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Monthly Potluck Dinner and Slide Show

Photo Courses:

Basic Photography Course

Photo Lecture Series

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Photography Field Trips

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This four week class includes Thursday evening lectures, optional Saturday half-day classroom workshops featuring "Getting to Know Your Camera," "Digital Photography Techniques," and "Close-Up Photography" and a class notebook. There are also optional half-day weekend field workshops, which give students hands-on experience relating to the course topics and provide opportunities for individual instrucion. A final Saturday session will combine a potluck, a review of students images by a team of photographers, and a sharing of student work.

Enroll on-line here.

Thursday Evening Class Schedule:

March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2008 and the weekends of March 8, 15, 22, 29, 2008.

Course Topics include:

• Demystifying your camera
  • How to select equipment
  • Digital vs Film
  • Which lens to use and why
  • Understanding your light meter
• Understanding exposure
  • The photographic triangle
  • Discovering the directions of light
  • The qualities of light
  • Exposure compensation in difficult situations
• Exploring composition
  • Where to place your subject and why
  • Understanding and using depth of field
  • Principles of lines and shapes
  • Using color to evoke emotion
  • Simplifying your images
  • Creating images with impact
  • How to use patterns and textures
• Taking photography into the field

For more information, contact:

     Rich Good
     (206) 542-5085
    r_good_jr@yahoo.com

     Anne Smart
     (206) 283-4973
     smartmccord@msn.com

     The Mountaineers office
     (206) 284-8484