Frick Park Nature Photography Workshop July 16th
I’m happy to announce that I’ll be leading an Intro to Nature Photography Workshop on July 16th. The class will be limited to 12 participants and costs $25 – payable in advance (arrange via email) or the day of in either cash, check, or via credit card or paypal (for a $3 fee). If you wish to pay now by Credit Card or PayPal please see the form at the bottom of the post.
Workshop Details
Location: Frick Park – Enter from Regent Square (Hutchinson St.) and park between the soccer field and the entry to Tranquility Trail. We’ll meet in the parking lot (at the Red Nissan Cube).
Date: July 16th, 2011
Time: 8am to 11am – Please show up at least 10 minutes early as the class will start right at 8 am.
Cost:$25
What will I learn?
The workshop will cover info such as:
- How your camera works
- Understanding and working with light
- How to use your camera to capture nature
- How to think like a nature photographer
- Documenting what you shot
- How to shoot flora (flowering plants and trees)
- How to shoot fauna (birds, small rodents, and large mammals)
- Composition
The class is open to anyone but as you can see it will cover some very basic info about using dSLRs so it may not be interesting for advanced photographers.
Class Format
8:00 – 8:45 – Instructions & examples: We’ll talk about dSLR cameras, understanding shutter and aperture, cover shooting on manual, aperture priority, and shutter priority, how to choose your composition, understanding exposure, depth of field, and angle of view. We’ll discuss techniques and the importance of documenting and researching what you photographed. We’ll discuss how to shoot fauna (animals) but will probably not see many examples other than birds and small rodents in Frick Park.
8:45 – 10:15 – Shooting: This is what you’re here for right? We’ll walk towards 9 Mile Run and around the marsh area while staying in a loose cluster. I’ll walk around and provide some ideas of what to shoot depending on what gear you have (lens, tripod, and so on) and will help you with composition and technical questions.
10:15 – 11:00 – Critique and wrap up: After an hour and a half of shooting we’ll make our way back to the cars or if there is time to the shelter at the corner of Tranquil and Falls Ravine Trails. We’ll review what we enjoyed about the workshop, what we learned, ask questions, and look at some work. I’ll have a laptop that we can use to view some of the photos and critique them. We may run over time (as we have in the past) due to questions and critiques.
More Info
If you’d like more info or want to sign up for the class please email me via the contact form or sign up via the Facebook event here.
