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Stalking the Wild Photograph - level 1, (two four-hour sessions for $300 INTRODUCTORY OFFER)

Do you want to get more out of your digital point-and-shoot camera, or are you wondering what else your digital SLR might let you do if you could turn off auto-pilot? Would you like to learn to better exploit the light and terrain? Would you like to see more and compose it better? The rivers and fields, farmstead, and villages, mountains and milltowns around us provide rich material for photographs. Go along on a "digital field trip," with Lenscapes photographers, Melissa Cherniske and Emery Roth and learn how to exploit the light and the land for expressive photo images. Receive instruction, on-site tips, and share your work to receive direct feedback.

SESSION 1: We will assemble at a predetermined place for a pre-field trip workshop covering camera technique and composition and to answer questions and share ideas. We will then assess weather conditions and select the best site for the afternoon's shoot. Once there participants will get individual assistance as we seek to get the most from what nature has provided. We will time our shoot and hope to catch golden hour and sunset.

SESSION 2: We will begin with a workshop to answer questions and to share work from the previous shoot. Participants should bring 10 to 12 jpg image files from the SESSION 1 shoot. Our aim in discussion is to help each photographer find the strengths of his/her work and set challenges for future shoots. Once again, most of the day will be spent in the field. After sharing photos we will decide whether we want a second chance at the site of the first shoot or if we want to explore one of the other sites. We will time our shoot and hope to catch golden hour and sunset.

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Workshop B (limit of 6 people) Session 1: September 20th and Session 2: September 27th (with raindate October 4th, 2008)

The following skills will be addressed in this workshop:
• principles of photography and basics of camera operation, including, where appropriate, manual exposure settings (ISO, aperture, shutter speed, depth of field)
• useful compositional strategies
• selecting the best photo sites and understanding the many choices available before we click the shutter
• understanding and exploiting qualities of natural light
• selecting lenses and understanding their effects on composition
• guidelines for evaluating your own images

Earn "frequent stalker miles" sign up for any two workshops.

**** Weather and season will determine specific locations and final choices, but we will most likely begin at a pair of farms in Kent.

email us at lenscapes.photo@gmail.com for questions.