Crash Course: Quick and Dirty Portraits
- All levels
- 13 and older
- $85
- Earn 850 reward points
- 736 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY
- 3 hours
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ATTENTION: This class will be offered as scheduled, but we will start the class using an online, live-streaming platform. This will allow us to do full LIVE teaching, with realtime interaction and a thru-the-lens camera view for demonstrations. We are excited to offer this class at a discount in response to challenges faced by the health emergency.
Making a great portrait doesn't necessarily require expensive gear. Take for example one of the most famous portraits of all time, Steve McCurry's Afghan Girl, shot for the cover of National Geographic in 1985 using only a 35mm camera and natural light. It's not the tools themselves that do the job, but rather the mind creating with them. In this illuminating Crash Course we'll help you to observe, visualize and control natural light, demonstrating how light and shadow, as well as different focal lengths, affect the dimensions of the human face. You'll get valuable practice photographing people and learn to put subjects at ease. Make vivid portraits a part of your everyday.
COVID-19 UPDATE: Using live video demonstrations, guided feedback to exercises, screen-sharing for slides and illustrations, and submitted assignments, we’ll be able to translate the great majority of the content from this class to the online format, and develop exciting new content for the medium as well. We look forward to the challenge, and we hope you do too!
Who should take this class?
Anyone who wants to learn how to make surprisingly awesome portraits quickly, easily and without a lot of fancy equipment.
What to prepare?
Make sure to have a working laptop or desktop with a webcamera, or an tablet/smartphone, and a good internet connection. We will send you an invite to join the class, along with instructions and a number you can call if you have technical issues. You might want headphones. Charge camera batteries and make space on your camera's memory card.
Prerequisites
Understanding of manual exposure control. It is recommended to take an intro class like Crash Course: Camera Basics, 1-Day Workout: Camera Warm-Up! or Digital Photo I: The Basics prior to taking this class.
For multi-week classes:
The date the email is sent will determine eligibility for a refund. All approved refunds may take up to four weeks to process. We cannot be responsible for providing refunds for classes or programs missed as a result of student illness, student emergencies, or events beyond our control.
In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.
Refunds or withdrawal requests must be sent via e-mail to [email protected]
Students in the Crash Course: Quick and Dirty Portraits class felt that the class was informative and practical, providing a good foundation for taking better portraits. The lighting module was praised, as well as the opportunity to go outside and practice taking photos of people. Overall, the instructor was seen as knowledgeable and patient, with one student specifically mentioning that they walked away with a solid understanding of how to improve their photography skills. Direct quotes from the reviews: - "Learned quite a few new things with white balance and rule of thirds. It was great getting outside and taking photos of people. But would like a little more time outside shooting candids. Overall great class!" - "The instructor Alan was great, I liked the amount of time we spent in the classroom understanding the importance of aperture and depth of field in portraits. I also enjoyed playing with the light bouncers outside, I really see a difference. I would love them to add one more hour and also take some portraits indoors." - "Excellent class, highly recommended! The instructor Justin was knowledgeable and patient. I walked away from the class with a solid understanding on what to work on in order to take better photos, thank you!"
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Bushwick, Brooklyn
736 Bushwick Ave
Btwn Hart & Lawton Streets
Brooklyn, New York 11221 Bushwick, Brooklyn
736 Bushwick Ave
Btwn Hart & Lawton Streets
Brooklyn, New York 11221
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