Macro Photography 8-week course

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The Crealdé School of Art

PH166 Macro Photography (5 classroom sessions plus 4 field trips)

    Mondays, 7:00–9:00 p.m. ZOOM class’ on line

    Saturdays, on location – Masks and 6 ft apart (for Corvid-19 duration)

Students will learn new skills needed to capture the fascinating world of small nature subjects close up, using tools such as macro lenses, bellows attachments, telephoto lenses with extension tubes, and flash. You need not own this equipment at the start. We will explore techniques needed to photograph small subjects from wildflowers to flying insects, and practice these newly learned skills on field trips (included).
 

Instructor: Milton Heiberg

Each session will begin with a critique of student’s current work; maximum of 3 slides per student for each session. Please email three JPEGs 1000K max (any subject) of your current work to the instructor for the first session (email address to come upon registration).

8/17 (Monday): Macro Photography Class

·       A brief coverage of light and image magnification theory

·       Equipment for close-ups

·       Focusing close-ups

8/22 (Saturday): FIELD TRIP to Dickson Azalea Park, 9:00am SEE MAP

8/24 (Monday): Macro Photography Class

·       Introduction to stacking technique

8/29 (Saturday): FIELD TRIP to Viera Wetlands, 9:00am SEE MAP

8/31 (Monday): Macro Photography Class

·       Review stacking technique

        Note: No class on 9/7

9/12 (Saturday): FIELD TRIP to Oakland Preserve, 9:00am SEE MAP

9/14 (Monday): Macro Photography Class

     ·       Flash with close-up equipment

9/19 (Saturday): FIELD TRIP to Orlando Wetlands Park. 9:00am SEE MAP

9/21 (Monday): Macro Photography Class

     ·       Critique, Summary, and Slide Show--Interpretations of Nature