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with J.
Peter Mortimer
October 8-9, 2010
Cost: $135
 Take creative control of your photography by learning how to make your camera do what you want it to do. This workshop combines the best of both worlds: a condensed but informative class in the fundamentals of photography, and the opportunity to go into the field to use your newly-acquired skills.
Join long-time Arizona
Highways contributor and former picture editor, J.
Peter Mortimer, Friday evening from 6-8 p.m. for an instructional session that directly relates to the job at hand-shooting great animal pictures! You will learn about exposure, histograms, lens openings, depth of field and shutter speeds. You’ll learn when to use auto-camera modes and when to switch over to the “manual” settings for more control.
 Peter will help you put all of this new information to the test on Saturday at the Wildlife World Zoo. Ask questions! Experiment! You'll then head into an afternoon classroom session where Peter will critique your images. He'll discuss what's successful in the photographs and what elements need improvement, giving you even more tools to work with the next time you go out to “make” photographs.
After this one session, you'll see improvement in your pictures, and your camera manual will actually make sense!
Workshop Itinerary
DAY 1 (Fri.)
6 to 8 p.m.
Arizona Highways
office,
2039 W. Lewis Avenue, Phoenix
6:00-6:15: Introductions
6:15-6:30: Answer technical questions that come up during introductions and lead into presentation
6:30-7:15: Lens openings, compositions and shutter speeds as they relate to zoo pictures.
7:15-7:30: How to work with your camera in auto-modes, histogram and auto exposure
7:30-7:55: Sample pictures with explanations that show how the technical information is exemplified
7:55-8:00: Discuss zoo maps and various locations where group will be meeting
DAY 2 (Sat.)
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Wildlife World
Zoo in Litchfield Park and nearby classroom at Litchfield Park Library
8:45-9:00: Meet at entrance of Zoo.
9:00-11:30: Group will walk around and photograph the animals, The photographer and trip leaders are readily available for questions and assistance.
11:30: Lunch at the Congo Café (within the zoo)
12:30-1:00: Group will reconvene at the Litchfield Park Library conference room.
1:00-3:30: Critique and review of participants images taken that morning at the zoo, or prior. (Film users: Maximum number of images is 3 per person and must be in jpeg format.)
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Strenuous Rating:
Easy-Moderate: Walking, weather conditions
 Policy & Guidelines
Includes:
- Photographic instruction
- Admission to Wildlife World Zoo
- Lunch
"Thank you for not only
the specific suggestions ... but also for the extraordinarily
thoughtful tone of encouragement."
PHOTO TIP: For some reason we always want to take pictures horizontally
from eye level. Sometimes this works well. But more often
than not, a low angle or a high angle shot both as a vertical
and horizontal makes for a much more interesting picture.
— J. Peter Mortimer
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