Small Flash Crash Course
 
Date: TBD
Fee: $195
Class Limit: 14
Location: Professional Photographic Resources
667 11th Street
Atlanta, GA 30318

Please contact Michael Schwarz
michael@michaelschwarz.com if you are interested in this class. Classes are scheduled based on demand and fill up fast.

Taught by Michael A. Schwarz

Learn how to use the single most important photographic accessory- the portable flash and see how recent developments in flash technology have revolutionized lighting. This workshop takes place in a professional photo studio and includes instruction on handheld flash. Class size will be kept low to allow a more hands-on experience.

Attendees will learn how to creatively use portable electronic flash systems. We will be using Nikon SB-900 and 800 systems.

Topics scheduled for the day include:

• Flash and camera settings.
• Radio remote and wireless TTL flash.
• Studio portrait and environmental portrait lighting.
• Using flash outdoors.
• Creative light modification with umbrellas, soft boxes and reflectors.
• Creating a portable lighting kit.
• Blending exposure and white balance with ambient light.
  

Registration fee includes lunch.

Participants can bring a digital SLR with portable lighting gear and participate in shooting or may simply observe. A laptop is not required.
 

 
Jawad, photographed at our February 2009 Lighting workshop.

Two-day Intensive Shooting Class

Date: May 22 & 23, 2010 SOLD OUT
Date: August 21 & 22, 2010 NEW DATES JUST ADDED
Time: 10:00am- 5pm Saturday & 9am-3pm Sunday
Fee: $395 early registration. $450 after June 14.
Class Limit: 18
Location: Atlanta Botanical Garden
1354 Piedmont Ave. NE, Atlanta

Taught by Bill Durrence and Michael A. Schwarz

Not completely comfortable with your Digital SLR? This 2-day, hands-on class is for you. We will address all the camera functions you will need to master before the creative process kicks in. We'll deal with issues of exposure, white balance, composition and many others as we photograph in the beautiful surroundings of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. We'll learn about macro shooting as well as portrait photography. Class size will be kept low to allow a more hands-on experience. You will leave with a beautiful, large print, carefully crafted from the finest image you create at the workshop.

Registration fee includes lunch, parking and admission to the Garden.

Participants should bring a Digital SLR camera of their choice.  Participants should also bring a computer loaded with image editing software of their choice and a card reader or other method of transferring images. Participants can attend without a computer but will miss out on many of the hands-on computer related activities.

Prior to the class, participants will receive information on recommended equipment and software to bring.

Please contact Michael Schwarz
michael@michaelschwarz.com for information on this or future classes. Classes are scheduled based on demand and fill up fast.

Download August registration form here.
Important: Before sending in your registration, check with Michael to be sure there are seats still available for the class.
The May class is sold out, registration available only for the August class.

See photos from our June 2008 Workshop.

See photos from our September 2008 Workshop.

Bill Durrence is a professional photographer, photography instructor and consultant, who teaches in a variety of photographic workshops and tours, including Popular Photography's Mentor Series program.   As an Associate with Blue Pixel, Bill is a featured instructor of the Nikon School.  Bill graduated with honors from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and a minor in Art/Photographic Design.  He has 40 years experience as a photographer shooting editorial, commercial, and personal assignments, and has been teaching photography for more than 30 years.



Michael A. Schwarz is an Atlanta-based photographer and digital photography consultant. He is a three-time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize and a recipient of the Dag Hammarskjöld Award for Human Rights Advocacy Journalism. Once upon a time he was chosen by Life magazine as one of the country's outstanding young photographers. A frequent lecturer on photography, Michael has completed more than 3,500 assignments for publications and corporations.  His work has appeared in USA Today, The New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Sports Illustrated, TIME, Newsweek, Fortune, Forbes and Business Week. His corporate clients have included The Home Depot, UPS, Nike, Reebok, Best Buy and Coca-Cola. Michael has a BFA degree from Rochester Institute of Technology.  He is a Blue Pixel Certified Digital Photography Consultant and a featured instructor of the Nikon School.

Build Your Own Workshop:

In addition to their national and international workshops, Michael and Bill conduct workshops together and on their own for smaller groups in Georgia. We'd be happy to create a workshop for you and even bring it to you if you or your group can't come to Georgia. Just drop us a note at michael@michaelschwarz.com