New Intermediate Photo Classes Tuesdays or Sundays at CBG

Raise your photo skills one step at a time.

Thanks to student suggestions, we’re able to offer the new Intermediate Digital Photo Classes on both Tuesdays or Sundays. This will be a great opportunity to fine tune both your eye and your camera settings to get the shots you’ve wanted. We’ll explore the light/time relationship in the camera, and take time to identify appropriate subjects. Once found, we will concentrate on using lead lines and ways to create visual frames. What a great new challenge in a wonderful setting.

Tuesday Class: March 18,25 and April 1 8am to 12 noon, Design Studio

Sunday Class: March 9,16,23,30 1 – 4 pm, Plant Science Lab (Regenstein Center)

There’s only one way to register for either class: Call Denise at 847.835.8364. These classes are not listed on the CBG website. There’s a 6 student minimum to get the band back together, so tell your friends.

Natural frames are often found by changing perspective.

18mm, f8 @ 1/30, no filter

18mm, f8 @ 1/80 with 3-stop ND Grad

I received a 3-stop, soft-edge ND grad filter from the Camera Clubhouse cats. They decided to purchase from Breakthrough Photography since I mentioned that one of my students brought Breakthrough Filters to a recent class and, on inspection, the filters seemed to be very well made. An ND Grad filter starts dark and fades to clear so the placement of the dark portion is determined by both the bright part of the scene and the photographer. This filter made quite a difference in holding down the sun in the upper part of the image. Check out the “no-filter” image and ND Grad image. The difference will amaze you. Please note: I have no affiliation with Breakthrough Photography and chose them only based on student referral.

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