Photo Workshops
Digital Photography Workshop
Third Sunday of the month, September through December 2011
10:00-11:00 a.m.
Free with Garden admission or membership
Join local photographer Laura Lawn for a series of digital photography workshops in Lan Su. A digital photographic artist and instructor at Chemeketa Community College, Laura will teach you basic concepts, how to take better photos with a few simple tips and how best to shoot flowers and other plants.
Workshops can be taken as a series or just as a single class. Free with admission or membership, no registration required.
Introduction to photography and learning to see with photography in mind
September 18
Learn basic techniques and concepts that will help photographers with any type of camera improve their skills, such as learning to see and modify light and to build effective compositions. Learn how to instantly improve your images with a few simple concepts.
Getting to Know Your Camera
October 16
Once you begin to hone your creative eye, learning to utilize the features of the camera will only help you continue to improve your photography skills. We will focus on the big five camera features: focus, controlling depth of field and motion, exposure control, ISO and white balance. Once you have these fundamental functions under your control, your photography truly becomes creative art.
Learning intimate details and Macro Photography
November 20
A world of interest lies in the smallest space. What better place to photograph macros and flowers than in the serenity of the Lan Su Chinese Garden? We will cover specialty equipment for macro photography, focusing and composition considerations, and other tips and tricks to improve your portfolio.
Photographing garden design and showing the underlying meaning of a location through imagery
December 18
We will stroll through the garden and look at each aspect, using a variety of lenses (wide angle and telephoto) to capture the innate and intricate design that is specific to the Lan Su Chinese Garden, to capture the meaning of the garden’s design on camera. We will cover the storytelling approach to photographing a location, coming home with a series of good images (not snapshots) that tell a more complete story that a single one alone can.
Visit Laura Lawn’s website at www.lauralawnstudios.com