Quarterly Advanced Contest
Advanced Digital Photography – Taught by Joseph Bruno( 609) 457-4892. This class is more“ free style” and subject matter will in part be decided by the class. One thing is for sure, participants will learn their equipment and how and why it does what it does. 6 weeks.
Photographing Artwork – Taught by Joseph Bruno( 609) 457-4892. This one-day workshop is for the visual artist( painters, sculptors, etc.) who want to learn how to photograph their work to put it online.
Zazzle – Basics and Advanced – both taught by Amy D’ Adamo( 609) 927-‐0945. Zazzle is but one of the sites that allows the artist to sell his work by printing it on a variety of items from t-‐ shirts to mugs to just about anything. Friday March 25( Basics) & Friday April 8( Advanced)
if you use an electronic zoom you are not actually zooming in, your only saving part of the image, resulting in a lower resolution final image. Do some test pictures to see what you can do before you photograph that important, one time never to happen again event. Lens – know the limits of your lens, how close can you get, how wide can you get and how much of an optical zoom is available. What is the widest F-‐ Stop( the smaller the number the better the lens is in low light). Knowing your equipment is as, if not more, important then having the best equipment. A photographer with medium grade equipment that he / she knows, and is comfortable using, will do a better job then a photographer who has the best of everything and isn’ t comfortable with it.
Photoshop for Beginners – taught by Amy D’ Adamo( 609) 927-‐0945. Learn to create an image from scratch using brushes, shapes and other tools as well as manipulate a photograph to remove blemishes or add filter effects. Friday March 13.
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Get Familiar with YOUR camera! Many people believe that by getting a better camera they will automatically get better pictures. The reality is that if you are familiar with the camera you are using you will get better photographs. All cameras( digital and film) have what is known as shutter lag, this is the amount of time between when you press the shutter and the camera takes the picture. Generally but not always, the cheaper the camera the longer the shutter lag. Learn how long your shutter lag is and compensate for it by pushing the shutter enough ahead of time to capture what you want. Recovery Time – how fast can you shoot? Does your camera take 2 seconds between pictures or 1 / 10 of a second? Resolution – how many megapixels is your camera? Remember that is a full frame image so
Quarterly Advanced Contest
1 st quarter – Portraits( Next Meeting!) 2 nd quarter – Open Subject( June) 3 rd quarter – Close up( September) 4 th quarter – Scenic( November)
Focal Point at the Hammonton Arts Center
219 Bellevue Avenue Hammonton, NJ 08037