Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

I’ve had a DSLR cam­era for a cou­ple of years now, but I’ve never devoted quite enough time to learn­ing the ins and outs of pho­tog­ra­phy that I would like. It’s some­thing I’ve sworn to do every year, but for what­ever rea­son haven’t fig­ured out how to fit in. I’m deter­mined to change that in 2013. If you hap­pen to be in the same boat, some of these classes just may strike your fancy.

• Nuts & Bolts: This safari is for those who com­pre­hend the “scene” set­tings and other ele­men­tary con­trols of their cam­eras but would like a bet­ter under­stand­ing of white bal­ance, File Formats (RAW, JPG etc.), color space, depth of field, flash, etc… More info.
• Field Trip: Exposure & Manual Mode: This part will include assess­ing light­ing con­di­tions, apply­ing appro­pri­ate cam­era set­tings to suc­cess­fully expose the image, and deal­ing with var­i­ous cam­era set­tings such as focus, meter­ing, and fram­ing on a busy envi­ron­ment. This part will also include blur con­trol, and freez­ing motion. More info.
• Composition & Framing: Class will cover com­mon tech­niques for cov­er­ing street shots, light­ing con­trol tech­niques, focus, back­ground, per­spec­tive, and many more quick tech­niques that will instantly become handy for your next travel, can­did, or city shots. More info.
• Crash Course: DSLR: It’s a smart, one-shot intro­duc­tion to dig­i­tal pho­tog­ra­phy, and a good place to get answers to all your camera-related ques­tions.  we’ll get you up and run­ning quickly, show­ing you how to cor­rect basic prob­lems like pho­tos that are too dark or too light, out of focus, blurry, off-balance and other com­mon issues. More info.
• Intuitive Photography (Beginner’s): Exercises will be con­ducted to tune stu­dents into their intu­ition, and learn how to take pho­tographs by fol­low­ing it. By the end of the class stu­dents will not only be look­ing at the world with an eye of a pho­tog­ra­pher, but will have bet­ter pho­tographs to prove it. More info.
• Nighttime / Long Exposures Photography: By sim­ply adjust­ing the shut­ter speed on your cam­era to speeds of longer than one sec­ond, you’ll start to delve into the world of long expo­sures pho­tog­ra­phy. This class is best enjoyed with point-and-shoots and SLRs that allow you to man­u­ally set your aper­ture and shut­ter speed. More info.