Monday–Friday, June 20–24, 12–4 pm

Learn how to make the most of your manual digital SLR camera to make excellent photographs and expand your creative vision! We’ll shoot at interesting urban locations around IFP, and also in a studio lit environment. You’ll learn how to sort through and catalog your photograph collection in Adobe Lightroom and how to use basic Photoshop techniques to complete your artistic vision. Objectives include learning manual settings, framing shots in-camera utilizing compositional elements like lines, angle and symmetry, gaining an awareness of lighting effects, and basic photo editing skills. Please bring a DSLR camera with manual settings each day with a minimum 4GB memory card and charged battery, and at least one lens.

Tuition: $240

Stephanie Colgan is currently finishing an MFA degree in photography from The International Center of Photography and Bard College in New York. She has worked as an editorial photographer for many years and will soon be photographing the runway shows of New York Fashion Week for The New York Times. She loves the music on Radio K, movies like Moonrise Kingdom, books about art and fashion, and playing games with her family.