It’s Shooting Season Again!

I’m talking about shooting with a camera, of course.

Photography doesn’t really have a “season” but Winter weather in most places is not that conducive to being outdoors with your camera.

But now, the weather turns warmer, the days are longer, the sun shines more, and wonderful things start “springing” out of the ground, just begging to have their picture taken.

We all have digital cameras and most of them are really amazing in what they can do. They pretty much allow us to go along with them as *they* take the pictures.

But there is an art to photography, and understanding those things your camera can do allows you to be the boss of it - instead of the other way around.

I’m going to ask some questions here . . .

Not so you will try to answer them in Comments. In fact, please don’t, because we are not going to have a photo workshop here in a blog post. And a lot of my former students do know these answers (this is a good little test to see if you remember - but don’t tell).

Rather, I am asking them because if you find yourself interested in the answers, you will want to know that my very well-loved Art of Digital Photography workshop is on the schedule again for April 3. I used to offer several of these a year, but since the introduction of so many other workshops to my schedule, I can only run one or two sessions per year.

So here are the questions:

See the Hydrangea blossoms in the photo above? They are actually white, but in this photo, there is peach and green and pink and even a little blue.

Do you know what makes that happen? Did you know you could make it happen on purpose - or prevent it from happening altogether?

How about these two photos. Do you know which one is a better photo - and why?

The background of this photo has been forced to disappear into blur - just by choices made in the camera settings.

This is called isolation focusing and is a wonderful way to photograph something without interference from its background.

It’s easy to do, once you know how to do it, and know whether your type of camera has the capacity to do it well.

This workshop also teaches you what features you desire in a camera next time you shop for one.

This super close-up type of photography is called Macro photography.

There are all kinds of things to know about it.

Do you know what kind of equipment is available for doing macro photography?

Do you know which does the best job?

Did you know you have this kind of wonderful image available right there where you dropped a blob of Dawn detergent on your mirror?

Amazing eye candy is all around us. We just need to learn to see it and know how to capture it. The art of “seeing” is also something you learn in this workshop.

Every week for 10 weeks, there is a short PDF lesson with assignment. You read it and go out and shoot. You upload your photos for that week and get personal commentary on all of them - from me. By the end of the workshop, you love your camera, you understand your camera, and your camera loves you more and allows you to have some say about what it does! Learn more here:

The Art of Digital Photography