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Week 5 – Still life…

Posted on May 15, 2012 by admin

For our activity this week we setup a light boxs and learned how to take photos of nicknacks. A good skill to know how to do if you are an Ebay seller or an artist that wants to have photos of their … Continue reading →

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Week 4 – Motion and Travel…

Posted on May 7, 2012 by admin

This week we looked at motion photography. The different types are: Freeze the motion Panning with the subject/background blur Implying motion Blur of the whole scene For some good explanations of the different types of motion photography check out this … Continue reading →

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Week 3 class recap – Lighting and Portraits

Posted on May 1, 2012 by admin

“Improving in the arts, whether music, poetry, or pottery, requires passion, which fuels practice.” Chris Orwig from his book People Pictures: 30 Exercises for Creating Authentic Photographs Week 3  is all about lighting and portraits and how to get one … Continue reading →

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Week 2 class recap – Composition…

Posted on April 25, 2012 by admin

In the end, though, having even the best equipment will not make you a good bird photographer any more than having a good set of paintbrushes would make you a good artist! Mike Atkinson In this week’s class we reviewed the … Continue reading →

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Welcome and week 1 class recap – Getting Started…

Posted on April 17, 2012 by admin

“I’m always mentally photographing everything as practice.” Minor White Welcome to the class blog! This is the place where you can find information on each weeks’ class as well as information on the topics that we discuss as well as additional links … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the blog…

Posted on March 5, 2012 by admin

This is the blog for the CACV’s Introduction to Digital Photography class taught by Jackie Poutasse. New classes start in April 17, 2012. Please see the CACV website for more info. If you are signed up for the class the book Understanding … Continue reading →

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