Course Details
This photography class will be unlike any of my other courses. We will combine all of our knowledge — how to use a camera, how to set exposure, how to compose an image, how to process an image — and use it to create an image that says what you intend it to say. You will not learn any new tools, but you will learn to make better use of the tools you already have.
Some of the questions we will discuss include:
- What things should you consider before you start photographing? (Gear, weather, subject, etc.)
- What should you consider as you are photographing? (Angle of the sun, height of camera and/or subject from the ground, background, lens choice, focus point)
- How do you pick the best shot? (criteria for editing)
- What should you look for when processing your images? How can you use Lightroom to create the story you want your viewers to see?
There will be (short) discussion/writing assignments as well as photo labs. It will be a collaboration of ideas between colleagues, not a set of instructions from a teacher to be followed by students.
Instructor: Amy JohnsonAmy’s start in professional photography came by taking pictures of her friends' dogs at conformation shows, and quickly grew to outpace both her interest in showing her own dog and the capabilities of film. She was quick to make the move to digital, starting with Canon’s first