Indy Photo Coach
Wednesday March 24th, 2010
"Photography is a journey with no conceivable destination." -HBB

News

New Private Lessons Announced:
IPC is pleased to now offer studio lighting private lessons in Westfield, IN.

New Class Date Announced:
HDR Photography: Saturday, May 1, 2010 (Downtown)

Photography Attire
You may not have been aware, but there is "proper attire" when it comes to photography... luckily we have you covered.

Interested In Daytime Classes?

IPC is considering the possibility of weekday daytime photography classes. If you would like to see these events offered, help us decide the best days/times with a short 3-question survey.

Click Here for Survey

Featured Class: High Dynamic Range Workshop (HDR)

Limited dynamic range is the first frustration many photographers experience during the learning process. As you attempt to shoot a portrait during sunset, you expose for the beautiful colors in the sky and your subject becomes a silhouette. Or if shooting an interior room with windows, you notice the extreme over-exposure of the detail in the windows.

There are obvious limitations to exposure which cannot be digitally captured the same as viewed by the human eye. This course will explain how to create HDR (High Dynamic Range) images to overcome these exposure limitations. You will learn how to photograph scenes where the dynamic range is much greater than can be recorded in a single image.

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Weekly Photo Tip: Cropping for a Better Image

Sometimes you don't have time to properly compose an image with your camera and it's better to catch the actual moment and recompose it later. To do this we use a Crop tool in an image editing program. Nearly every computer comes with an image editor that has this feature and if not, there are tons of free ones out there.

Tips For Making A Good Crop:

  1. Follow the rule of thirds "to discourage placement of the subject at the center, or prevent a horizon from appearing to divide the picture in half" [source: wikipedia].
  2. Use the Crop tool to remove distracting background elements that do not add to the image as a whole.
  3. Do not Crop more than half of an image. Cropping removes pixels so cropping out half of a 10 megapixel image effectively leaves you with a 5 megapixel image. This is mostly important if you're printing images because the print quality goes down with the number of pixels in the image file.

Cropping can be an effective way to emphasize the right parts of an image or to improve the overall composition!

Written by Trevor Warren


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Upcoming Classes & Events

Abobe Lightroom Seminar

Carmel
  •  Saturday, March 27th, 9:00am - 4:00pm ( lunch included)

Beyond The Fundamentals

Carmel
  •  Tuesdays, May 11 - Jun 1, 6:00 - 8:00p*
     *times may vary to catch sunsets and dynamic lighting

Fundamentals of Photography

Downtown
  •  Thursdays, May 6 - May 27, 6:00 - 8:00p

Carmel
  •  Wednesdays May 5 - May 26 6:00 - 8:00p

Fishers
  •  Mondays, May 3 - May 24, 6:00 - 8:00p

High Dynamic Range Image Workshop

Downtown Indianapolis
Saturday, May 1, 8:30 - 11:30am

How To Take Better Sports Photos

Carmel
  •  Saturday, April 17th, 10:00a - 1:00p

Wedding Photography 1

Downtown
  •  Thursdays, May 6 - May 27, 6:00 - 8:00p

Registration Deadlines: Last Thursday of previous month

  •  April Classes: March 25th
  •  May Classes: April 28th

Highlights From Flickr Assignments
Designed to help you exercise your creativity and see everyday life differently.

Special Assignment: St. Patty's Day!


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Photo by: Bernie Kasper

Challenge #84: Shadows


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Winter Sunset
Photo by: HJ Indy

Challenge #83: The Golden Triangle

Challenge #82: Warm Up Tones

Challenge #81: Portraits in the Sun

Challenge #80: Keep Horizon Straight

Challenge #79: Fill the Frame

Challenge #78: Natural Light

Challenge #77: Shutter Speed

Challenge #76: Selective Focusing

Challenge #75: Newborns

Challenge #74: Camera Modes

Challenge #73: Bokeh Shapes

Challenge #72: Holiday Lights

Challenge #71: Shiver and Shoot

Challenge #70: Distracting Background

Challenge #69: White Balance

Challenge #68: Balancing a Scene

Challenge #67: Perspective

Challenge #66: The Haunting

Challenge #65: Capturing Fall Colors

Challenge #64: Keeping it Simple

Challenge #63: Focus Lock Flash

Challenge #62: Daytime Fill Flash

Challenge #61: DIY Snoot Photos

Challenge #60: Selling Indiana

Challenge #59: The Digital Darkroom

Special Assignment: Happy 9/9/09

Challenge #58: Scale Recognition

Challenge #57: Histograms

Challenge #56: Explorers of Light

Challenge #55: The Art of Panning

Challenge #54: Want Fries w/ That?

Challenge #53: Environmental Portraiture

Challenge #52: Frame It, Then Shoot It!

Challenge #51: What Summer Looks Like

Challenge #50: Look Sharp!

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