I am offering three classes in September and October 2010 at the Morton Community Center. They are:

Working With Your Digital Camera

Take Better Photographs: Composition Techniques for Photographers

Photographing Fall Colors: A Field Workshop

Descriptions of each of the classes are listed below.

If you are interested in taking any of these classes, contact the Morton Center. Only mail in registrations are accepted from until Sept. 7. You can pick up the catalog, which includes the sign up form at the Morton Center at 222 North Chauncey Avenue in West Lafayette. They should also have the catalogs at the West Lafayette Parks & Recreation office at the West Lafayette City Hall.

The first day of walk in and phone in registrations is Wed., Sept. 8. the phone number is: 775-5120

Take Better Photographs: Composition Techniques for Photographers

For photographers of any level, learn how to use your camera to make consistently good photographs. This course helps students explore how to design a photograph, utilizing common composition techniques. Learn how to work with the elements in a picture and principles such as the rule of thirds and framing, to capture the pictures you have visualized. The class will then meet on Saturday morning for a field session to practice these techniques. The field session will be followed by an evening class session the following week for feedback of the students’ work. Please bring your camera and camera manual to the first class. For more information, please contact Glenn Chang at 765-447-2462

Instructor: Glenn Chang

Location: Morton Center, Room 211

Ages: 18 or older

Day: Thursdays, field session on Saturday

Fee: $50

Material Fee: $3 (Payable to instructor at first class.)

Code No. 312281V

Meeting Dates for Class Times

Thursdays, Sept 30- Oct 7 6:30-8:30 pm

Saturday, Oct. 2 8:30-10:30 am

Working With Your Digital Camera

This class helps students learn how to find and use all of the options and programs on their digital cameras, and how to use them to take better pictures. The class will also discuss compositional techniques to improve your photographs. The instructor works with each student to learn how to access the different parts of their camera’s menu, and how to work with focusing, different program modes, zoom settings, resolution, compression, compensation, color, saturation, contrast, flash, and other camera capabilities. The second class meets at a field location on Saturday morning to work with our cameras in the field. In the third session, the students meet the following week for an evening class session for students to get feedback about their work. Students should already have a digital camera and should read the camera manual prior to the first class. You must be able to print pictures from your cameras for the feedback session. Class is limited to no more than 10 students to allow for individual attention. Please bring your camera, camera manual, an array of lenses, extra batteries, memory cards, (optional) tripod. For more information, please contact Glenn Chang at 765-447-2462.

Instructor: Glenn Chang

Location: Morton Center, Room 111

Ages: 18 or older

Day: Tuesdays, field session on Saturday

Fee: $65

Material Fee: $3 (Payable to instructor at first class.)

Code No. 312291V

Meeting Dates for Class Times

Wednesday, Sept 22 6:30-9:00 pm

Saturday, Sept 25 8:30-10:30 am

Tuesday, Sept 29 6:30-8:30 pm

Photographing Fall Colors: A Field Workshop

Capture Fall’s colors while working with a professional photographer, who will provide suggestions, answer questions, and provide feedback. The following week students will bring prints to the class for feedback. Bring a camera, the camera manual, lenses, extra batteries and memory cards, and a tripod if you have one. Please wear hiking boots or good walking shoes. The class will meet at Happy Hollow Park, which is on Happy Hollow Road in West Lafayette. Once you enter the park proceed on the park road all the way back, across the narrow bridge. The group will meet at the last parking lot at the back of the park. For more information, please contact Glenn Chang at 765-447-2462.

Instructor: Glenn Chang

Location: Morton Center, Room 211

Ages: 18 or older

Day: Thursday, field session on Saturday

Fee: $25

Code No. 31239A

Meeting Dates for Class Times

Saturday, Oct 16 9-11 am

Thursday, Oct 21 6:30-8:30 pm