Digital "Photography Rocks" 101
2½  hour workshop with Joan Bobkoff
$89.00

Are you confused by all the bells & whistles hidden in your digital SLR camera? Is reading the manual like deciphering an ancient text in Aramaic?* Let Joan Bobkoff, freelance photographer and photo instructor for over 20 years, demystify this computer cleverly disguised as a camera.

Renowned at the Laney College Photo Department (where she has taught for the last 9 years) for her Photography Rocks Songbook, Ms. Bobkoff will both show and sing you concepts and details necessary to use your digital camera to best effect.

Whether you are new to photography or have been shooting for a while, this is the class you need to gain creative control and in-depth understanding of its features. Learn the basics of the camera to produce digital photographs. Topics include camera operation, shutter speed, aperture, focal length, file formats and white balance. Learn to harness the histogram for better exposures, correct color problems with in-camera adjustments and dramatically improve the quality of your photo images.

SONGS INCLUDE
The Rapture of Capture
How Deep is Your Field?
Embrace Me My Sweet Embraceable Hue plus many more greatest hits.

Bring your camera and the manual to the workshop and be prepared to shoot but don't worry, you won't have to sing! And yes, Ms. Bobkoff (bard of Digicam 101) CAN translate this mystic text.

*Aramaic is a Semitic language ancestral to both the Arabic and modern Hebrew alphabets.

You've been using your DSLR for at least 6 months and now you're ready to maximize the potential of both your camera and your skills.

After a quick review of basic camera operations, Joan Bobkoff is back for more hands-on advanced topics: effective use of lenses, tripod, fill flash and total flash, focus modes, metering modes and taking sharp digital photos. We cover the basics of good composition.

The class ends with a discussion and demonstration of post processing and imaging editing plus recommendations for software options. There will be ample time to get your questions answered.

Bring your camera and the manual to the workshop & be prepared to shoo

This class will only be offered once this session.
Session 1: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 7pm to 9:30pm

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 7 to 9:30pm

Introduction to the 4x5 View Camera &
Large Format Photography
with Edward Miller
$270.00
This is a one day introduction to the operation and use of the 4x5 view camera taught by Academy of Art instructor Ed Miller. Also great as a refresher for an experienced user.

The view camera is still used as a professional camera and by a growing number of fine art photographers.

Morning session includes hands on demonstrations of basic techniques including Depth of Field control, perspective control, camera operation and all movements including rise, shift, tilt and fall. Students will have a chance to shoot some of the black & white film we provide in class.

In the afternoon, we'll take a look at the processed film and get feed back.

Requirements: you must bring your 4x5 view camera, tripod and a few film holders. Plenty of black and white 4x5 sheet film and processing is included and will be done on site.

Maximum class size: 6 students

This class will only be offered once this session.
Session 1: Sunday, March 11 2012, 10am to 3:30pm

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Sunday March 11, 2012 - 10am to 3:30 pm

Darkenss Revealed: Night and Low Light Photography
3 hour evening class with Joan Bobkoff
$145.00

Photographing at night does not have to be a "shot in the dark."

Learn about special equipment and exposure techniques used for low light photography. Then put these new techniques into practice immediately in a mini field trip to the Berkeley Marina. You can shoot with any type of camera but you should be familiar with your camera and its basic operations (since it is hard to read a manual in the dark!)

An optional follow up workshop may be scheduled to review our field trip work and learn more advanced techniques

This class will only be offered once this session.
Session 1: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 5:30 to 8:30pm

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Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 5:30 to 8:30pm

Matting and Framing for Travel Photographers  
Special class for exhibitors in the Travel Photographers Meet Up Exhibit
2 hour class on Sunday, February 19th
Kristin Satzman and Andrea McLaughlin
$95.00

Photolab’s matting and framing instructor, Kristin Satzman, is available on Sunday, February 19th for a special 2 hour class on matting and framing photographs. The focus will be on matting, since that requires special tools and training and assist with assembling frames.

Students need to bring the frame or frame kit they intend to use. We will supply mat board and backing board. Students will learn to cut their mat to fit their photograph, complete a mounted, matted print and get help assembling their own frame or frame kits and adding the wire on the back. This class is $95 per person. First come, first served as space is limited.

This class will only be offered once this session
Session 1: Sunday, February 19, 2012   from  2 pm to 5 pm

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Sunday, February 19th Option 2 Option 3

What size are your print(s)?

 


Darkroom 101: Tray Printing Black & White Prints
Intro to basic black and white darkroom
3 hour class on Sunday, February 26th
Kristin Satzman
$145.00

A great introductory class to show you all of the key basics in Black & White Darkroom printing. Learn all of the key steps and processes to get you on your way to printing your images! From mixing and handling chemicals to making a great print in an enlarger, if you want to learn how to use film or improve on what you are doing, this is your best introduction or quick refresher.

Student must supply black and white negatives. We will supply photographic paper and chemicals. At the end of class we will set up your prints to air dry. You can pick them up the next day.