Explore the intricate details of the natural world during this hands-on, two-day macro photography workshop. On the first day, participants will explore the equipment and accessories used for close-up and macro photography, including lenses, extension tubes, tripods, focusing rails, lighting, and other essential tools. They will learn how magnification, camera settings, composition, backgrounds, lighting, and depth of field influence successful macro photographs before putting these concepts into practice at a variety of prepared photography stations. On the second day, participants will head into the field to apply these techniques to real-life subjects and changing outdoor conditions, with an emphasis on capturing image sequences for focus stacking. After the field session, they will return to organize and prepare their photographs, learn a complete focus stacking workflow in Adobe Photoshop, align and blend multiple images into a single photograph with extended depth of field, correct common stacking problems, and refine their images into polished final photographs. Participants will leave with a complete field-to-finished workflow for creating highly detailed macro photographs.
What Participants Should Bring
Participants should bring a camera, macro lens or other close-focusing lens, tripod, fully charged batteries, memory cards, camera manual, laptop computer, card reader or other downloading device, and Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw, and Photoshop. Participants should also bring their lunch each day. I will provide a selection of natural subjects and prepared photography stations for the hands-on exercises.
Registration is through Indian Creek Nature Center
Cost: $3o5 Nonmembers $295 Members Pre-registration is required.
Recommended Ages: 16 and up
The Art of Seeing: Developing Your Photographic Vision
Compelling photographs begin with learning how to slow down, observe, and recognize visual possibilities that others might overlook. During this hands-on, two-day workshop, participants will explore light, color, shape, line, texture, pattern, perspective, visual relationships, and how lens selection changes the way a subject is interpreted. Indoor photography exercises at Indian Creek Nature Center, along with outdoor exercises when weather permits, will challenge participants to create multiple interpretations of a subject using different focal lengths, camera positions, and compositional choices. Through guided assignments, image selection, processing, discussion, and constructive critique, participants will begin identifying their visual preferences and developing a more intentional and personal photographic vision.
What Participants Should Bring:
Participants should bring their camera and every lens they own so they can experiment with different focal lengths and better understand how lens selection changes perspective, composition, subject isolation, background compression, and the amount of environmental context included in an image. They should also bring fully charged batteries, memory cards, camera manual, laptop computer, card reader or other downloading device, and their preferred image-processing software. A tripod is recommended but not required. Participants should bring their lunch each day and dress appropriately for an optional short outdoor exercise if weather permits.
Cost: $305 Nonmembers, members receive $10 off Pre-registration is required.
Recommended Ages: 16 and up