Photographers – Classes, Workshops, Seminars, and Mentorinig

Ohio Photo Classes

It doesn’t matter if you’re a photographer who just made the switch from film to digital or a digital SLR owner with a full complement of lenses and portable strobes.

Ohio Photo Classes has instructors who teach you how to make the transition to digital and learn to properly control the dials and control screens of your new camera or get the best photos possible from the high-end SLR you’ve been using.

The variety of equipment available to photographers has never been greater. The complexity of choices matches the difficulty in understanding the new tools and techniques offered to digital photographers.

A sampling of our classes:

• Point & Shoot Basics – Getting better photos from your Point& Shoot camera
• Point & Shoot Advanced – Using Digital SLR techniques on your Point& Shoot
• Digital SLR Basics – Setting up your new camera to make it easier to use
• Digital SLR Advanced – A study in shutter speed, f-stops, focal length, and flash (Hands-On)
• Shooting RAW files and what to do with them
• Photoshop Smart Objects and how they speed your workflow
• Adjustment layers and masks – Using only the good parts
• Choosing the best small strobe
• Studying light for better photos
• Hands-on Off-Camera flash using small strobes

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Workshops

PhotoCamp Ohio is a one-day series of lectures, workshops and demonstrations designed to assist photographers become better at their craft and business.

PhotoCamp Ohio was held last year at Heritage Park in Westerville, Ohio. Everal Barn is be the primary location for PhotoCamp Ohio. The upper floor of the barn, restored to it original condition as a dairy barn, is be the primary seminar and workshop location. The lower floor of the barn is for vendors and sponsors to show off their wares.

The park’s house was open for vendors and lighting demonstrations during the day. Several locations outside the barn were chosen for more lighting and posing workshops.

PhotoCamp Ohio is a production of Gallery202, a 501(c)(3) non-profit in Westerville, Ohio, Ohio Photo Classes, and Gardiner NewMedia.

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Seminars

The seminar programs, managed by Ohio Photo Classes, is designed for photographers who are interested in more than general introduction to photographic techniques and styles. These sessions require photographers to be prepared for advanced teaching in a seminar format to learn tools and techniques that will advance their work to better meet client needs and desires.

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Mentoring

If you’ve taken the classes, attended the seminars, workshops and expos, and want a little more than lectures and demonstrations can provide, Gardiner NewMedia photographers offer a mentoring program where you attend events, assignments, and photo sessions to participate in real-world daily activities of professional photographers.

This type of learning is as ancient as any craft. Observing and assisting  experts as they go about their daily work is what helps apprentices become masters themselves.

Contact Gary Gardiner for mentoring information

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New Digital Photographers – Online

Welcome to Lessons for New Digital Photographers where seasoned professional photographers will help you become better at the craft of photography.

Digital cameras have leveled the playing field making it possible for amateur photographers to have access to the same quality camera and lenses previously available only to professionals.

Where once the daily cost of doing business for a professional photographer was determined by film and processing, and the start-up cost was set by the price of professional-level equipment, that is no longer the case.

Today’s photographer’s cost of doing business is determined more by startup costs than operating capital.

A $1,000 digital SLR with a set of included lenses ranging from moderate wide angle to extended telephoto places the fledgling photographer among what was once a rare club. The decreasing price of digital camera technology has removed the barriers to entry into what can be a challenging career.

Just as owning a set of brushes and paints doesn’t make their owner an artist, there is more to being a photographer than buying new equipment.

That’s what Lessons for New Digital Photographers is all about. We’ve collected a group of working professional photographers who will help you become better at the craft of creating great photos.

They’ll help you learn about the skills of composition, lighting, and timing. There will be little discussion about equipment. It’s not real important. What is important is learning to shoot better photographs, to better tell the story of your life and your customers.

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Photo Archive Storage and Retrieval

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