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Using Light & Shadow in Photography

Using Light & Shadow in Photography

Saturday 12 October
Bridgeport - 10am - 2 Hours
Bridgeport Photography Group
Anwar Stokes
Light and shadow photography is a type of photography that focuses on capturing the interplay between light and shadow in a particular scene. This style of photography often produces dramatic and compelling images that can evoke strong emotions in the viewer.

Harsh light and the contrast between light and shadow can provide some interesting photo
opportunities, as well as some challenges!

In this meetup, we will be looking at how you can use your camera's settings to nail the exposure.
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$47      
Portrait Photography Meetup

Portrait Photography Meetup

Saturday 12 October
Pancake Hollow Road - 1pm - 2 Hours
Poughkeepsie Photography Group
Lisa Olson
Whether you wish to up your selfie game or begin developing a portfolio, this workshop will help you learn the basics of portrait photography and push your creativity and technical understanding.

Learn which settings are best to use, how to select the best locations, and what lighting and poses highlight a model's best features. We will also learn how to build rapport to get the best reactions and genuine emotions from a person.
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$47      
Night Photography

Night Photography

Saturday 26 October
Pancake Hollow Road - 6pm - 2 Hours
Poughkeepsie Photography Group
Lisa Olson
Enter the exciting world of night photography. In this two hour hands-on workshop, set to take place after the sun sets, to give you the opportunity to put into practice the principles and techniques used to create dynamite images in the dark! Whether it be photos of the moon and stars or rendering images that appear to be daylit you're after, there is so much to explore in this workshop. It's not to be missed!
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$47      

Beginner's Photography Class

Beginner's Photography Class

Saturday 02 November
Bridgeport - 10am - 3 Hours
Bridgeport Photography Group
Anwar Stokes
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance!

Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure.

We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
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$92      
Portrait Photography Meetup

Portrait Photography Meetup

Saturday 02 November
Sleepy Hollow, NY - 10am - 2 Hours
Westchester Photography Group
Kelly Vasami
Whether you wish to up your selfie game or begin developing a portfolio, this workshop will help you learn the basics of portrait photography and push your creativity and technical understanding.

Learn which settings are best to use, how to select the best locations, and what lighting and poses highlight a model's best features. We will also learn how to build rapport to get the best reactions and genuine emotions from a person.
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$47      
Using Your On-Camera Flash

Using Your On-Camera Flash

Saturday 09 November
Pancake Hollow Road - 1pm - 3 Hours
Poughkeepsie Photography Group
Lisa Olson
Ready to add flash to your repertoire? In this class we were discussing on camera flash, which if you didn't know is also 100% necessary in bright sunlight! Flash you see, is used not only as a main source of illumination in low light, but it's absolutely necessary as a fill source in bright sunlight or high contrast scenes. Necessary to stop action as well in many cases. We will discuss how to formulate your flash settings for either of these purposes, using flash as your main and your fill source using a simple equation of the desired amount of light you want to produce, and your distance from the subject. This formula will be discussed in detail bring your flash units. I'm going to look at them and show you how to use them, so please if you have your manual Bring It, that's very helpful!!! If you're already using your on camera flash, this course will still benefit you greatly! Basic and in-depth clarification of how to properly use when needed as well as some advanced techniques.
Hope to See You There!!!
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$92      

Beginner's Photography Class

Beginner's Photography Class

Saturday 23 November
Bronx River Trail near Scarsdale - 9:30am - 3 Hours
Westchester Photography Group
Kelly Vasami
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance! Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure.We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
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$92      
Composition in Photography

Composition in Photography

Saturday 23 November
Bridgeport - 10am - 2 Hours
Bridgeport Photography Group
Anwar Stokes
Composition in Photography is how a photographer arranges visual elements within the frame.

In this course, we will discuss five, seven, and even ten, rules that will enhance your photography.

1) Rule of thirds
2) Shapes
3) Negative Space- Positive
4) Line
5) Symmetry and patterns
6) Points
7) Color
8) Tone
9) Distance
10) Balance

As a photographer, beginner, intermediate, or professional. Please join me so we can with together to improve your ability to see the scene you wish to photograph.
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$47      
Black and White Photography

Black and White Photography

Saturday 23 November
Pancake Hollow Road - 1pm - 2 Hours
Poughkeepsie Photography Group
Lisa Olson
Introduction to Black and White Photography. What makes a good Black and White shot?

We will look at the contrast and using textures. How does the camera see the image and how do we create Black and White images in a camera or in post-production. We will look for some good examples and set some exercises.

What is Black and White Photography?
  • Black and white photography is a style of photography that involves capturing images without color. It uses shades of gray to create contrast, texture, and depth, which can give a timeless and classic look to photographs.
    Introduction to B&W Photography ~
    In black and white photography, the absence of color can help to simplify the image, drawing the viewer's attention to other aspects such as composition, lighting, and tonality. It can also convey a sense of nostalgia or evoke a particular mood or emotion.
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    $47      

    Backlighting, Bokeh and Bursts

    Backlighting, Bokeh and Bursts

    Saturday 30 November
    Pancake Hollow Road - 1pm - 2 Hours
    Poughkeepsie Photography Group
    Lisa Olson
    In this hands-on two hour workshop, we will be exploring these three impactful lighting techniques. This class will be a combination of lecture, setting up and shooting a shot, using the Boken method of using your depth of field to create pleasing balls of light. If you have successfully unsuccessfully executed examples of any of these three techniques bring them for discussion!
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    $47      
    Photographing Reflections

    Photographing Reflections

    Saturday 07 December
    Playland Park Boardwalk - 10am - 2 Hours
    Westchester Photography Group
    Kelly Vasami
    We will be using natural water reflections and seeking out man-made reflective surfaces in the area to explore how we can use reflections to add depth and intrigue to our images. Reflections can help us to show our subject from an unusual, or from multiple, points of view. We can use reflections to abstract our subject or to make perfect mirror images. We'll even have a look at how we can create our own reflections when there are none around.
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    $47      
    Beginner's Photography Class

    Beginner's Photography Class

    Saturday 07 December
    Pancake Hollow Road - 1pm - 3 Hours
    Poughkeepsie Photography Group
    Lisa Olson
    Here it is! A 3-hour course to finally get you out of automatic mode on your camera and start taking control over the results you produce in turn giving you the best possible rendering of an image you found worth shooting. Why not do it right? If you are hooked on photography or just looking to learn how to use your camera this is the class for you. It is much more satisfying when you know you are fully responsible and it wasn't just a lucky shot or have all the disappointment when you can't seem to record WHAT YOU SEE!!! Just keeps coming out wrong no matter what you do and you Don't know what you're doing so it's fruitless and frustrating. So come join us for a 3-hour introductory class to manually setting your exposure to get EXACTLY the results you're trying for. We will discuss lighting, exposure, including teaching you about the light meter in your camera, about lenses, film speeds, and most importantly the step formula to taking a photo producing the results you want in all areas lighting, depth of field, controlling motion in your images (show or stop it) and much more with plenty of hands on experience.

    Hope to see you there!
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    $92       5 places left

    ABOUT YONKERS
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    GROUP
    Come along to our photo sessions to dust off your camera and get snap-happy with a professional photography instructor.

    Brush up on your camera skills and learn new photography techniques whilst on a photo walk class with other local keen photographers!

    We run two hour photography sessions based on a photography theme/technique/style and they take place in various locations in Yonkers.

  • New to photography? We also run a popular 3 hour Beginners Guide to Photography Class once a month. And once in a while we will run special niche 3 hour classes, for example, Astrophotography - so do subscribe to our newsletter to know when the next on is!

  • Who can attend? Open to all skill levels, from beginners to keen amateurs. The photography instructor is there to help you with camera settings and provide any advice you need.

  • What to bring? We recommend bringing a camera that has full manual mode or semi-manual modes (Aperture or Shutter Priority). Compact cameras and smartphones also welcome!

    The meeting point and full details for the day are sent in the booking confirmation email to the email address you provide at time of booking.

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  • REVIEWS
    Very helpful and learned a lot. Thanks.
    5/5
    Kevin
    2024-02-09
    Raul was very knowledgeable and helpful. He explained the information clearly. He provide additional individual details.
    5/5
    John
    2024-02-04
    PHOTOS
    Yonkers Photography Group
    2024-01-16
    Title or Location: Trial along Bronx River Parkway @ Scarsdale Metro-north station
    I set out on this morning to photograph the small water after the light snow that fell, I wanted to shoot the snow on the rocks. It?s a 15 second shot using a 10 stop filter to create the silky water look.
    Credit: Arturo Guerrero
    Instagram: exit_7teen

    Wichita Photography Group
    2024-10-03
    Title or Location: Pawnee Prairie Park
    I was enjoying the nice, cool outdoors with my dad while hiking. We enjoy spending some time together almost every Sunday morning. We are really excited to hike in the winter. I love the chance to just cherish good moments with family.
    Credit: Natasha Orton
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557268966919
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natorton_photo/
    St Albans Photography Group
    2024-10-03
    Title or Location: Castle Combe
    I take this photo from one of Restaurant from that place,its looks look but nice the ambiance is nice iy feels like you go back in time.
    Credit: Glen
    Instagram: glen0102

    Oshawa Photography Group
    2024-10-03
    Title or Location: This photo was taken at my home studio, in North Oshawa.
    Saw this lovely idea on the net where you place the heart bowl under the blanket and then lay the baby in it. Leave the impression of the bowl shape. Tried it with this little lady. Love the effect. www.littlebearphotography.ca
    Credit: Diane Schlichting
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559062738462
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littlebearphotographyca/

    Sacramento Photography Group
    2024-09-30
    Title or Location: Taken along 7th Street, Sacramento, CA.
    1/30 SS, F8, ISO 80. Even trash can be beautiful.
    Credit: Ed Nordstrom
    Providence Photography Group
    2024-09-30
    Title or Location: Bristol RI
    Taken at the Bamboo forest at Blithewold Mannor in Bristol RI
    Credit: Mark David
    Instagram: Markdavid_photography

    Sutherland Photography Group
    2024-09-30
    Title or Location: My garden -Riverwood NSW
    Cockatoo enjoying my Gymea Lilly flower . I love growing native plants and flowers to attract the local wildlife . The flower has looked amazing for a few weeks and now that it?s done the birds can enjoy it .
    Credit: Joanne Lowe
    Instagram: @jonbo82l
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