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LANDSCAPE TECHNIQUES WORKSHOP

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This one-day workshop is a hands-on, nuts-and-bolts, practical session to improve landscape photographic technique. It will be about how to use and become familiar with equipment, so that participants learn how to bring back a compelling image that conveys what was seen and felt on location.

PARTICIPANTS: The workshop is suitable for people with some basic knowledge of camera technique, who have a particular interest in landscape photography, and who probably use a single-lens-reflex camera. Maximum attendance will be 8, to facilitate individual participation.

TOPICS COVERED: The programme will include both theory and practical sessions - all supported by plenty of slides, visual examples and materials. Participants will receive a set of comprehensive summary notes.

 

MAIN WORKSHOP TOPICS

  1. WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY? The key characteristics of a satisfacory landscape image, and implications for equipment, film, and photographic technique.
  2. APERTURE: The effect of aperture on sharpness (depth-of-field) and exposure. How to control depth-of-field, and how to maximise it.
  3. SHUTTER-SPEED: Its effect on subject movement, exposure, and camera movement.
  4. CRITICAL APERTURE-SHUTTER SPEED RELATIONSHIP: Principles and practice - learning to deal with this key relationship.
  5. EXPOSURE: 'Correct' exposure - how to measure and set it. Handling high-contrast and difficult lighting conditions. Bracketing.
  6. LENSES: The effects and handling aspects of very wide or very long lenses.
  7. FILTERS: When to use, how to choose, and how to fit them.
  8. FILMS: Suitable films for landscape, and their particular handling characteristics.
  9. ACCESSORIES: Useful equipment - tripods, cable releases, and lens-hoods.

LOCATION and FEE: The workshop will be held either at the studios of Creatif Images (in Ixelles, Brussels) or the Hotel Silken Berlaymont in the EU area of Brussels, and will be led by Trevor Waldron. Lunch and refreshments are included in the participation fee of 120 Euros (150 Euros for non-members), plus full notes of the material presented.

For more information contact Trevor on 0472 707202 or e-mail workshops@viewfinders.be