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Summer 2008 - Fundamentals of Good Photography Schedule
(for cameras with adjustable f-stops & shutter speeds)

Classes start Saturday June 7, 2008
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
(schedule subject to change)

Kolman Rosenberg – Director 440-255-7663

Date Topic Description
June 7 Introduction and Camera Familiarization Lenses, Tripods

Bring your camera and its instruction manual. Introduction;camera familiarization;lenses and filters; tripods, tripod heads, and monopods.

June 14 Exposure, Environmental portraiture;closeup photography techniques and equipment.

Understanding shutter speeds and f-stops to obtain correct exposures;outdoor portraiture techniques using models and strangers; using close-up equipment and techiuqes to create great close-up pictures.

June 21 Flash Photography;Indoor portraiture; creative images

Understanding flash, equipment, techniques, etc. Bring flash unit if you have one and its instruction manual. Posing & Lighting for better people pictures. Unlock your imagination to create images.

June 22 Sunday 9:30AM Field trip
Class field trip to practice the skills you have learned and help you understand your equipment.
June 28 Night Photography; Understanding digital cameras; composition
The Economic Approach

Night and low light photography. Digital camera settings, menus, and techiques; Photoshop preview; add interest and impact to your pictures through good composition

June 29, Sunday 9:30AM Field trip
Class field trip to practice the skills you have learned and help you understand your equipment.
July 12 General Photo Tips, You as the Artist; course review student photo critique
Creative Photography

General photo tips, what’s in the bag and “You as the Artist”
Course review & critique of students' photography

About Our Faculty

Click here for the Summer 2008 School brochure in Adobe PDF format.
Click here for an application for enrollment for any or all courses

UPCOMING EVENTS
July 25
8:00 PM
Pictorial Competition
July 25
6:00 PM
Joe Polevoi's Birthday Celebration
August 1
8:00 PM
Digitally Speaking - Chris Morrow
August 2
9:15 AM
Lake View Cemetery Field Trip
August 3
Brecksville Kiwanis Horse Show Field Trip
VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME!

The mission of the Cleveland Photographic Society is to promote and advance the understanding, passion and joy of photography by providing opportunities for education, skill development, picture-taking, competition, critique and fellowship.
 
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