Photography / Digital Camera / Photo Editing   

No Class 11/22.   

The best way to learn to take good pictures is to shoot pictures and then share positive critiques; this is how we all learn. Each week in this class, I will give you a different photography assignment, and the next week, come to class with your three best pictures on a flash drive. We'll spend part of the class looking at everyone's work. It's stimulating and inspiring to see what everyone comes up with. Make sure you have the manual for your camera. If you don't, you can download it at www.cameramanualsonline.com. Print it, or save it to a flash drive. Make sure the battery is charged.

No class 11/22.  

Please bring your camera, a charged battery or two and memory cards.

Students should have a general understanding of their camera. Laptops are welcome.

It is important to know the Rule of Thirds, Framing, Filling the Frame, Leading Lines, Symmetry, Focus and Background. For the first class please choose one of these rules or another that is not listed and bring an example of a photo that you have taken using a photographic rule. Additionally, you may choose to bring an example you love and tell us why you broke a rule when you composed your shot. When we are in the field please wear sturdy shoes and bring water and an umbrella. Please set up a free FLICKR account prior to coming to the first class.

For your first class please research and be prepared to discuss one street photographer of your choice and bring a link to your favorite image by that artist. For trips in the field please wear sturdy walking shoes and bring water and an umbrella. And, of course, don't forget your camera! Please set up a free FLICKR account prior to coming to the first class.

Please bring your widest angle lens or a fisheye or wide angle lens. For the first class please research one architectural photographer of your choice and bring a link to one image from that artist. While in the field classes we will be photographing the very same buildings in the City of Sarasota that you see every day - but guaranteed that you are looking at them from a new angle. Please bring water, and umbrella and camera. Please set up a free FLICKR account prior to coming to the first class.

For our first class we will work with the lightbox and hone in skills necessary to make an image that will be gastronomically pleasing.  In the field we will visit a grocery store and restaurant to photograph meals or treats in their original environment. In this class cell phone cameras are welcome. Please set up a free FLICKR account prior to coming to the first class.

Please bring links to photos you find on your social media that you believe are representative - or not - of flowers and we will have a critique during the first class. In the field we will practice what we learn in the classroom and spend time making flower portraits. For the field activities please wear sturdy shoes and bring water, an umbrella and of course, your camera. Cell phone cameras are fine for this course.  Please set up a free FLICKR account prior to coming to the first class.

Please set up a free FLICKR account prior to coming to the first class. 

NO CLASS NOV 25.     

Bring to class your digital camera, a flash/thumb drive and/or your mobile camera phone as well as your laptop (don’t forget your passwords and your cables, too).   

No class NOV 24. 

Basic computer skills are recommended for this class.
Please bring your images on memory cards, jump drives or portable hard drives. We will also
go over good backup strategies for photographers. Laptops are welcome.

This is a hands-on class -- bring your smartphone charged and ready to play with.  

No class 11/25.