Landscape Photography September 19th & 20th
Level of Difficulty
2 out of 5
Join instructor Chris Stambaugh for this fun and informative class on Landscape Photography. Chris has been a professional photographer for over 30 years and will be sharing his years of experience with you to help you take spectacular scenic images. Your time will be spent between classroom instruction on the particular techniques and camera setting required to obtain the best technical quality images possible. In addition to the technical aspects, you will also learn how to compose your photographs for maximum impact and interest.
This is a very "hands-on" workshop. Each day will also include a short field trip to nearby locations to practice the techniques learned in the classroom. Students are expected to provide their own transportation to the locations. Chris, your instructor is also always willing to offer a ride to a limited number of photographers based on how much room he has in his vehicle.
Day two of this class will delve into some advanced techniques. You will learn to use High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography. Sometimes you will find a scene that looks amazing, but the light is not perfect. HDR photography allows the photographer control a high contrast scene and obtain detail without overexposed highlights or underexposed shadows. We may also learn to use panoramic stitching, which allows a photographer to blend multiple images together to create an extremely high resolution panoramic photograph with incredible detail.
Once you have learned to create great scenic photos with your camera, editing techniques will be taught and demonstrated using Adobe Lightroom and/or Photoshop to enhance those photos into a spectacular work of art. This class covers a lot of ground and will help to elevate any photographers understanding of taking great landscape photographs.
COURSE DATES:
Saturday September 19th - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Sunday September 20thth - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Field trip excursion will be scheduled for sunset on Saturday evening. Exact time TBD.
COST
$275
includes hot lunch on both days
Canadian Dollar (plus tax).
What you will learn
This is an approximately 14-hour intensive class that covers a large number of topics around the creation of landscape photography images including:
• Where classic landscape images are found
• Finding and Using Light
• Equipment
• Basics of photography as applied to landscape photography.
• Filters for landscape photography
• Composition
• Choosing a location
• Choosing a point-of-view
• Taking multiple images
• Bracketing
• HDR
• Stitching
• Why shoot in RAW vs Jpeg
• Basic editing techniques using Adobe Lightroom and/or Photoshop
What to expect
- up to 14 Hours of Instruction
- Includes the opportunity for hands-on Landscape photography
- Certificate of completion
- Small group size
- Free coffee, tea and water
- Hot lunch on both days
Equipment Required
- A DSLR or Mirror-less camera.
- A lens or lenses covering at least moderate wide angle to short telephoto focal lengths.
- A sturdy tripod capable of supporting the weight of your camera equipment. The instructor is able to provide a tripod for students who do not have one.
- (Recommended) a shutter release cable or wireless remote shutter release.
- (Optional) a circular polarizing filter.
- (Recommended) A laptop computer with Adobe Lightroom and/or Adobe Photoshop. Editing your photos is a component of this class. If you do not have a laptop computer with this software, you will still benefit from the demonstrations. If time allows, the instrutor may download one of your photos to use in the demonstration and edit the photo for you.
Prerequisites for our Landscape Photography September 19th & 20th class
- Students should be familiar with their camera settings and how to use it in Aperture Priority and/or Manual mode
- Recommended (but not mandatory) classes include Digital Camera Fundamentals and Photographic Composition or equivalent
Your Instructor for Landscape Photography September 19th & 20th
Your instructor will be Chris Stambaugh. Chris is the former president of the Professional Photographer's of Canada and has been working as a professional photographer for over three decades.
Chris holds the designations of "Master of Photographic Arts" and "Honorary Lifetime Member" from the Professional Photographers of Canada and has won numerous awards for his work including being a finalist in the Alberta and Canadian Portrait Photographer of the Year.
Chris runs his own photography business called Imagine That Photographics where he specializes in portrait photography, commercial/corporate photography and school/graduation photography. He is currently the lead instructor at The Burwell School and teaches at the U of A Faculty of Extension. He has formerly been a photography instructor with NAIT Continuing Education and Edmonton Public Schools METRO.
Chris teaches many classes at our photography school including the Digital Camera Fundamentals class, Digital Photography for Beginners, Photographic Composition, Posing Families and Children class, Macro Photography, High Volume Photography, Photoshop, and The Business of Photography.
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"The instructor was very knowledgeable, approachable and I enjoyed his sense of humour. Overall, great experience! I will be taking more classes, that’s is for sure." T.A.
"Loved the class, Chris made it fun and mixed up the class so that we got to know everyone" B.G.
"Our instructor was very knowledgeable, and kept the learning fun and accessible. We had a really good group of students too, which
made the group assignments a blast! I learned a lot, and the hands-on practice leaves me confident that I'll retain my new knowledge
and make very good use of it." R. D.