2011 - 2012 Assigned Topics and Workshops
September 2, 2011
Workshop: Matting/Framing/Tools
Description: This workshop will cover:
What is Matting?
How to Measure Matting
Howe to Cut Matting
How to frame/ready to hang
What tools you will need to complete
September 16, 2011
Assigned Topic: Musical Instrument(s)
Description: This topic is to capture a singular musical instrument/or many musical
Instruments either in use or solitary.
October 7, 2011
Workshop: Get to know your camera/ Cleaning/ Lens Selection/ Maintenance
Description: This workshop will cover:
ISO, WB, F-stop, Apertures
Cleaning your camera, How to
What Lens to use and when
Maintenance on your lens and camera
October 21, 2011
Assigned Topic: Texture
Description: This topic is to capture any textile, metal, or anything that shows a strong
Texture when shot.
November 4, 2011
Workshop: Macro
Description: This workshop will cover:
What is Macro?
Equipment needed to shoot Macro
Technique to use while shooting Macro
Hands on experience with in workshop demonstration
November 18, 2011
Assigned Topic: Macro
Description: This topic is to capture a subject in the Macro realm, challenge yourself and
look beyond shooting birds, insects although shooting these subjects is
Allowed try to look at everyday objects and shoot for that.
December 2, Holiday Get together
January 6, 2012
Workshop: Winter
Description: This workshop will cover:
Proper WB measuring
Filters that can be used while shooting Winter Scenes
Proper equipment/Lens to shoot Winter Scenes
Hands on experience with in workshop demonstration
January 20, 2012
Assigned Topic: Geometry
Description: Each thing in our universe has geometry that is suggested in it, shoot for a
subject that has defined shape, crisp, and defined.
February 3, 2012
Workshop: Time-Lapse
Description: This workshop will cover:
What is Time-Lapse Photography?
Settings to shoot on for Time-Lapse
Hands on experience with in workshop demonstration
February 17, 2012
Assigned Topic: Abstract – Self Portrait
Description: Each person is able to turn the camera towards themselves and shoot a shot
and call it a self portrait, this topic explore what makes you who you are,
what would be the best way to describe yourself through a photograph
without taking a literal portrait.
March 2, 2012
Workshop: Marketing
Description: This workshop will cover:
How to market your photography
Know who to contact to get exposure
How to submit your work to local & regional magazines
What consumers look for
Stock photography
March 16, 2012
Assigned Topic: Solitude
Description: Shoot something that will give the impression of being alone (either
a positive or negative connotation)
April 6, 2012
Workshop: Food Photography
Description: This workshop will cover:
What you need to shoot food
How to use lighting to your advantage
What lens to use/setting to use when shooting food
Hands on experience during workshop
April 20, 2012
Assigned Topic: Abandon and Discarded
Description: Photograph and arrange a composition of something that has been
Abandon and or discarded. This can be garbage, buildings,
Someone’s feelings, show that emotion in the composition use
Angles and lines to set the tone of the photograph.
May 4, 2012
Workshop: Shooting Low Light/ Night Photography
Descriptio n: This workshop will cover:
Camera Settings for shooting Night photography
Artificial Light
Shooting in Bulb
Hands on experience during workshop
May 18, 2012
Assigned Topic: Tools
Description: Photograph tools that are either being used or in their own isolation
June 1, 2012 Spring Banquet, Radisson Hotel, Utica, NY 6:00 PM
All meetings are held at the ,Heritage Health Care Center Sunset Ave, Utica. Meetings start at 7:00 PM.
