In February I am teaching a comprehensive 4-evening Nature Photography Class at Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon.

Classes are all Monday nights, 5:30 to 8:30pm. Here is a link with more details and registration info.

The classes start on Monday, Feb. 8th at 5:30pm. Each class is 3 hours long and the are classes run 4 Monday nights in a row, Feb 8, 15, 22 and 29th.

Nature Photography Class at Skagit Valley College

Course Outline:

Day 1 – Training will focus on how to set aperture and shutter speed manually to optimize your creative skills.

We will go over bracketing so that you will always get the right shot and cover the use of polarizers,
shooting on the RAW format and more.

Day 2 – The rules of photo composition will completely discussed, from the Rule of Thirds, to leading lines,
use of reflections, selective focus and depth of field, all the pro tips will be covered on how to compose an
alluring image.

Day 3 – Photo Editing. You may have seen images on the web of places you’ve been that look better than the
images you took there. This is often mainly due to editing! Photoshop has become a required skill for all nature
and landscape photography. We will discuss and show how to edit images in the RAW format and use some of the
powerful Photoshop techniques to make your images shine. The outcome is a basic knowledge of Photoshop and
how to create stunning landscape images.

Day 4 – This is a Field Day class, meaning that we will visit a local photogenic site and do in the field instruction.
At the end of the class you will submit 4 of your edited images for evaluation.

Student Learning Outcomes

• The ability to use the manual mode to maximize your outdoor images.

• A thorough understanding of Nature Photography Composition basics.

• Basic knowledge of Photoshop and how to create stunning landscape images.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions about the class @ andyporterphotography@gmail.com

Hope to see you there!

Here is a link to a complete calendar of Andy Porter Photography Classes

And here is a link to Andy Porter Photo Tours!