Basic Photography Class Postponed until July 23rd

Due to some schedule conflicts I've been unable to put the time into preparing for the Basic Photography Class this weekend, so I am rescheduling it to July 23rd.

Class will be repeated on June 25th

If you were unable to attend out first session of the Basic Photography Class, we will be holding it again on June 25th from 10am until 5pm, free with admission to the Historic Flight Foundation.  Registration is open immediately.

Registration for the Basic Photography Class is now open to PNWAP members!

Please login with your PNWAP accounts and register, I will open registration to the general public in 24 hours and the class is limited to 30 spots, so make sure to reserve yours today!  Remember, this class is free with admission to the Historic Flight Foundation.

Register here.

Finalized Class Schedule

I'm very excited to announce that the PNWAP Basic Photography Class will be offered FREE with admission to the Historic Flight Foundation Museum on May 14th!  The class size will be limited to roughly 30 people, registration will open this week.  If more than 30 people are interested in attending the class I will open up some additional dates, I'd like to make sure that everyone who wants to attend this class is able to do so.

PNWAP Basic Photography Class Schedule - May 14th, 2011 at Historic Flight Foundation

10:00am - Doors open, meet & greet, departure of F7F and F8F*

10:15am - Introduction and Photo Review: Compare and contrast the effects of different cameras, lenses, lighting, techniques, and post-processing on identical subjects (demonstrate what will be taught throughout the day)

10:30am - Basic Photography 101: How exposure values are determined by a combination of shutter, aperture and ISO, how they balance against each other and what advantages each offers, when to use what settings and why it is ok to experiment

11:00am - Q&A

11:15am - Photographic Equipment: Advantages and disadvantages of camera features, lenses, filters, essential accessories like cleaning supplies, batteries and memory cards, software, tripods, gyros, etc

12:00pm - Q&A

12:15pm - Lunch

1:30pm - Seeing the Light: Demonstrate the importance of good lighting, how to train yourself to pay attention to how the light is falling on a subject and how what you see with your eye will look to your camera

1:45pm - Q&A

2:00pm - File Formats: Pros and Cons of JPEG versus RAW, basic intro to editing in Photoshop

2:30pm - Photoshop: Basic photo editing in ACR and other software

3:00pm - Q&A

3:15pm - Ground Based Photography: Guest speaker Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren shows some of his best photography taken from the ground and discusses how he tells the story of an event  

4:00pm - Return of F7F and F8F*

4:30pm - Q&A with Jeremy

4:45pm - Wrap-up Q&A and Conclusion

*The exact time of these flights may slip, I will adjust the class schedule as necessary to accomodate

Basic Photography Class Syllabus

Here is my proposed syllabus for PNWAP's first photography class.  The goal of this class will be to provide everyone with a basic understanding of camera equipment, photographic techniques, and photo editing.  We'll also showcase the work of a couple of very talented photographers and have them share some tips and tricks with you.  This class should give everyone regardless of experience level the confidence that you can take consistently very good photos with the occasional real gem thrown in.  Future classes will focus on polishing your skills for specific scenarios and techniques (for example, the HFF class that is focused on aerial photography), but I want to make sure everyone has a good baseline understanding first.  I'd like to schedule this class for just prior to airshow season start, but no firm date has been set yet.  Please let me know your thoughts regarding the syllabus or scheduling!

10:00am - Doors open, meet & greet
10:15am - Introduction and Photo Review: Compare and contrast the effects of different cameras, lenses, lighting, techniques, and post-processing on identical subjects (demonstrate what will be taught throughout the day)
10:30am - Basic Photography 101: How exposure values are determined by a combination of shutter, aperture and ISO, how they balance against each other and what advantages each offers, when to use what settings and why it is ok to experiment
11:00am - Q&A
11:15am - Photographic Equipment: Advantages and disadvantages of camera features, lenses, filters, essential accessories like cleaning supplies, batteries and memory cards, software, tripods, gyros, etc
11:45am - Q&A
12:00pm - Lunch
1:15pm - Seeing the Light: Demonstrate the importance of good lighting, how to train yourself to pay attention to how the light is falling on a subject and how what you see with your eye will look to your camera
1:45pm - Q&A
2:00pm - File Formats: Pros and Cons of JPEG versus RAW, basic intro to editing in Photoshop
2:30pm - Break  
2:45pm - Ground Based Photography: Guest speaker #1 shows some of his best photography taken from the ground and discusses how he tells the story of an event

3:30pm - Q&A with Guest speaker #1
3:45pm - Aerial Photography: Guest speaker #2 shows some of his best aerial photography and discusses the tricks, techniques and costs behind it
4:30pm - Q&A with Guest speaker #2
4:45pm - Wrap-up Q&A and Conclusion

Update on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 8:47AM by PNWAP

Since this class will be happening prior to the HFF-hosted Aerial Photography Class, based on feedback from you guys you'd rather remove the final guest speaker and replace that segment with discussion of editing photos in PhotoShop.  We will only be able to scrape the surface of PhotoShop in that amount of time, but we can certainly cover some basics.

With that change, and barring any further feedback, I'd say the class syllabus is pretty well set.  Next I need to pick a location to host the class, and that will depend a lot on how many people plan to attend.  Let's say a tentative date for this class will be Saturday May 7th, and that the cost of the class is $50.  How many of you would attend?