All upcoming Studio Arts: Photography classes

In this two-session course, visit and photograph Washington National Cathedral—with architectural features ranging from gargoyles to stunning stained glass windows—then review your images with the instructor. During the critique, learn composition techniques and strategies

Slow things down as you learn to capture movement and low light scenes with longer shutter speeds. Topics covered include panning, zoom effect, intentional camera movement, tripods, drive modes, neutral density filters, and the camera settings required to take slow shutter-speed photos in bright light, low light, twilight, and night.

Learn to develop your photographic vision and take better photos by learning a more deliberate approach to composition, balance, and lighting conditions while keeping it simple.

Learn the camera controls, composition, and lighting considerations to achieve artful images of items such as brickwork, apartment or office buzzers, call boxes, and vintage signage. Working knowledge of your camera is required, along with willingness to see the mundane as magnificent.

Learn how to take good photos with your smartphone. By understanding a few principles of what makes a good image, you can use your phone’s camera to create stunning photographs.

Delve into the history of cyanotypes, a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue and white print, and create your own cyanotype using chemistry to harness the transformative power of sunlight. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)