Photography Class: Foundational Photography.

Want to take your photography to the next level? Are you a beginner or an intermediate photographer with a real passion for taking great images? Love making people "ooh and aww" over the images in your scrapbooks and framed on your walls? Want to gain artistic control over your images by understanding your camera rather than always being at its mercy? Maybe you're even thinking about going pro. . . If any of those descriptions make your heart sing, then this class is for you.

Equipment Required: If you've got a DSLR that's great, but if not, you'll definitely be ok as long a you have a camera with the capacity to set aperture and shutter speed manually.

Instructor:

I'm Natalie Norton, a wedding and portrait photographer who knows how to juggle a kindergartner, 2 toddlers, a business, all the laundry and still have dinner on the table by 6 . . . most of the time. ;) I am an instructor for Digital Photography School, the number 1 digital photography blog in the world, where I educate upwards of 100,000 unique visitors with my weekly posts in the realm of beginning and intermediate digital photography.

Topics Covered:

• manual camera settings
• seeing and understanding light and how it affects your photography
  
• exposure
  
• intermediate - advanced creative composition
  
• we'll also spend time reviewing and critiquing each other's work from our weekly homework assignments
• after each class, 15-20min, I'll be available for q&a: I'm happy to talk about anything under the sun. This will be particularly useful to those of you who are interested in talking business (ie how I got started, what I wish I'd known etc.) as we will not be discussing that in depth during class time
• even if you feel you have a solid handle on exposure and camera settings, this class will still challenge you artistically
  

Date and Time:

• Wednesdays for 3 weeks and one bonus (optional) Saturday shadowing opportunity.
  
• Regular classes: Nov 5th, 12th and 19th, 8:30-9:30pm.
  
• Bonus: come shadow me on a real shoot! Observe me in action. Saturday November 22nd 10:00am. I'll think aloud as I conduct a real portrait session, to be followed by an on site q&a and further discussion is available once images from the shoot are posted on the blog.
  

Class Location:

• In the back of Ohana Video in the Laie Shopping Center.
• Bonus class location: TBA.
  

Cost:

• Cost for this workshop is $150. A $100 non-refundable retainer is due upfront to reserve your space and balance is due in full at least 1 week prior to the first class. Class will cap at 15 students so register today.
  

INTERESTED IN ATTENDING BOTH CLASSES SIMULTANEOUSLY?

Save $50 by enrolling in both PhotoMoms and Foundational Photography simultaneously! Total due will be $200 rather than the retail price of $250.

Email me at natalienorton{at}gmail{dot}com to reserve your space.