{"id":1957,"date":"2011-09-01T21:33:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T02:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:17:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:17:35","slug":"676-custom-photo-class-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/01\/676-custom-photo-class-success\/","title":{"rendered":"#676 Custom Photo Class &#8211; success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/01\/676-custom-photo-class-success\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Recently we ran a <a title=\"Custom Photo Class - Ottawa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops\/workshops_custom.htm\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fworkshops_custom.htm','Custom+Photo+Course+-+Ottawa')\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fworkshops_custom.htm','Custom+Photo+Class+-+Ottawa')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Custom Photo Class<\/a> in Ottawa for Sarah and two friends who were looking to learn the basics of digital photography.<\/p>\n<p>We arranged the photo session and started dishing out the lessons from <a title=\"Creative Fundamentals Photography Course\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops\/workshops_creative.htm\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fworkshops_creative.htm','Creative+Fun+photo+course')\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fworkshops_creative.htm','Creative+Fundamentals+Photography+Course')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Fundamentals<\/a>, very gently at first and more challenging as the lessons were learned.<\/p>\n<p>We started with the very basics, moved to exposure and then some advanced exposure:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ottawa photo workshop backlighting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/CreativeFunSarahK1.jpg\" alt=\"Ottawa photo workshop backlighting\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ottawa photo workshop - backlighting<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ottawa photo workshop - silhouettes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/CreativeFunSarahK2.jpg\" alt=\"Ottawa photo workshop - silhouettes\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ottawa photo workshop - silhouettes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We played with depth of field &#8211; controlling blur with aperture:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ottawa Photo Course - Blurring Backgrounds\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/CreativeFunSarahK3.jpg\" alt=\"Ottawa Photo Course - Blurring Backgrounds\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ottawa Photo Course - Blurring Backgrounds<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And controlling blur using the shutter speed:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ottawa Photo Course - Blurring Motion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/CreativeFunSarahK5.jpg\" alt=\"Ottawa Photo Course - Blurring Motion\" width=\"450\" height=\"277\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ottawa Photo Course - Blurring Motion<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We also learned the ideas of composition to tie it all together:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 311px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ottawa Photo Class - composition\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/CreativeFunSarahK.jpg\" alt=\"Ottawa Photo Class - composition\" width=\"301\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ottawa Photo Class - composition<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All in all these <em>new<\/em> photographers ended the photo class with some magnificent photos.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Not bad, eh?!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Creative Fun photo course\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops\/workshops_creative.htm\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fworkshops_creative.htm','Creative+Fun+photo+course')\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fworkshops_creative.htm','Creative+Fundamentals+Photography+Course')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Fundamentals<\/a> usually runs three times a year &#8211; fall, winter and spring.<\/p>\n<p><em>Our next group session starts next week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Custom Photo Course - Ottawa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops\/workshops_custom.htm\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fworkshops_custom.htm','Custom+Photo+Course+-+Ottawa')\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fworkshops_custom.htm','Custom+Photo+Class+-+Ottawa')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Custom courses<\/a> are available almost anytime&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What they said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We all had a great time on Friday. Thank you for a great course!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It was wonderful &amp; exciting. I&#8217;ve always thought of myself as an impossible photographer. The course has left me with the confidence, patience &amp; motivation to try and capture those photos I keep seeing. I appreciated your patience and the time you gave the three of us to ensure we understood.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We all raved about how lucky and grateful we were to have learnt from you, your knowledge &amp; experience.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong> from Sarah and friends, Aylmer + Wakefield. Custom Course &#8211; Creative Fundamentals<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And thank-<em>YOU<\/em>, Sarah and friends, for the fun and for sharing your photos on our photo blog! Your comments make me blush!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Recently we ran a Custom Photo Class in Ottawa for Sarah and two friends who were looking to learn the basics of digital photography. 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