Digital Photography: The Image

Digital Photography: The Image

Adult Class | Available

All levels welcome. Advanced beginners. | Accessibility: stairs
1/15/2025-3/19/2025
10:00 AM-1:00 PM EST on Wed
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$315.00
$285.00
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Digital Photography: The Image

Adult Class | Available

Ready to take your photography to the next level? Review the basics of the digital camera functions and dive into the art of creating a photographic image. This class will take you beyond the basics of photography and will explore more advanced uses of the camera as well as the techniques and strategies behind creating compelling photographs. Weekly classes will generally be a mix of discussions, presentations, review of student images, and demonstrations. Students should have consistent access to a camera for the duration of the course and will be highly encouraged to spend time outside of the class shooting projects to practice the skills covered each week. Most styles of cameras are welcome, though to take full advantage of the techniques that will be covered during the course a DSLR (Digital Single Lense Reflex) camera with an interchangeable lens is recommended. Information about cameras including recommendations will be covered in the first class.

What you will learn:
1. Develop a greater mastery of basic photo concepts including: Equivalent Exposures; Depth of Field Control; Effects of Focal Length; Shooting Modes; and Focus Controls.
2. Develop a greater understanding of digital imaging concepts.
3. Develop a stronger ability to recognize compositional elements and how to apply them purposefully.
4. Learn how to recognize the more subtle qualities of light, how it changes constantly, how it can be manipulated, and how to use it effectively in photo

Note that this classroom is accessible by stairs only; please contact Fleisher for more information.

  • Start the term with these supplies:

    • Digital Camera: A DSLR (Digital Single Lense Reflex) is recommended.
       Other digital cameras will be discussed as needed: compact point-and- shoot, the new mirrorless cameras, and SLR (Single Lens Reflex) cameras)
    • Memory card for digital camera
    • Please bring an external flash or hard drive to class or be prepared to save your work on a cloud-based storage alternative. Fleisher's computers are shared tools and the hard drives are cleared regularly to keep them in good working condition.
    • Tripod (not required, but suggested)

Lianne Milton

Lianne Milton is a documentary photographer focusing on environmental issues, human rights, and the social landscape of maternal experiences. Her work is shaped by an intersectional perspective, drawing from lived experiences and investigative research that inform her practice. She has extensively photographed throughout Latin America and Southeast Asia. From 2013 to 2019, she was a foreign correspondent based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where her work for major international publications brought global attention to events like World Cup protests, the Zika crisis, and favela security issues. Earlier, from 2005 to 2009, she worked as a staff newspaper photographer in California, covering migration and agriculture.

Recognition includes awards from the International Women's Media Foundation, the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, and the Yves Rocher Foundation. She was a Sony Global Imaging Ambassador. She has also been commissioned by prominent NGOs like ActionAid, Open Society Foundations, UNICEF, and UN Women. Select exhibitions include the Harvey Milk Photo Center, Photo Festival La Gacilly, Visa Pour L’Image, and Photoville, and held in the permanent collection of the African American History Museum in Washington, DC.

Lianne holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BA in Journalism from San Francisco State University. She resides in Philadelphia with her husband and son, works as an adjunct professor of photography, and is actively involved in her local community garden.

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