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Home > About > Workshops & Classes > Michigan 2015 Nature Photography Workshop
Photography Workshop: Georgetown Township Community Center Saturday - May 16, 2015
Spend a fun and exciting day learning how to take your outdoor photography to the next level. You'll receive "real time" instruction in the field, as well as intensive classroom explorations. In the classroom, you will learn the simple steps that make the difference between ordinary snapshots and dynamic images. Minutes later you will be practicing those steps. In the evening we will go on a field trip to practice what we have been working on all day. You will go home knowing how to create eye-catching photographs! You will learn: Metering - The First Big Step Toward Great Images Depth of Field - The Doorway to Dramatic Images It's all about the Light - How to "read" and "work with the light" to put magic in your images Playing with Time - Creating Images That Your Eyes Can't See From Grand to Intimate - Landscapes Great and Small Wildlife Photography - Putting your Best Paw Forward Petals in the Wind - How to Create Beautiful Flower Images Starry Starry Night - Night and Low Light Photography Simplifying Tricky Situations - It's Only Hard Until You Know How
The Optional Sunday Field Trip We have added a Sunday field trip. It is limited to 8 participants to maximize your time
with Jim. This is a great opportunity to spend another full day expanding your skills and exploring new photographic possibilities. We will be at several locations in the Grand
Rapids area and end up at Lake Michigan. You will need your own transportation. Car pooling with other participants is certainly a possibility.
Registration Registration for the Saturday workshop is $175. Registration for the optional Sunday field trip is $175. You are officially registered when your payment has been received. Registration fees are refunded in full if you cancel by April 18. After April 18 you will not receive a refund unless someone else registers to take your place. To register, contact Jim Doty or contact Vickie (the local registrar) at: The workshop Saturday is limited to the first 10 registered participants. The field trip
Sunday is limited to 8 participants. Once the workshop is full, you can be placed on a priority waiting list in case someone cancels.
Workshop Location Georgetown Township Community Center A map and directions are at the bottom of the page.
Jim Doty, Jr. has the ideal combination of practical photography experience and teaching skills to provide an inspiring workshop experience that will improve your photography. Jim is a photography instructor with 20 years experience. He currently teaches photography at The Ohio State University. He has also taught at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan and Graceland University in Iowa. During his workshops, seminars, and field trips he has worked with hundreds of photographers at all skill levels. He also does one-on-one photo instruction. Jim's images can be found in magazines, books, newspapers, calendars, tourist brochures, corporate reports, and on web sites for corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Jim's nature, portrait, event, and commercial work has been published by the National Wildlife Federation, Black & White Magazine, The Ohio State University, Ohio Sea Grant, Stone Laboratory, Ohio Woodland Stewards Program, Graceland University, UNCF (United Negro College Fund), Crowne Plaza Hotels, Staybridge Suites, Holiday Inn Hotels, Best Western Hotels, Hunt's Guide to the Upper Peninsula, Heartland Tours and Travel, Midwest Photo Exchange, Wiley Publishing, Inc., The MichMatist, Yukon Review, Magic 106.3, The Herald, Community of Christ, Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), Kirtland Temple Historic Site, KOA Campgrounds, Terrapin World Imports, and dozens of businesses too numerous to list here. Jim is the author of Digital Photography Exposure for Dummies, one of the highest rated
photography books at Amazon.com. More information is here.
A digital camera*(see the important note below) and the camera manual. You will be using your camera during the workshop. A tripod if you have one. A notebook or paper to take notes. A sack lunch (so we don't need to take a lot of time to go out somewhere and eat). There is a refrigerator at the workshop location. Everyone will eat dinner "on the road" at the place of their own choosing on the way to the evening field trip location. A small flashlight or headlamp for the field trip. If you have the recommended companion book for the workshop, Digital Photography Exposure for Dummies, bring it to the workshop. The presentations during the workshop will be page keyed to additional information in the book. You can also buy a copy for $25 at the workshop. If you want to pick up a copy at the workshop, let me know prior to the workshop. *Important camera note. To get the most out of this workshop you will need a camera that allows you to
manually control apertures, shutter speeds, and ISO settings. You will need a lens that allows you to turn off autofocus. Any recent model DLSR (digital single lens reflex) or ILC (interchangeable lens compact), will be
fine. If you have a full featured point and shoot camera that has the four basic PASM modes (Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, and Manual) and makes them easy to use, you will do just fine.
Clothing This is an active, "go outside and do things" kind of workshop. You might end up sitting, kneeling, or laying down on the ground to get the best photo angle so dress accordingly.
The Saturday workshop location at the Georgetown Township Community Center and the area around the community center where we will do outside photo activities is all level ground. This is a "senior center" with minimal mobility issues. This is a nature photography workshop so the field trip locations (Saturday evening and especially on the extended field trip on Sunday) will involve some uneven terrain, woodland trails, and some stairs. None of the field trip locations involve walking more than 150 yards from the area where you park your car, or an elevation gain of more than 100 feet.
Before The Workshop Go through your camera's manual prior to the workshop so you are well acquainted with the PASM modes (Program, Aperture priority, S hutter priority, and Manual) and learn how to use them. Before the workshop it is especially important to learn how to change apertures, shutter speeds, and ISO settings in the "Manual" exposure mode. Try out the other modes too. If your camera has "mirror lock up", "depth of field preview", or a "live view" mode, be
sure you know how to use them. If your camera has a B (for bulb) mode, learn how to access it and use it (it might be hidden in the camera's menu section).
In some cameras, the Exposure Compensation Scale is always visible inside the viewfinder. In others it is always visible on an external LCD. With some cameras you have to find it in the menu system to access it or turn it on. The amount of exposure compensation in this illustration is set to +1 (Plus One). Learn how to set yours for anything from -2 to +2. If your camera allows you to set a "custom white balance", check your camera manual and learn how to do that too. If you have Digital Photography Exposure for Dummies, it would be very helpful if you look through chapters 2, 3, and 4 before the workshop.
Georgetown Township Community Center From Grand Rapids, go west on I-196. Then take Highway 121/Chicago Drive west. Turn south on 8th Ave (you will need to go past 8th Avenue and do a u-turn on Chicago Drive to come back to 8th Avenue). The Community Center will be on your left on the east side of 8th Avenue.
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