Edmonton Photography Classes

Join former Professional Photographers of Canada’s Photographic artist of the Year for Alberta, Darlene Hildebrandt for a photography class on Night Photography.  This course will teach you to make compelling images during the time of day most people don’t try to photograph; night time.

Night photography using Painting with Light technique

Course content for our Night Photography Classes includes:

These are some of the things we will cover in this night photography workshop:

• how to photograph at night using long exposures
• what equipment you need for night photography
• the technique of painting with light
• using alternative sources of light to your advantage
• using a small flash(es)
• do’s and don’ts
• look at sample images using all these techniques
• what problems you might encounter and how to solve them
• a field trip to give you hands-on experience with Night Photography
  

  Night photography techniques used for a kitty cat portrait

Equipment required for our Night Photography Classes:

• Camera which allows manual control of shutter speed, aperture and ISO settings
• A tripod capable of supporting the weight of your camera equipment for extended periods of time
• A cable release or wireless shutter release
  

  Odell Station on Route 66

About your instructor for the Available Light Photography Classes

Darlene brings more than 24 years experience as a professional photographer to Burwell School of Photography. She is a graduate of the Nait Photography program and was a highly honoured and awarded member of the PPOC (Professional Photographers of Canada) for 18 years, winning Photographic Artist of the Year in Alberta in 2006. She has worked professionally in the areas of commercial photography (product photography, food photography, editorial portraits, and event coverage); portrait and wedding photography (running her own studio for 11 years); and most recently travel and fine art photography.

Her work proudly hangs in many people’s homes and has been featured in several magazines including: Good Sam’s “Highways”; Night of Artists annual; Art Trends; the Notebook; Photo District News; as well as at various local festivals and events; and currently at Daffodil Gallery in Edmonton.

Darlene is a seasoned traveler having spent time in Mexico, Singapore, Malaysia, Peru, Thailand, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Spain, and 6 months in the US on an extended RV trip. Darlene loves exotic locales, exotic food and experiencing different countries directly through the local people and the cultural arts. She enjoys helping others and she also teaches classes with McBain Camera, Metro Continuing Education and her own Travel Photo Tours. Her goal is to bring her passion to photographer to others, and help new photographers improve their images and have fun.

Darlene currently teaches the courses Available Light Photography, Night Photography and HDR Photography at the Burwell School of Photography.

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This workshop includes:

• 8 hours of classroom instruction
• 3 hour night photography field trip
• Hot lunch on Sunday consisting of a choice of main course, 2 salads, soup, side dishes and desert
• Certificate of completion
• Small group size, limited to 12 participants
  

  Night photography using Painting with Light technique

Workshop Costs

• $250 Canadian Dollars (plus tax).
• Current currency exchange information between the Canadian dollar and your local currency is available here.

Policies and payment information are available here.

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Phone Toll-free: 1-877-778-1745