Digital Photography Class: Photographer Using Computer & Camera

"Improve Your Image"
Mastering the Art of Digital Photography

Demystifying Digital Photography: Classes Taught through Multimedia Experience

	Are you frustrated with the manual that came with your Digital Camera?
	Are you in the market for a new Digital Camera, and not sure what type will meet your needs or feel overwhelmed?
	Do you have hundreds of photos on your computer (or want to transfer images to the computer) that you wish to organize?

In this class we explore various types of Digital Cameras, the camera's shutter and aperture controlling functions that are common to majority of Cameras, and how to set the camera to capture the image with confidence. Camera manuals are written (poorly) to guide you on how to change settings, but do not explain application of the various features available on your camera. See the summary below, which describes the structure of our classes.

Learn from our Photographer, with over 30 years experience in photography, and 15 of Years Photographic editing experience using Adobe PhotoShop.

Classes Held in 2007 were a resounding success. Next Class: To Be Announced.

NEW: Now Featuring a New One Day Course (details are forthcoming).

(2-Day Class Size: Limited to 14 Students):

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Emerald Bay: Lake Tahoe
Photographed by: Robert Rappaport

All courses are seminar style. No camera equipment or computers are required (if you need personal assistance with your camera, please attend the lab after the presentation).

2-Day Class (Held on Saturdays): Classes consist of 4 hour presentation, followed by a 1 Hour Lab per session (New Format: The added Lab time is for Personal Instruction for those who own Cameras and wish to practice or need assistance). The lab provides personal instruction on your camera's use in application of topics presented in the class (bear in mind each camera operates differently to accomplish what was discussed in the Lecture, and instructor will be able to assist you in finding answers regarding your specific camera of which their are hundreds of different models). Outlined below is the overview of the 2-Day session topic presented:

Session I	Session II
Lecture I is structured to introduce photographic concepts of digital cameras and how they relate to film cameras. Concepts are introduced with the understanding that the student might not have any prior photography experience with film cameras (such as 35mm Single Lenses Reflex Cameras), and therefore needs to understand principles upon which the digital cameras are based. The student will acquire a working knowledge of how to use their digital camera in various lighting conditions, selecting the proper mode to capture fast moving images versus portraits, how to use zoom effectively, setting resolution and when to use flash. Session I explores the limitations of various camera types, to eliminate guesswork, when composing your image.	LECTURE II is dedicated on how to organize, view and share your photographs. Digital photography can overwhelm you with hundreds of photographs, and we will explore how to manage all the pictures, and how to organize them. In the Session we demonstrate how to connect a camera to a computer, transfer, organize and archive the hundreds or thousands of images taken with your digital camera. There are several software tools available that simplifies the transfer and organization of photographs transferred to the computer. Several of these tools provide methods to edit your photographs (i.e. cropping, remove red-eye and straightening crooked images), and simplify printing. Session II demonstrates Online Photo Services for uploading, organizing, sharing and ordering photographs (Note: Session I is a prerequisite for this session).
Lab I (Follows Session I): In this LAB the instructor will assist those students who brought cameras apply concepts Introduced during Lecture I. The expected Lab time is 1 hour and is only available to students who attended Lecture I.	Lab 2 (Follows Lecture II): In this LAB the instructor helps those students who brought a camera and/or a Laptop computer in application of concepts Introduced during Lecture II. The expected Lab time is 1 hour and is only available to students who attended Both Lectures I & II.

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Phone Reservations: 775-831-1232

Class Dates: Session 1: August 30^th Session 2: September 2^nd	Terry & Linda Pittman (Portrait of Lake Tahoe's finest local musicians) Photographed by: Robert Rappaport
Location: To Be Announced First Centennial Title (Behind Starbucks) 893 Tahoe Blvd, Suite 1400 Incline Village, NV. Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM 2-Day Class Price (Sessions I & II): $249.00

Download Class Syllabus (2-Day)! (Acrobat Reader Required, See Below)

If you need assistance with your camera, please make arrangements with instructor to help you during during Lab.

Sample Student Testimonials:

	Awesome in Every way possible. Thank you very much:
	Great Job! I will be hiring you for private instruction in using Photoshop (for a more in-depth study).
	I'm a novice, this class was very informative to me regarding the scope of digital camera capability and using computer software tools such as PhotoShop. I now have a good foundation to practice with.
	Very technologically interactive and informative, using "Show and Tell" multimedia demonstrations. Now I need to further research my camera and play with the various software packages you demonstrated.
	Impressive presentation, and examples! I now plan to order my Nikon D80 for my business, now that I understand how DSLRs and other digital cameras are based on film camera principles with the advances of digital imaging to immediately preview photographs.

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Webpage Updated: July 18, 2008