Digital Photography Workshop Series
Led by serious amateur photographer and instructor Jim Henderson
Callaway Gardens is the perfect venue for learning photography with year-round opportunities to take great photos. The Callaway Discovery Center Auditorium is the perfect place to for these workshops, thanks to theater seating, theater lighting, and a state-of-the-art overhead projection system for the PowerPoint Presentations. No finer venue is available for photography workshops! Smaller classes are held in one of the Discovery Center Classrooms with table seating and electrical hookups for laptop computers.
The instructor is Jim Henderson, an accomplished amateur photographer with an encyclopedic knowledge of the technical aspects of digital photography, a master of the artistic side of photography, and an incredible knack for teaching and inspiring his participants in a fun and enthusiastic manner. Using custom PowerPoint presentations, Henderson presents each topic and concept in an easy-to-understand manner and illustrates each concept using his own photography.
For all digital photography workshops, please bring a personal digital camera, owner's manual, charged batteries and storage media. Dress casually in layers for the weather and wear comfortable shoes.
The Foundations Workshop Series
The FOUNDATIONS workshops were developed with a simple goal in mind: to free the aspiring photographer from reliance on the automatic exposure mode. The camera's automatic exposure mode is fine for snapshots and sometimes OK for postcards. It is almost never useful to the creative photographer, who uses ISO, aperture and shutter speed like a painter uses paint and brushes. At the conclusion of the series, you will have the knowledge and skill to use the advanced features of your camera and take your creative photography to that next level!
Foundations in DSLR Photography II: Creative Photography Beyond the Auto Mode
Saturday, February 2, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This workshop is designed to provide the information and skills necessary to operate the camera without the assistance (and confines) of the camera’s automatic exposure mode. The workshop begins with a demonstration of why the automatic exposure mode is severely limiting your potential as a photographer. With our goal clear, we then begin to explore the fundamentals of photography. What is aperture, shutter speed and ISO? What is exposure? How can aperture be used for our creative purposes? What is depth of field? How can shutter speed be used for our creative purposes? What is aperture-priority exposure mode? What is shutter priority exposure mode? What is manual exposure mode? Following a thorough coverage of those topics, we then move into the field where we practice putting those concepts to use.Fee: $75 includes lunch and digital handout
Foundations II: Skill Builder Photo Shoot with the Instructor
Sunday, February 3, 2013, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Foundations II Workshop continues with an optional photo shoot with the instructor. In this four-hour segment, participants get even more practice working with the new concepts in the field. For many participants, the extra time in the field and additional coaching by the instructor help to solidify the concepts.
Fee: $40 (limited to 20 participants, must attend February 2, 2013, workshop)
Foundations in DSLR Photography III: Mastering Focus and Exposure
Saturday, February 16, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Building upon the concepts mastered in the FOUNDATIONS II Workshop, this workshop is designed to assist the participant with mastery of focus and exposure. Topics include: understanding autofocus, understanding manual focus, achieving an accurate focus with stationary subjects and subjects in motion, understanding exposure, understanding exposure meters and metering modes, evaluating your exposure, understanding histograms, using exposure compensation, using automatic exposure bracketing and using automatic exposure lock. Throughout the workshop, we cover the topic in class and get an opportunity to practice what we learned in the field. The workshop concludes with a presentation and discussion of dynamic range and high dynamic range (HDR).
Fee: $75 includes lunch and digital handout
Foundations III: Skill Builder Photo Shoot with Instructor
Sunday, February 17, 2013, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Foundations III Workshop continues with an optional photo shoot with the instructor. In this four-hour segment, participants get even more practice working with the new concepts in the field. For many participants, the extra time in the field and additional coaching by the instructor help to solidify the concepts.
Fee: $40 (limited to 20 participants, must attend Feb 16, 2013 workshop)
The Adventures in DSLR Photography Workshop Series
The ADVENTURES WORKSHOP SERIES was developed for intermediate and advanced level students who have mastered the fundamentals of photography and are ready to master the various specialty areas of photography. Classroom content builds upon content covered in the FOUNDATIONS SERIES. The amount of workshop time devoted to the classroom varies considerably depending upon the topic. See the individual course descriptions for more information.
Adobe Lightroom I: An Introduction to Lightroom – A Comprehensive Two-Day Introductory Course
Saturday – Sunday, April 13 & 14, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday
This two-day workshop was designed as an introduction to Adobe's newest software solution for digital photographers. Bring your laptop and work along with the instructor. Once you start using Lightroom, you will wonder how you ever managed without it! This workshop is strictly limited to 20 participants and often sells out quickly. Register early to reserve your spot.
Fee: $115 (includes lunch on Saturday and digital handout)
(Enrollment limited to 20 participants, laptops welcome)
Adobe Lightroom II – A Comprehensive Two-Day Advanced Techniques Course
Saturday – Sunday, April 27-28, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday
This advanced level workshop is devoted to doing complex edits to your RAW images in Lightroom’s Develop Module and doing round-trip edits from Lightroom to Photoshop, Lightroom to PhotoMatix, and Lightroom to Portrait Professional Pro. Included is an in-depth discussion of color management and how to set-up Lightroom and external editors for good color management.
Fee: $115 (includes lunch on Saturday and digital handout)
(Enrollment limited to 20 participants, laptops welcome)
Adventures in DSLR Photography: Mastering Flash
Saturday – Sunday, May 18 & 19, 2013, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sunday
This intermediate level workshop is devoted to exploring the possibilities and understanding the principles of flash photography using on and off-camera speedlights. The emphasis will be on capturing dramatic portraits in an outdoor, natural setting.
Fee: $115 (includes lunch on Saturday and digital handout)
Enrollment is limited and preregistration is required. Workshop fees include admission to Callaway Gardens. To register, call the Education Department at 1-800-CALLAWAY (225-5292), option 5, option 2; 706-663-5153 or email education@callawaygardens.com. Please plan to arrive at least 30 minutes before each workshop begins. For a complete listing, visit www.callawaygardens.com. Annual Pass holders and Callaway Connection members qualify for special rates.
For overnight accommodations for any of these workshops or hikes, ask for the special workshop rate starting at $99 in the Mountain Creek® Inn at 1-800-CALLAWAY (225-5292). Based on availability, some restrictions apply.
Callaway Gardens®, is in Pine Mountain, Ga., 60 minutes southwest of Atlanta and 30 minutes north of Columbus. To experience nature at its finest, call 1-800-CALLAWAY or visit www.callawaygardens.com .
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