The Ultimate

"Tell Your Story.’ That’s the theme on which we designed our brand new Digital II course from the ground up, and what our students are going to learn how to do in spades in this comprehensive course. The course teaches students how to recognize, evaluate and capture amazing works of art using simple, but extremely effective camera techniques that we teach. Our Digital II course is designed to be taken after our Digital I beginner SLR course.

Our fantastic instructors provide simple and practical tips to turn regular snapshots into amazing photos. We put you through a battery of hands-on practice sessions so you can truly understand what ingredients make a great photograph and more importantly, how to get it.

Are you looking to further develop your photography skills and unleash your inner artist? Our Digital II is all that and a box of film. We promise you will not be disappointed with this one-of-a-kind and outstanding course.

Utilizing the skills you learned in our Digital I photography course the next step to great photographs is to recognize and evaluate light. You will study how light impacts your photographs and how to capitalize on different lighting to enhance your photos.

Portrait photography is about capturing a person, group of people, child, or even a pet, in which the face, facial features and facial expressions are made predominant.

Everyone at one time or another has taken a photograph of a friend, family or even their beloved pet.  It’s wonderful to have these memories and it’s even better when your photos show people at their best. Snap shots capture moments, but our people photography course ensures your subjects and your photographs look fantastic.  Our one day course includes:

• Making your subject(s) comfortable
• Body positioning
• Posing – women, men, couples, groups, children, pets
• Working with continuous focus and continuous shutter mode
• The three D’s – details, distortion and depth of field
• Lighting – front, back and overhead lighting
• Travel and People photography
• Composition
• Using reflectors and flash, both on and off camera

You will need a digital SLR camera and if you have an off camera flash please bring it.

If you’ve been frustrated with photos of your friends where their faces are too dark to see, or they appear distorted, or they look uncomfortable, this is your course. Maybe you’ve taken a photograph of your child that you love, but you have no idea how you achieved it.  We can help. When you look at your family photos taken after our People Course, you’ll be amazed and delighted. And so will your family and friends. Your dog and cat probably won’t care!  One day can really make a difference.

With the advent of digital SLR’s, the night has become a veritable feast of photographic opportunities.  Subjects range from night skies, the moon and stars, city lights, car light trails, star trails, northern lights, fireworks, physiograms and creative “light painting”. If this is an area that you’ve tried and had limited to poor success, this is the course for you.  Or maybe you haven’t tried night photography but would like to. Our Night Photography course offers a great opportunity to have fun and learn some cool techniques.

In one night, the course covers:

• Long exposures, cityscapes, and car light trails.
• How to use the camera’s bulb setting, the importance of a remote shutter release, and the best time to do cityscapes.
• Light painting and writing
• Use of flash and doing night portraits
• Physiograms - A physiogram is a single long exposure of a flashlight spinning around on a string above your camera. This creates some very unique, interesting photographs.
• Photographing the moon and stars, including star trails – if we have a clear sky.

You will need a tripod, remote shutter release and a digital SLR camera.

Most photographers don’t explore the wealth of opportunities that the night offers.  Join us for a fun, very creative night.