Student Gallery

Photo by Andy Teng. Canon 30D and 18-55mm lens. Make your photos look like paintings. An example of slow shutter speed technique and panning at 1/8 to 1/15 of a second. Use shutter priority with this technique.

Photo taken by Ganesha of Segway riders in North Beach, San Francisco . A good example of a composition technique of perspective by changing the horizon lines. You can find the vanishing point by paying attention to the invisible merging lines in the buildings.  Taken with a Nikon D80 & 18-200mm VR lens.  Visit the City Segway Tour site.

Photo of colorful San Francisco Chinatown Chinese lanterns on Grant Street. Taken by Ganesh with a Nikon D80 and 18-200mm VR lens. ISO 200, F11

 

Winter 2012 Workshop Schedule

Los Angeles Photo Workshops
Feb. 13 & 14, 2012. Half-day digital photography crash course for beginners. Master your new DSLR. Locations: San Diego & Orange. Co.
Feb.15, & 17. Digital photography Basics & Studio lighting workshops. Shooting portraits on locations & the Studio.Location : North Hollywood.
Feb. 18-26, 2012: San Francisco DSLR Bootcamp for Beginners. Mastering Camera Controls.Great class for new Canon or Nikon DSLR owners.
March 16-30,2012: New York City- One day & half-day Digital Photography Crash Course: 70% technical, 30% creative.

Testimonials

I have completed the San Diego Photo Safari that I signed up for in Aug and had a very rewarding time. Elle did a great job of showing me the sights & provided me much information on taking better photos. It was a very good time and I do plan on booking another photo safari with him in the future. Thanks for making the arrangements.
Owen Owens

Hi Elle! I just want to THANK you for such a great day! I just reviewed all of our shots and after explaining what the experiments were to my husband I realized how much we covered today. I really learned a lot about white balance which was such an interesting study with our night photographs.That was a function of my camera that I never even knew had such creative possibilities and can't wait to use it again. The observatory black and whites surprised me as it appeared on the LCD that there was more separation of the domes and sky but perhaps this was b/c the brightness setting gave us that impression? Kelli from Los Angeles

Hey Elle, thanks so much I had a great time today and I learned soooo much. You are a wonderful, patient instructor. I started out today feeling like a mute learning a new language, now at least I feel as is a few letters make a bit of sense, like A and S and ISO! ...Best, Susan

This is a must read article for all new students

Guys, please read up on the Triangle of Exposure prior to showing up at the class. This is the relationship between film speed, shutter speed, and aperture. Master this technical principle & you can operate any brand of cameras.Follow this link