A flashlight is your brush in Light Painting.

You may have been wondering why some CBG photo classes were listed here but now they’re gone. Well it’s not because I hit the delete button by mistake. The enrollment numbers weren’t high enough to run them. It’s that simple.

To prevent other classes from fading away before they run, don’t wait to enroll for the Painting with Light class that begins on Oct. 12 and runs until Nov. 2 (4 Tuesday evenings) from 6-9 pm. Check it out in the classes section of this site.

Another favorite is the Saturday TREES class starting on October 2. You will enjoy spending these 5

Don’t let Trees disappear.

Saturday mornings in different parts of the garden, especially during autumn.

To enroll call: Customer Service: (847) 835-6801, Main: (847) 835-5440, Member: (847) 835-8215 or visit www.chicagobotanic.org/adulted-photography.

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.

Where did those classes go?

You may have been wondering why some CBG photo classes were listed here but now they’re gone. Well it’s not because I hit the delete button by mistake. The enrollment numbers weren’t high enough to run them. It’s that simple.

To prevent other classes from fading away before they run, don’t wait to enroll for the Painting with Light class that begins on Oct. 12 and runs until Nov. 2 (4 Tuesday evenings) from 6-9 pm. Check it out in the classes section of this site.

Another favorite is the Saturday TREES class starting on October 2. You will enjoy spending these 5

Saturday mornings in different parts of the garden, especially during autumn.

To enroll call: Customer Service: (847) 835-6801, Main: (847) 835-5440, Member: (847) 835-8215 or visit www.chicagobotanic.org/adulted-photography.

Filters can make a difference

New! Photographing in the Style of Piet Oudolf

Photographing in Natural Light begins June 8 at the CBG

Butterflies and Blooms–One off–on June 10

Beginning Digital and the fun begins June 20 at the CBG

Exploring and Photographing Bridges of the CBG starts July 8

Intermediate Photography–The next step–starts Saturday, July 25

You may have been wondering why some CBG photo classes were listed here but now they’re gone. Well it’s not because I hit the delete button by mistake. The enrollment numbers weren’t high enough to run them. It’s that simple.

To prevent other classes from fading away before they run, don’t wait to enroll for the Painting with Light class that begins on Oct. 12 and runs until Nov. 2 (4 Tuesday evenings) from 6-9 pm. Check it out in the classes section of this site.

Another favorite is the Saturday TREES class starting on October 2. You will enjoy spending these 5

Saturday mornings in different parts of the garden, especially during autumn.

To enroll call: Customer Service: (847) 835-6801, Main: (847) 835-5440, Member: (847) 835-8215 or visit www.chicagobotanic.org/adulted-photography.

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