Complete Beginners Class - Sun & Fork - 9am - 3 hours

Appropriate for complete beginners, or those who want to brush up on the basics and start enjoying our regular group meet up sessions. Learn how to get out of Auto Mode and onto Manual Mode, and learn the basics of composition. This course is designed to give you a solid understanding of the fundamental basics of photography, the ‘nuts and bolts’ stuff that will set you on the path to understanding your camera and how to create great shots. Armed with these fundamentals, you will have the skills and the confidence to approach any style of photography, from portraits to landscapes and everything in between.

Light Painting at Sunset - Riverfront Park - 4.30pm - 2 hours

Light painting combines the fundamentals of shooting images in the dark with the creative twist of using artificial light that almost raises to the level of painting. Needless to say, in order to understand light painting you first need to understand how to shoot in the dark.object is moving. But, there are other reasons to so. Movement can communicate mood.

Motion Photography by Night - Riverfront Park - 4.30pm - 2 hours

This meetup is perfect we will describe how you can use different shutter speeds and panning to capture motion in your photography. Capturing movement in images is something that many photographers only think to do when they are photographing sports or other fast moving subjects. While there is an obvious opportunity in sports photography to emphasize the movement of participants – almost every type of photography can benefit from the emphasis of movement in a shot. There are several ways to accomplish this and each has a slightly different goal. Sometimes, there is a need to blur certain elements in the image while focusing sharply on a few subjects in the foreground. Other times, you may want to freeze or blur everything. The direction you take depends upon your objective for your photograph. A lot of photographers capture motion simply to convey that an object is moving. But, there are other reasons to so. Movement can communicate mood.

Complete Beginners Class - Sun & Fork - 9am - 3 hours

Appropriate for complete beginners, or those who want to brush up on the basics and start enjoying our regular group meet up sessions. Learn how to get out of Auto Mode and onto Manual Mode, and learn the basics of composition. This course is designed to give you a solid understanding of the fundamental basics of photography, the ‘nuts and bolts’ stuff that will set you on the path to understanding your camera and how to create great shots. Armed with these fundamentals, you will have the skills and the confidence to approach any style of photography, from portraits to landscapes and everything in between.