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PHOTOGRAPHY

The Digital Camera Demystified - NEW!
PH-01 • Class held: Apr 15 • 2.5 Hours (1 Session) • Thu: 6:30-9:00
Are you frustrated in trying to use your digital camera, and the manual isn’t really helpful? Learn how to take photographs easily during this hands-on workshop. Topics include camera use and settings, minimizing shutter lag, optimizing image quality, zoom, flash & exposure compensation and white balance. Please read your camera manual beforehand and bring it with you along with your camera and fresh batteries. This workshop is suitable for point-and-shoot or beginning SLR camera users. A handout will be provided.
Room: 218 • Instructor: Lynne Damianos • Tuition: $34

Digital (DSLR) Photography  - CLASS IS SOLD OUT!
PH-02 • Classes begin: Mar 17 (End date: May 5) • 17.5 Hours (7 Sessions) • Wed: 6:30-9:00
Join us and learn how to use and take advantage of your DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera! Do you ever find yourself disappointed by the final outcome of your digital photos? Wondering why people look grey, out of focus, etc? This course is the place to develop your abilities and learn camera manipulation, composition, and lighting. Topics included are pre-visualization, exposure, asymmetrical balance, depth of field, exposure compensation for automatic modes, portraiture, available light and much more. Learn general techniques helpful in taking digital pictures and processing your photos for displaying, printing, sharing and storage. This course will be a combination of lecture, demonstration and practice. Please bring your digital camera and manual to each class.
Room: 208 • Instructor: Rich Powers • Tuition: $159
Rich Powers has owned The Henry Studio for 12 years. His vast photography experience includes weddings, landscapes, portraits and events.

Digital Photography - An Introduction
PH-03 • Classes begin: Mar 4 (End date: Mar 25) • 10 Hours (4 Sessions) • Thu: 6:30-9:00
This four-session course is an introduction to photography for those who want to improve their digital pictures, whether point-and-shoot or SLR camera users. Lecture portions will demonstrate, by example, the components of a good photograph. Topics to be covered include angle of view, composition, perspective/zoom, quality of light, flash & exposure compensation, white balance, file type and appropriate file sizes for specific uses. Read your camera manual thoroughly before the first class. Bring your camera and manual to each class. There will be a photography assignment each week to do on your own that will be used as a learning tool in the following class. Please email two of your photos (good or with issues) in JPEG format to classes@DamianosPhotography.com by Tuesday, March 2 with the subject line “KeefeDig_HW1_YourLastName” (or bring them in to class in a separate folder on a CD, thumb drive or your camera’s flash card).
Room: 218 • Instructor: Lynne Damianos • Tuition: $99

FRAMING/MATTING CLASS
PH-04 • Classes begin: Mar 23 (End date: Apr 27) • 7.5 Hours (3 Sessions) • Tue: 6:30-9:00
Tired of the high cost of having pictures matted and framed? Ever wonder how hard it would be to do it yourself? This course will show you how. The teacher will bring equipment available at craft stores which allows you to mat and frame a picture for a fraction of the price of professionals. There will be a discussion of equipment, supplies, techniques, and the chance for everyone to try matting and framing at least one piece of artwork. Please note that we do not cut frames in this class.
Room: 112 • Instructor: Jim Quinn • Tuition: $59
Jim Quinn is a member of the Assabet Valley Camera Club and the winner of several local photography contests. His photography interests include sports, people, sunsets and nature.

Photoshop FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
PH-05 • Classes begin: Apr 29 (End date: May 20) • 10 Hours (4 Sessions) • Thu: 6:30-9:00
This four-session course is intended for those who are already familiar with their digital camera and basic image manipulation software and would like to take their photographs to the next level by enhancing images on the computer. Topics to be covered include workflow, file information (metadata), adjustment layers, masks, transforming, type, converting to B/W, retouching techniques using Photoshop and preparation for printing. There will be computer assignment each week to do on your own that will be used as a learning tool in the following class. Please email two of your photos (good or with issues) in JPEG format to classes@DamianosPhotography.com by Tuesday, April 27 with the subject line “KeefePS_HW1_YourLastName” (or bring them in to class in a separate folder on a CD, thumb drive or your camera’s flash card).
Room: 320 • Instructor: Lynne Damianos • Tuition: $159
Lynne Damianos is the principal of Damianos Photography in Framingham. She specializes in photography of architecture, products and people for business, with over 30 years experience in the field. Lynne received her BS in Photography from RIT, and has received image awards from Kodak, Fujifilm, CIPNE, ASMP and PPA. She teaches at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at BU, Danforth Museum and Boston Architectural College, and gives professional seminars throughout New England.
 

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