A general photography class for beginning, intermediate or advanced students.

1. Importance of the documentary photograph.

   George Edwards; Executive Director of Historic Wilmington Foundation will give a brief talk on the importance of photo documentation of historic buildings protected by preservation easements.

    

2. General overview of cameras.

   We want to make sure everyone is on the same page so there will be a discussion regarding cameras, what they can and cannot do and general overview on how they work.

    

3. Lens and their adjustments.

   It is very important to understand how your camera and specifically your lens and how it can effect and affect you images of buildings.

    

4. Angel of view.

   When we get through with the lens discussion we will segue into angel of view and that effect on buildings.

    

5. Digital or film discussion.

   Just what you think it will be, we will talk the pros and cons.

    

6. Brief overview of the Zone System and exposure control.

   Zone system is a class unto it's self so we do a quick look at what it is.

    

7. Shooting the house.

   How do you do it, what is the need for the final product.

    

8. Image rights, theirs - yours.

   It's not your house, permissions and all  that jazz.

    

9. Editing your work.

   You don't want anyone to see the bad stuff.  Editing down and dirty.

    

10. Printing your work and publishing to the web.

    We will pick one of your best and do a print to go, plus publish the best 5 to the web.

For this class you may use a film or digital camera nor is an advanced camera required.  So what does this mean to the film people.  You need to make arrangements with Frank at Image Finishers to get your film processed and a disk back, quickly.  So timing is critical.  Let me know so we can make arrangements in ADVANCE!!!!