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Stuart grew up with film cameras and darkrooms. His first camera was a Pentax used to take passport photos, and aNikon SLRs used for 10 years as a newspaper photojournalist. when the Digital age started to affect both the Printing and Photography industry, Stuart embraced the Macintosh computers with it’s 9 inch B&W screen and floppy disks and became an imaging specialist for the printing and computer industry. As cameras and computers improved and evolved, he embraced the digital age of photography, working freelance and self employed for the rest of his career.
Today, Stuart blends the older mechanics of analog with the newer technologies of digital, as he continues to interpret, explain and teach new photographers the fundamentals of creating memorable images.
As a teacher, Stuart provides clear concise knowledgeable lectures as instruction are presented to allow the listener to understand and appreciate the skills needed to progress in their selected field of photographer. His expansive knowledge in many areas from photo journalism to commercial & product photography are ready to be shared with whomever “needs to know”. An avid reader and innovator, Stuart keeps pace with modern photo technology and is always ready to enjoy answering questions and sharing his knowledge and experience.
Basic Tools Spring Tune Up
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The Spring Tune Up lecture will acquaint beginners with the basic camera tools of Shutter Speeds, Depth of Field focusing, and ISO manipulation, the so called “Exposure Triangle”. More experienced photographers will be reminded of the potential and compositional options the basic tools offer!
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The Exposure Triangle Myth
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Almost every photographer in the world has heard of the “Exposure Triangle”, the Holy Grail of understanding how to properly use your camera with manual controls. It is this arcane knowledge that is purported to separate the Neophytes from the Masters. But, there is a fundamental problem with how we illustrate this “Trinity” of basic camera tools.
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Street /Event Photography
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Street and event photography, is a balance between capturing pictures in the split second and finding enough compositional elements to elevate the final images above the simple snap shot.
Technique and planning as well as a fluid senses of your subjects are all skills the can be developed by shooting in the street and improved those skills will be applicable to all aspects of photography.
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Improving Your Judging Scores
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Judges do have a certain way of evaluating images. The main elements for consideration are Overall Effect, Artistic Merit, and Technical Competence.
This article breaks down the task of critiquing images into 10 general areas to examine and improve on, in order to raise your score.
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