Photography Composition Class - Take Better Pictures With Any Camera

Lesson time: 6:00pm-9:00pm

You take the picture, not the camera. Composition is the most important aspect in capturing great photos. It doesn't matter how good your technical understanding is if you can't compose. A good photographer can take good pictures with any camera. A DSLR give us more control, but a good composition is the solid foundation for your photography. You have your own style of photos, so this 3 hour class will not tell you how you should compose, rather you will learn to identify what spoils pictures and why some work better than others. You'll learn to use your time more efficiently, take less bad pictures and increase the number of great shots you get. This class is a good introduction to the DSLR course.
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     People & Portrait Photography - Learn to photograph people with confidence.

Lesson time: 6:00pm-9:00pm

Photograph people with confidence. Learn the skills to capture great portraits, so you can relax and enjoy a photo shoot. Your subjects will relax more too when you're having fun. Using natural light and correct exposures to solve tricky lighting situations, and learn to use an accessory flash. Confidently pose individuals, couples and groups to create portraits that will proudly hang in every family gallery.

This is a 3hr intermediate level workshop in Downtown Colorado Springs

Please contact Simon if you'd like to bring a model before attending the class.
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     HDR Photography Workshop - Capture the full dynamic range

Lesson time: 6:00pm-9:00pm

Learn to shoot and blend multiple images to create stunning landscapes. The difference between the brightness areas, and dark shadows is called the dynamic range. When the difference is more than the camera can capture, High Dynamic Range (HDR) will come to the rescue. Our final picture will be a blend of the best of each tonal area. You'll learn how to take the pictures you need, and how to blend them in a few clicks, using the very best HDR software, Photomatix Pro (available on a free trial from HDRsoft.com). In this class we'll shoot pictures together, then head inside to process them.
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     1st Friday Art Walk - Student Gallery Night

Lesson time: 5:00pm-8:00pm

Come and Enjoy the Friday Colorado Art Walk in Downtown Colorado Springs. Student work will be on display at 14 E. Bijou St, Between Cascade and Tejon. If you've ever taken a class you are eligable to hang your photo in the gallery. Frame a print (ready to hang) to bring to the School. - Simon
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     Understand Your DSLR

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     Off Camera Flash Workshop - Create Beautiful Light Anywhere

Lesson time: 6:00pm-9:00pm

Create your own light and be in complete control of your image. If you want your photography to move to the next level it's time to take your flash off your DLSR camera too. Learn how create directional light, by firing it remotely and learn how to produce portraits that make you money. Using small portable flash units you can create studio lighting in any location, and fit your studio into a backpack. Only 4 people per class max.
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     Understand Your DSLR

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     Photography Composition Class - Take Better Pictures With Any Camera

Lesson time: 6:00pm-9:00pm

You take the picture, not the camera. Composition is the most important aspect in capturing great photos. It doesn't matter how good your technical understanding is if you can't compose. A good photographer can take good pictures with any camera. A DSLR give us more control, but a good composition is the solid foundation for your photography. You have your own style of photos, so this 3 hour class will not tell you how you should compose, rather you will learn to identify what spoils pictures and why some work better than others. You'll learn to use your time more efficiently, take less bad pictures and increase the number of great shots you get. This class is a good introduction to the DSLR course.
More info about "Photography Composition Class."

     Closed Today - Closed Today

Lesson time: 12:00am-12:00am

School not open today.

     Lightroom Classic CC - Part 1

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     Lightroom Classic CC - Part 2

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     Understand Your DSLR

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     People & Portrait Photography - Learn to photograph people with confidence.

Lesson time: 4:00pm-7:00pm

Photograph people with confidence. Learn the skills to capture great portraits, so you can relax and enjoy a photo shoot. Your subjects will relax more too when you're having fun. Using natural light and correct exposures to solve tricky lighting situations, and learn to use an accessory flash. Confidently pose individuals, couples and groups to create portraits that will proudly hang in every family gallery.

This is a 3hr intermediate level workshop in Downtown Colorado Springs

Please contact Simon if you'd like to bring a model before attending the class.
More info about "People & Portrait Photography."

     Landscape Photography Workshop - Capture Beautiful Views

Lesson time: 9:00am-1:00pm

It's Fall Colors time! Hone your landscape photography skills and take better landscape pictures this fall!

During this workshop you'll learn to capture the beauty of the world you see, and make better photographic decisions. You can expect to improve you subject choice, composition and technical settings.

We'll meet not too early for you too learn. You're welcome to return to the same spot the next day pre-dawn to capture the beautiful light! This is a DSLR camera workshop, but is open to all camera types and levels.

The meeting place for this workshop is the parking lot overlooking Garden of the Gods on Mesa Rd. To find it head north on 30th street, and pass the Visitors Center. Mesa Rd is shortly after on the right (it cuts back up the hill). The small parking lot is less than a minute up the hill, on the right.
Here's a link to the parking lot.

We will move to another location to photograph moving water, if conditions allow.

If you have a DSLR camera and have no idea how to set a shutter speed or aperture, the 3 part class Understanding Your DSLR would be a good place to start before taking this workshop.
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     Photoshop Class - Lightroom Supplemental - Cloning Objects, Working with Layers, & Stitching Panoramas

Lesson time: 6:00pm-9:00pm

Lightroom is most people's primary editor, but it can't do everything well.

Where it falls short Photoshop is still needed. If you need to remove an object from a background, Photoshop has an array of tools to achieve this, so we'll look at cloning, healing and masking to add the finishing touches to an image.

Photoshop is also the tool to use to stitch a panorama set of images together. Using the auto blend tools it's a lot easier than it used to be!

The Adobe Creative Cloud offers a subscription service for $9.99/month for 2 copies of Photoshop and Lightroom. An amazing deal, made better because you get the latest version upgrade when it comes out.

This class can also be completed using free trial of the creative cloud, downloaded from Adobe.com.


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     Understand Your DSLR

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     Photography Composition Class - Take Better Pictures With Any Camera

Lesson time: 4:00pm-7:00pm

You take the picture, not the camera. Composition is the most important aspect in capturing great photos. It doesn't matter how good your technical understanding is if you can't compose. A good photographer can take good pictures with any camera. A DSLR give us more control, but a good composition is the solid foundation for your photography. You have your own style of photos, so this 3 hour class will not tell you how you should compose, rather you will learn to identify what spoils pictures and why some work better than others. You'll learn to use your time more efficiently, take less bad pictures and increase the number of great shots you get. This class is a good introduction to the DSLR course.
More info about "Photography Composition Class."

     Understand Your DSLR

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     Understand Your DSLR

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