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Sunday, November 16, 2008 from 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM (ET)
Arlington, VA
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Going on a big trip with your new camera? Do this Safari before you go!
You love your camera, BUT – out of fear of doing the wrong thing – you always keep it on a nice, safe "Auto" (AKA the "ugly green thing") or "P" and let the camera do the thinking. Or you put it on "M" because you see the pros doing that and STILL your pictures come out poorly exposed! You are depressed! You are intimidated by the letters "A", "S", "M", or "P", or "Av" and "Tv". As a result you only use $100 worth of the $800 worth of features on your expensive camera!
Does this sound familiar? You are not alone! Help is now on the way from a professional architectural photographer who has made every F-stop mistake in the book, E. David Luria, director of the Washington Photo Safari! This special photo Safari will concentrate on understanding WHY you would want to choose "Shutter Priority" or "Aperture Priority" or the "Portrait" setting, or the "Landscape" setting or the "Sports" setting or even the "P" and" M for Manual "settings for your camera, whether it is an SLR or a point and shoot or "prosumer " digital/film camera with the adjustable settings You will learn how YOU - not the camera -can control the final image.
Our NEWEST venue for this Safari is the beautiful Water Park on Crystal Drive, right next to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, VA. This place has everything you would ever want for exercises in depth of field ( flowers, fountains, waterfall backdrops for portraits, statuettes of airplanes in flight.) And for experimenting with shutter speeds we have the waterspouts for blurred or frozen water, the moving cars on adjoining Crystal Drive, and lots of playful kids, providing excellent opportunities to experiment with narrow and wide depth of field, slow and fast shutter priorities, and the effect of wide angle, normal, and telephoto lenses on depth of field
Bring your camera, tripod, and ALL your lenses for this very helpful primer on the proper use of your camera. If you have neutral density filters to slow down your shutter, bring those too! If you have a cute kid and a spouse or friend who can watch him/her while you learn, bring the kid! We will get great fast-shutter speed shots of the kids jumping off little steps with the waterfall in the background.
Got a camera that shoots 2,3,4 or 5 frames a second? Bring it--here is your chance to test it out! Got a really FAST lens like a 50mm F1.4? Bring it, for sure, to OBLITERATE the background! And bring your tripod.
Washington Photo Safari uses the beautiful landmarks of the nation's capital to provide multilingual instruction in landmark and travel photography. If you love taking pictures and want to learn how to take better pictures, the Washington Photo Safari is for you! 4545 Connecticut Ave. NW #620 Washington, DC 20008 Toll Free - 1-877-512-5969 Local Phone - 1-202-537-0937 Fax - 1-815-333-0233 E-mail: info@washingtonphotosafari.com
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