If you’re just starting out with photography, it helps to have a firm handle on the basics. This more in-depth class will give you the solid foundation you need to maximize your success as a shooter. You’ll learn how to operate your digital SLR camera in manual mode for better control over your images and will learn how light, color, and tonality work together to create strong shots.

You’ll also learn key compositional guidelines that will help you better design and structure your photos. Fun, hands-on opportunities, including a photo field trip, combined with technical and conceptual guidance from a talented pro will get you on your way towards an informed mastery of the medium.

Students must have SLRs with shutter speed andaperture controls to take this class.

Instructors:

Jason Kaplan has been working as a professional photographer for over 14 years. His work has been featured in many publications including The Oregonian, The Willamette Week, The Mercury News, Oregon Business, The Portland Monthly, Forbes Magazine and The Sentinel.

www.jekphoto.com

Zeb Andrews has been seriously dedicated to photography since 2002 when a Pentax K1000 made its way into his hands and almost did not escape again. Not long after that he bought his first “real” camera, a Nikon FM2. His family of cameras has grown much since that first Nikon over the years, but that FM2 is still going strong.

Zeb loves to teach and share. He believes you make yourself better by making those around you better. When he am not working full time at Blue Moon Camera and Machine, he is generally spending his days off photographing and teaching photography classes and workshops.

www.zebandrewsphotography.com

Mike Vraneza is a freelance photographer, pixel chef, and photo instructor based in Portland, OR. He has served as the technical editor on two of Wiley Publishing’s Photoshop books, Adobe Photoshop Elements 8: After the Shoot and Adobe Photoshop CS5, Restoration and Retouching, For Digital Photographers Only. Mike advises corporate clients on Photoshop and image editing and provides private instruction to hobbyists and aspiring photographers. He also lectures to local photography groups and leads demonstrations at Adobe users groups. Mike has also taught photography to incarcerated juvenile delinquents with Fresh Eyes, a program in New Mexico. His commercial work focuses on lifestyle, sports, business communication, and architectural photography.

www.mgvphoto.com

Learn the fundamentals on the road! See Photography 101: Bandon Coast Retreat in the Field Trips section

Please Note: All sections are the same class offered at different times.