will learn how to edit images with Photoshop we will edit images together as a group and then you will have time to edit your own images in class. There will be homework assignments for you to complete before the second session.

Every month I will be teaching ALL of the Photoshop Classes. If you miss a class one month, you can come to the session next month.

In the second session we will review the home work and learn new Photoshop tools for selecting parts of an image to edit. We will cover how to replace a sky in an image and the file types for saving your edited images. As a final assignment you will capture and then create and edit a Panorama using your digital camera and Photoshop.

Dates and Times: 

• Introduction to Photoshop Session 1: July 3, Wednesday – 6pm
• Introduction to Photoshop Session 2: July 17, Wednesday – 6pm

TO REGISTER FOR SUMMER PHOTOSHOP CLASSES CLICK HERE