PHOTOGRAPHY
POINT & SHOOT DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Wondering what do all the buttons and settings on your camera do? Most point-and-shoot cameras have limited controls. Learn to leverage the controls at your disposal to produce significantly improved photographs using your basic camera. Explore topics such as camera fundamentals, ISO, white balance and lighting, and exposure controls. Please bring your camera with its manual, memory card and a charged and/or spare battery. Optional readings are The Digital Photography Book 1, 2 or 3 by Scott Kelby.
$38 member / $44 non-member
Wednesday, August 18 6 – 9pm
Sunday, September 19 9am – 12pm
Monday, October 11 6 – 9pm
Tuesday, November 16 6 – 9pm
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Produce stunning displayable images! As a photographer, concentrate on just the tools and methods needed to accomplish traditional tasks, in the simplest and easiest step-by-step lessons. Learn to import images, name files, organize and store, process RAW or JPEG files, resize and crop images, proper resolution settings for email and print, color correct and prep for printing, and perhaps the most fun of all, learn to retouch! Make unwanted objects vanish and realistic cosmetic procedures on portraits with the click or two of a mouse. Please have some experience with an advanced point-n-shoot or DSLR camera that captures images in RAW format. You must bring a laptop to each class with at least Adobe Photoshop CS2, CS3, or CS4 or Photoshop Elements installed. Please purchase the required textbook: Scott Kelby's Adobe Photoshop CS3 or CS4 for Digital Photographers, New Riders Publishers. Approximately $20 on Amazon.com Optional readings are The Digital Photography Book 1, 2 or 3 by Scott Kelby, approx $10 on Amazon.
$74 member / $86 non-member
Fridays, September 10 & 17 6 – 9pm
Mon & Tues, October 18 & 19 6 – 9pm
Mon & Tues, November 1 & 2 6 – 9pm
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PHOTOGRAPH YOUR JEWELRY & SMALL ARTWORK
Learn to shoot accurate, professional photographs of your work using any digital camera - no experience necessary! Learn the basics of lighting, diffusers, backgrounds, composition and more. Bring your own 2-D or 3-D artwork to photograph, and your camera, or use one of ours.
$50 member / $58 non-member Materials fee $10
Sunday, September 19 1 - 5pm
Friday, October 15 1 - 5pm
Sunday, November 7 1 - 5pm
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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR SLR CAMERAS
A Digital Single Lens Reflex camera (DSLR) camera has all the controls to produce stunning photographs, though most DSLR users use their camera in Automatic mode and lose all creative control of their photography. Regain your creativity and improve your camera skills! Explore all basic camera controls; ISO, aperture and shutter speeds and reading your histogram for exposure control, white balance and lighting, composition, and shooting in RAW vs. JPEG modes. Please bring your camera with its manual, memory card and a charged and/or spare battery. If possible, please bring your laptop. Optional readings are The Digital Photography Book 1, 2 or 3 by Scott Kelby.
$38 member / $44 non-member
Tuesday, September 14 6 – 9pm
Sunday, October 3 3 – 6pm
Monday, November 29 6 – 9pm
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Bravo School of Art • 2690 Historic Decatur Rd Studio 206 San Diego CA 92106 • 619-223-0058
