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4 weeks ago
It’s a fantastic dark room course and I have fallen horribly in love with the darkroom.
I am using an Olympus Pen FT with a wide angle 25 mm lens.
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How I did it: I enrolled on a little photography course at Concordia University, Montreal. The course only cost around 14 dollars, and although it was only taught by a student i was really very helpful.
Lessons & tips: A course may help to teach you how to use and make the most of your camera, learning about different techniques, light and such. I would recommend, however, taking a longer course or an art course if you would like to learn more about compostition.
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3 months ago
Apparently the university I’m going to be attending offers several photography courses, at different levels. I’ll have to look into that. :)
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4 months ago
There is a course in my local area being held in August, which I’m considering joining. I don’t have an SLR, and I notice the courses I’ve seen advertised all seem to be for SLRs. Not sure about this local course, I’ll find out. I may end up just going some of my own reading online (and my camera instruction manual!)
Tonight I’ve all ready come across a couple of interesting photography websites, so I may end up not needing a course right now. See how I go :)
Done!
4 months ago
I really enjoyed my photography course. It’s like Peter has cracked open all of these doors of knowledge and creativity – now I have a broad understanding of framing pictures, looking at light and color differently, and a general appreciation on the art form.
I made a few friends in the process too, hope to keep in touch with Leanne and John for awhile.
Happy to report...
5 months ago
...that if the class ended after one week, I would be COMPLETELY satisfied with it’s value. First of all, there are 6 students of varying experience – so a very personal experience. Secondly, the teacher is a renowned professional photographer (Peter Schutte, from the Netherlands). He told stories of working with great American photographers such as Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. That blew my mind. He asked us questions that got us out of our comfort zone. We plan on taking field trips all over Portland and the Columbia Gorge. We went through photography books and discussed what we enjoyed.
Notes from the class:
Edward Weston
Paul Strand
Alfred Stieglitz
Ray Atksinson
W. Eugene Smith
Enjoy yourself.
Take fewer, more meaningful pictures.
If time and money were no concern, what would you photograph?
What do you enjoy taking pictures of?
What do you find difficult taking pictures of?
Baking analogy: Heat + Time (Aperture + Shutter Speed)
Skin analogy: Lighter skin has a high ISO (more sensitivity to light), darker skin would have low ISO (less sensitivity to light).
Doubling the ISO number of the film doubles its sensitivity to light. In other words, you could capture a low-light scene with a shutter speed of 1/15 second with ISO 100 film, or 1/60 second with ISO 400.
Still too much light, use a quicker shutter speed.
Anything beyond 1/250th of a second will be a frozen image.
Experiment with shutter speed blurs to convey movement.
Pay attention to the histogram.
This is a low priority at the moment...
7 months ago
...so im taking it off the list. However, I will keep my goal of ‘learn to take better photos’ which is similar =)
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10 months ago
I am one of these people who have a hard time expressing themselves through feelings or through art. I have always had a love towards photography and how people can express themselves so deeply through a camera lens. I believe taking a photography course will not only help me express myself through a hobby I have always wanted to pursue , but also be a great place to meet people who have the same interests as myself.
