Intermediate Digital

Coming soon

Join a small group of people passionate about photography for a deeper dive into your camera in one Saturday hands-on session. Topics include a complete understanding of exposure, how the meter works, when to use spot metering and how and when to use manual exposure. We take a close look at lenses, how to select the focal length, working with lens aberrations and lens distortions, and finally how to select the best lens for the task at hand and why the most expensive one may not be the first choice. We end the day with an all questions answered hands on shooting session and a LightRoom editing demonstration.

When & Where

  • Coming Soon
    10:00AM to 6:00PM


    The Cedars Union
    An incubator for the arts adjacent to Old City Park - 1219 S Ervay St, Dallas, TX 75215

    Free Parking in the lot on North Side of Building

Registration:

  • Registration is $240.00 - includes lunch.

  • Advanced registration and payment required

What to Bring:

  • Camera with controls: Mirrorless or DSLR and
    one or more lenses

  • Fully charged battery

  • Memory card

  • A method of note taking

What you Learn:

Gain knowledge and experience to confidently use the creative controls the camera offers to produce beautiful photographs. Unlock the mysteries of your camera and composition.

  • History: A brief history of photography from it’s inception with an emphasis on the develop of metering light.

  • Metering Light
    A deeper dive into metering. We consider middle gray referencing, Matrix, Center Weighted, Spot metering modes, and interpreting the meter readings for perfect exposure.

  • Histogram:
    Fully understand the histogram on your camera and its use it to confirm the proper exposure setting.

  • Stability:
    Gain hand’s on experience in the use of a tripod, monopod and different styles of tripod heads considering features vs value.

  • The Lens:
    How to choose a lens to optimize composition. An overview of different lens designs, focal length, maximum aperture, minimum focus distance, and all the specifications to consider. What aspects are worthy of the cost?

  • Lens Perspective:
    Understand differences in perspective created by the focal length of a lens and it’s use for aesthetic purposes.

  • Lens Characteristics:
    Understand different lens characteristics and the technical affects on composition and aesthetics.

  • Full frame vs Crop Frame Sensors
    Use differences and similarities of sensor sizes to ones advantage and lens selection.

  • Sensor Cleaning
    Onto every sensor a little dust must fall, best practices for sensor cleaning

  • Composition and Aesthetics:
    Finding and understanding one’s personal photographic voice through compositional approaches.

  • Put it all together:
    Practice what you have learned in a supervised shoot with models and a culminating slide show reviewing each participant’s images

  • Introduction to Post Production:
    The basics of Adobe LightRoom.

What to expect:

A small class purposely designed for instructor interaction taught in the Cedars Union, an incubator for the arts adjacent to Old City Park.

Maximum number of students is 12.
Minimum number to make a class is 6.

Workshop Includes:

  • Lunch, soft drinks and water included

  • Classroom lectures and hands on shooting

  • The instructor will tether a camera to the computer for demonstrations and be available with a knowledgable assistant to answer questions

  • Shooting exercises with your camera in a safe learning environment

  • A photo session with models is scheduled in the afternoon to practice all you have learned.

  • Model fees for the afternoon shoot are included

  • Introduction to Post Production in Adobe Lightroom

  • A slide show of the participants images created in the model shoot

FAQs

Q: If I am attending the workshop with my friend/spouse/sibling, do we each have to register for the class, even if we only have one camera?

A: Yes, each person attending the workshop must register for a seat.

Q: What if I have to reschedule or cancel?

A: Reschedule & Cancellation Policies:

  • Reschedule up to 7 days prior to scheduled class: no charge for changes

  • Reschedule less than 7 days to scheduled class:
    $25.00 administration fee

  • Cancellation up to 7 days prior to scheduled class: 50% refund minus $25 administrative fee.

  • Cancellation less that 4 days to scheduled class: no refund

Q: What kind of camera is best for these workshops?

A: The classes are geared toward Digital Single Lens Reflex or Mirrorless cameras with controls for exposure and focus similar to cameras below:

  • Canon DSLR EOS 1DX, 5D series, 6D, 60D, 70D, 7D 90D, Rebel T2, T3, T4, T5, series

  • Canon Mirrorless R5, R3, R6, R7, R8, R10, RP

  • Fuji GFX, X-42, X-Pro, X-T5, X-T4, X-S20, X-510, XT-30, X-E4

  • Leica M Series, V-Lux, D-Lux, SL2, Q2

  • Nikon DSLR D3000, D5000, D7000, D600, D6, D780, D850, D7500, D5600, D3500, D5, D5500, D750, D7200, D5300 D700, D800, DF, D810 or the D4 series.

  • Nikon Mirrorless Z9, Z8, Z7, Zf, Z6ll, Z6, Z5, Zf6, Z50, Z30

  • Panasonic Lumix S5, S1, G9, G95, G100

  • Pentax 645Z, K-1 Series, K-3 Series

  • Sony Alpha Series, A9 Series, A7 Series, A1 Series, A6000 Series

  • More cameras are appropriate to the course if they have controls for exposure and autofocus, Click here for info