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This is the course for you if you're ready to take photography to the next level. Whether that involves setting up your own studio to explore portrait photography or selling your landscape photography to support your camera gear habit, we can help.

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 C1MAC3 - Photography 3 (Advanced Photography techniques)

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8 Weeks • Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30

Seats available: yes

Next course starts:

September 26th, 2023

Classroom + online via Zoom

You have mastered taking photos that are technically sound - the basics. And you've learned to apply the principles of composition and visual design to take photos that are artistically pleasing. What is left to learn? We're glad you asked, because we have an answer. And that answer is: a lot.

Our Photography 3 course will show you how to build on your technical mastery and creative development to become a truly accomplished photographer. We'll teach you how to sling some gear (beyond just your camera and tripod). We'll show you how to work with your subjects effectively so that you're collaborating to make stunning images, rather than dictating directions to models in a detached way that undermines the subject-photographer relationship. We'll dive into two powerful photo organizing and editing tools to give you the most control possible over how your images turn out. And, finally, we'll help you begin to get a handle on the thing many find most challenging: the marketing, pricing, and packaging of your photographic skill and products.

The course will be offered as a classroom course and online via Zoom at the same time. If you feel you learn better in our classroom, come in for class. If you feel you'd rather not travel to class, join us online on your favorite internet device that'll put you right with us in the classroom. Included with the course is your own personal course book with work sheets for Class 8. Each chapter corresponds to a class in the course and contains all the relevant information you may need.

This course runs only once a year in Fall.

Requirements:

A digital Point And Shoot or SLR (strongly recommended) camera

Recording medium (e.g.: Film, Compact Flash or SD card)

Instruction booklet that came with the camera

Later in the course, a laptop with Lightroom and Photoshop installed will be very helpful

Here's how we help you take it to the next level. C1MAC3 Course Syllabus:

Class 1:

Recap of Photography 1 and Photography 2

We'll hit the highlights of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, and then cover how they interconnect. We'll give a refresher on whitebalance and light metering so that the mechanics of your camera don't trip you up. Finally, we'll review the elements and principals of visual design and refresh your mind on how to apply them for pleasing composition and subject placement.

Class 2:

Back Button Focus and Advanced Autofocus

You may find it helpful to separate your camera's autofocus function from the shutter release. We'll talk about how to do that and why you might want to, and then we'll explore the more advanced capabilities of autofocus to give you the most creative control over your photography possible.

Class 3:

Flash Photography and an Introduction to Studio Lighting, advanced lighting concepts

Not all of your photo shoots will present you with ideal lighting conditions. We'll show you how to best use your flash to better manage murky lighting conditions. And then we'll introduce you to studio lighting equipment and teach you how it's used for total lighting control. Learning to see light sounds easy but takes some time. We'll get you going on the road of dramatic illumination.

Class 4:

Directing and Posing Subjects

Getting people to look their best is only easy if you don't do it yourself. Finding someone's optimum angle and best pose is an intuitive dance between subject and photographer. It requires a connection and a dialogue each time. It can be uncomfortable - but it's necessary if you want your photography to be as good as it can be. We'll show you how to start.

Class 5:

Setting Up Your Workflow

Nothing derails your plans to create amazing images like discovering you can't find the images you want to work with. We'll show you how to set up a file structure to manage your photo catalog so that you'll be able to find any image from any shoot in seconds.

Class 6:

Using Lightroom to Select and Edit Images

Coming back from a photo shoot with an onslaught of images can be overwhelming. Unless you have a system in place for culling images and organizing your editing to help you get a handle on things. We'll show you the approach we use in our studio to sort and select images to edit.

Class 7:

Introduction to Photoshop

Brace yourself. Photoshop is amazingly powerful. And with great power comes great confusion, sometimes. We will help you make sense of how Photoshop works and guide you past the frustration that can come from trying to learn the program on your own.

Class 8:

Graduation night and Student Showcase Slideshow. Hit us with your best shots. Receive your certificate in Photography 3.

 

 

Register now for Photography 3

Your $849 course retainer reserves your spot in the next course. Your course book is included with that price.

Or sign up on our eLearning store for our Easy Pay installment plan and pay in 3 easy installments:

Pay one payment of $297.50 at checkout and 2 further monthly payments of $297.50 for a total of $892.50 including a $43.50 installment plan admin cost.

 

Please note that if you choose the installment option, access to materials on our eLearning store begins once your payments have been made in full.

By purchasing a seat in this course you agree to our terms and conditions of sale. Your retainer fee reserves your seat and is fully refunded if the course is canceled. Per RSA 361-B, you may cancel this transaction any time prior to midnight of the third business day after the date of this transaction. When you sign up we'll send you an email to confirm. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours, please call us. From time to time, we videotape our classes, so it is possible that you will be recorded while studying with us. Warning: On rare occasions we do run out of chocolate chip cookies.

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Testimonials

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Student Testimonials

Photography 3 helped me with marketing - how to figure out where my customers will be and how to tell what my customers want.

 

Melody, Mont Vernon, NH

I really liked learning about the business side of photography in Photography 3. Especially in the second half of the course, the material was all new to me - business concepts I'd heard of but didn't really understand. I found it was really helpful to have a group environment when talking about the business aspects of photography. Some of my classmates had questions that I'd never even thought of, and that opened up really valuable areas of discussion.

 

Sarah, Pelham, NH

In Photography 3, I learned a lot of good business advice, which is going to help me turn my photography from a hobby into a career. I actually took a business course in college, but I learned more in Walter's course. My college course was mostly focused on big business, but Walter taught me about the things I'll need to know as a small businessman.

 

Nick, Derry, NH

My favorite part of Photography 3 was talking about defining your niche and what you really enjoy photographing. Learning about how to package our work and develop a business model was a close second. It was great hearing everyone's different ideas.

 

Margaret, Pembroke, NH

I liked the fact that we focused mostly on the marketing for the last couple of classes of Photography 3. Marketing my work was something I hadn't put much thought into prior to this. I've been able to focus on it more, and the marketing and pricing worksheets we did were helpful.

 

Terri, Londonderry, NH

In Photography 3, I learned more about the business aspect of being a photography than I ever thought needed to go into a business. Marketing and pricing and that sort of thing is where I feel like I need the most help, so I appreciated the focus on that.

 

Kate, Hollis, NH

My biggest take-away from Photography 3 is learning what to do and what not to do when I'm marketing my work.

 

Jessica, Nelson, NH

My favorite part of Photography 3 was the activity we did to help us identify our niche as photographers. I thought that was a great and it really helped me figure out what I want to focus on.

 

Helene-Marie, Exeter, NH

I think the biggest thing I learned in Photography 3 was to make sure that I offer my clients portrait packages. I also learned that I'm completely underselling my work.

 

Lisa, Windham, NH

Photography 3 provided me with a lot of useful information, so when I retire, if I want to earn money with my photography, I can.

 

Frank, Merrimack, NH

The Advanced course was very helpful in making me focus on a particular style of photography and hone in on the branding and marketing skills that I need to be successful in that field. I felt like it gave me a better understanding of the competitive nature of the business and of the need to carve out a special niche or flair to set me apart from others. The course is a huge support to someone that is considering photography as more than a hobby.

 

Deirdre, Pepperell, MA

The C1M Advanced Course exceeded my personal learning objectives.  Walter's knowledge and passion for photography and sales, as well as his kind and laid-back personality, created an atmosphere which made learning easy and fun. Not only did my confidence in my own abilities improve vastly, but I left the course with a better understanding of the marketing and sales side of photography, which is the key to running a successful photography business. I'm now better armed with the knowledge that I need to present a sale to a potential client. The immense amount of information covered in such a short period of time has proven to be invaluable, and is well worth its weight in gold.

 

Belinda, Sharon, NH

Photography 3 was just what I needed to work on a deeper understanding of lighting/posing and to bring my photography business to the next level.  Walter's experience and do/don't lessons in photography as well as in business are invaluable!  If you plan on running a successful photography business or want to move beyond simple photography, this is your class!

 

Karen, Milford, NH

Taking Photography 3 forced me - in a good way - to think outside the box and find art in subjects that might seem mundane. It also helped me to figure out what style of photography I really like and want to pursue.

 

Tracy, Northwood, NH

The most important I got out of the Photography 3 course was clarity. I went into it thinking that I might like to be a traditional wedding or portrait photographer. I quickly realized that probably isn't the best choice for me. Now I'm thinking more about photojournalism and starting my own blog, which feels like a better fit. I also feel like my photographic eye developed and improved through looking at  and critiquing other students' work. That was my favorite part of the course.

 

Erica, Campton, NH

I want to make more than a hobby out of photography, but I can't make money selling stuff that I want to decorate my house with. I have to find some other niche. Working through the Photography 3 course helped me to see that there's an obvious solution in front of me. I just have to package it correctly.

 

Christoph, Nashua, NH

Photography 3 helped me narrow my style down, and now that I've identified what style I want to go after, I can work on perfecting that and build that around the plan, going forward, of the market for the kind of work I want to do. The course brought me back to what drew me to photography in the first place.

 

Darrell, Nashua, NH

I love the idea of getting into a gallery setting and having my art in front of people. Right now I can only do that online because it's what my budget allows, but it's a good step in that direction. Photography 3 really opened my mind up to doing the business part of it, and I've been getting a lot more creative with my camera and getting out in the field more, too, because of the course.

 

Daniel, Lowell, MA

For me, the best part of Photography 3 was talking about a lot of marketing aspects specific to photography - what not to put out there; how to involve the client; how to bring them into the process and find out what they need so you can best give them the service they're looking for.

 

Jes, Bedford, NH

I thought Photography 3 was great. To me, photography is still largely a hobby, but I can see it someday being something else. I think the course helped to focus me in that direction. I also really liked the marketing and business aspects we talked about, thinking through how you would actually make money at this. I get it and I've had business courses before, but to see Walter put it in terms of photography was very helpful.

 

George, Brookline, NH

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