Digital Photography Live In-the-Field @ Washington Park

One of the three major parks of Denver, Washington Park is conveniently located about 3 miles south of downtown Denver and is open from 7AM until 11PM on weekends. This range of time allows for taking photos in 3 different lighting scenarios, including broad daylight, sunset and even BLUE LIGHT when the clouds are often a range of magnificent hues. There are an abundance of photo ops across several categories.

Focus on all the wild flowers as well as more formal gardens to practice macro photography, or choose panoramic layouts to be captured in a study of contrasting colors. All sorts of charming residents of the grounds such as ducks, squirrels, and birds can act as ideal opportunities to achieve a depiction of textures and motion with the correct operation of your camera.

The placid lake, which diverges into photogenic streams, is great for impressionistic waterscapes and colorful reflection shots. Smith Lake is also popular with kayakers and fisherman for environmental portraiture and silhouettes. Your Digital Photo Academy Instructor will also teach the art of panning, a technique to depict speed and motion in your images.

There will be demonstration and supervision to become more adept at shutter speed controls yielding a velvety smooth flow of water with longer shutter speeds, or frozen still shots, with shorter shutter speed adjustments. Again, the DPA instructor can guide you through this easy-to-learn process and there are sporting events to observe which allow you to catch other forms of motion such a basketball player making a jump shot, with the ball caught soaring mid-stream on its arched path to the hoop for dramatic effect.

How about shadow formations of grill fixtures and picnic tables, interior images of pattern formations within the simple structure of the pavilion/boathouse? Compare black and white images versus color.

Each Composition in the Field class begins with a talk with one of our experienced instructors, and then you and your fellow students take a stroll through one of a variety of photogenic locales (in any of the 20+ cities the DPA encapsulates). There is street photography, magnificent interiors, farmers markets, zoos, landscapes, and more, photos of which are included within. These photos are a mix of student and instructor images in many different venues and cities across the United States and Canada.

You will have fun in the three-hour session, learn to shoot strategically, get more interesting photos of the event, and walk away with a foundation to improve your photographs in the future, whether you’re traveling, or at a birthday party and everywhere in between.

Please note – if a class must be canceled due to weather or other circumstances beyond our control we will be happy to work with you to reschedule.  If you should need to cancel and require a new class date, contact us. A $25 transfer fee will be imposed without a 3-day notice before the scheduled class.