Photography 101 Flex - A Beginners Guide to Photography

This class will help your artist gain confidence in their photography skills. We will learn about our cameras, how they work and how to care for them. Each week students will learn a new photo technique and will be given a photo prompt that they will need to capture before the next class. Each week students will post their photo and as a class we will have a discussion about their work through the classroom chat. Each weeks technique will be visually presented during class where I will show examples of the technique through my own and other artists work. I will also demonstrate how each technique can be achieved. 

My teaching style is all about fun! This will be a calm, relaxing and safe environment where students have the freedom to create. I will encourage students to use their imagination and creativity to create their work. We will be discussing our work each week. All artists will be encouraged to share their photos as well as discuss others work. There is a zero tolerance policy on bullying. All artists will be respectful, encouraging and constructive or they will not be allowed in class. 

Week One: 
-Introductions and Rules
-Get to know your camera
    -How to hold, clean and handle
    -How it works
-Discuss first photo prompt: Explore! Take photos and be prepared to present your favorite. 

Week of Two:
-Present Explore photos 
-Discuss what we like most
-Teacher Presentation
    -Composition/Subject - rule of thirds, Fibonacci spiral  
-Discuss weekly prompt: Composition - Focus on creating a whole composition with a subject in your photos

Week of Three:
-Present Composition/Subject photos 
-Discuss what we like most and how we can improve
-Teacher Presentation
    -Perspective/Zoom
-Discuss weekly prompt: Perspective/Zoom - Play with angles and height

Week of Four: 
-Present Perspective/Zoom photos 
-Discuss what we like most and how we most improved
-Remaining time will be spent discussing what we have learned and presenting and photos we are proud of but were unable to present before.