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    WSB
    Keymaster

    Just added this to the Events calendar but with the half-price pre-New Year signup, seems to merit noting here too.

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    JANUARY 9: Learn Digital Photography on a lunch cruise, Saturday’s in 2010

    Introductory Jan. 9, Intermediate Jan. 16, Advanced Jan. 23,

    Intermediate to Advanced Creative Vision Feb. 6

    Cruise Lake Union and take pictures of the Seattle skyline,

    Space Needle, boats, water fowl and more.

    Learn how to use your own digital camera with easy to understand terms.

    Tell your family and friends.

    It will be a fun way to learn how to use your camera.

    This special offer includes:

    3 hour digital photography instruction, lunch and cruise.

    Reg. $150. New Year’s Special pre-registration $75.

    Contact Murray’s 206-932-6064 murraysj2@msn.com for both cruise and land based digital photography classes

    Other dates will be available in Feb., March and April, Instructor: (West Seattle-based photographer) Joanne Murray, professionalphotographerwith over ten years teaching digital photography and creative vision workshops at NECC, NCCE, & WSU continuing education workshops.

    #684932

    JayDee
    Participant

    Has anyone in WSB land taken photography classes with Joanne? Can you recommend these classes?

    I have a new camera (Canon G11) that is smarter than me when it comes to taking pictures and feel I am missing alot when I just default to “Auto” — Kinda like driving a Ferrari only to the 7/11. If anyone can provide feedback, that would be great.

    #684933

    JustSarah
    Participant

    I’m also wondering if these classes are geared more toward point-and-shoot or DSLR owners. I am a new owner of a very nice DSLR and these courses would be a great deal if working with those cameras is covered, as well!

    #684934

    lazybeard
    Participant

    I emailed the contact earlier this morning as I’m curious about the intermediate course. I’ll let anyone know what she says.

    #684935

    clark5080
    Participant

    G11 very nice camera JayDee

    #684936

    cjboffoli
    Participant

    JayDee: Driving a Ferrari can be tricky and unforgiving. :-)

    #684937

    clark5080
    Participant

    JayDee If you can wait a few days I would be willing to meet you at a coffee shop somewhere and give you some pointers

    Jim

    #684938

    JoB
    Participant

    JayDee

    a ferrari is only a car

    a beautiful car

    that can respond very quickly

    and go very fast

    but it will also take you to the grocery store..

    your camera is much the same

    it will take time to learn to utilize all it’s features

    but in the meantime you can still take pictures..

    #684939

    lazybeard
    Participant

    I got a response back from Joanne Murray, the instructor for the courses. Here is the email…

    <quote>Thank you for your inquiry about the digital photo workshops:

    If you know how to access your menu’s and change your settings ( wb, iso, ev ) you should take the second intermediate cruise workshop.

    Each workshop/lunch/cruise is $75. if you pre-register for one it would be $75., two would be $150., or all three $225.

    We will also have an additional Intermediate to Advance workshop on Feb. 6th for those who want to learn even more, like how to reverse your lens for macros, use extreme settings and create images for wide angle panoramas, portraiture, etc.

    I hope you will be able to attend and please pass the info. on to other associates, friends and relatives who have digital cameras.

    You will learn more in one workshop than you would in a year of trial and error on your own.

    Be sure you bring your camera manual so you can mark the refernces for future use.

    The size of the vessel will be determined by the number in each workshop.

    </quote>

    #684940

    JayDee
    Participant

    I rec’d the same reply as lazybeard. I know what wb and iso are (although when I grew up it was ASA), and will figure out what ev is (exposure value?).

    It sounds like a pretty good deal at $75/class plus lunch. It would be nice to have others with similar questions in the same class (up to a certain size).

    Thanks to Clark5080 for your offer–I may try the class and see what I can get from it.

    And to cjboffoli and JoB — I know I’ve bitten off more than I can handle, but I was attracted to the new features like image stabilization. It seems the new digital cameras are a lot like the self-checkout lanes at the QFC–you gotta work a lot taking the picture, and then you have to do the processing, and the “printing”- hard copy or print.

    While I like the control, the amount of labor involved is higher than in the old film days (though the price/exposure is negligible compared to film).

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