Intro to DSLR Cameras

Strengthen your photo abilities in this 3 week digital camera intensive. Whether you use photography as reference material or the final product of your work, this online workshop will give participants the confidence to photograph with manual controls rather than the “automatic” digital settings we have come to trust. The Digital Single Lens Reflux (DSLR) camera is a powerful tool that can produce a wide range of compositional and aesthetic possibilities. Learn the foundational concepts of photography and how to apply them to achieve ideal images using depth of field, exposure controls, and light metering.
This workshop will use universal concepts that will apply to all makes and models of DSLR (Nikon, Canon, Hasselblad, etc). Recommended shooting assignments will be supplied for those who wish to follow along outside of meeting time but participation is not requited. All participants will receive handouts of the concepts covered in class.

LIZ BANNISH is an artist and printmaker who has been training professionally in the arts since 2009. Her work uses themes of feminine power, anti-capitalism, and anxiety, usually wrapped in marine imagery. Liz’s personal prints have been shown on a national scale and in mediums from fine art prints, to photographs, to alternative processes. She was the Printmaking and Photo Technician for Smith College in Northampton, MA for five years. Previously, she has trained as Apprentice Printer at Wingate Studio in NH and conducted workshops for the Southern Graphics Council. She earned her BFA in Printmaking from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, receiving the John Roy second best in show award for her senior thesis exhibition in 2011. Visit Liz at www.lizbannish.com and instagram @lizbannish.