Join BCC’s John Tworsky and Paul Carretta for a 2 hour introduction to Digital Photography. This class is designed to provide the basics of digital photography regardless of the type of digital camera you are shooting or even if you are looking to buy your first. Topics to be covered include basic camera operation, batteries, storage media, card readers, choosing a resolution, compression, limitations and advantages of digital photography, making prints & enlargements, and storing & archiving images. Of course there will be plenty of time for questions at the end of the presentation.

Join BCC’s John Tworsky and Paul Carretta for a 2 hour continuation of Basic Digital Photography. This class is designed to provide the next step in your digital photography learning. Topics to be covered include advanced camera operation; white balance, raw file format, time exposures and flash. Additional photographic topics to be discussed include using shutter speeds, f-stops to control depth of field, composition, converging verticals, tripods, monopods, self timers, keeping your images safe and more. Suggested Pre-requisite: Basic Digital Photography Of course there will be plenty of time for questions at the end of the presentation.

Join BCC’s John Tworsky and Paul Carretta for a 2 hour introduction to Digital Photography. This class is designed to provide the basics of digital photography regardless of the type of digital camera you are shooting or even if you are looking to buy your first. Topics to be covered include basic camera operation, batteries, storage media, card readers, choosing a resolution, compression, limitations and advantages of digital photography, making prints & enlargements, and storing & archiving images. Of course there will be plenty of time for questions at the end of the presentation.

Join BCC’s John Tworsky and Paul Carretta for a 2 hour continuation of Basic Digital Photography. This class is designed to provide the next step in your digital photography learning. Topics to be covered include advanced camera operation; white balance, raw file format, time exposures and flash. Additional photographic topics to be discussed include using shutter speeds, f-stops to control depth of field, composition, converging verticals, tripods, monopods, self timers, keeping your images safe and more. Suggested Pre-requisite: Basic Digital Photography Of course there will be plenty of time for questions at the end of the presentation.

Join BCC's Paul Carretta and John Tworsky for a two hour Macro Photography Class. It is suggested that you have an understanding of depth of field, f-stops, shutter speeds and basic lighting - topics covered in Basic Digital Photography and Intermediate Digital Photography classes taught at BCC. Class Outline - A quick overview of the equipment necessary to shoot macro from inexpensive close-up filters to lenses, and accessories. Liveview demo of depth and how to work with limited depth of field when shooting macro Composition, Lighting, Diffusion, Flash and Natural lighting Studio Lighting for Macro for a variety of lighting situations Feel free to bring your camera along to reference or for any camera related questions you may have. Suggested Pre-requisite: Basic Digital Photography, Intermediate Digital Photography

Join BCC's John Tworsky and Paul Carretta for a two hour advanced level photography class, "HDR / High Dynamic Range Photography". This course is geared for the DSLR user and assumes an Intermediate knowledge of Photography (f-stops, shutter speeds, RAW and JPEG settings, basic composition and lighting) and a basic understanding of imaging software like Photoshop Elements (histograms, hightlight and shadow values). These are topics covered in our Basic Digital Photography and Intermediate Digital Photography and Basic Photoshop classes. We'll give you the knowlege necessary to deceide when HDR is right and how to expose and capture the images necessary to make stunning HDR images. We'll show step by step examples of how HDR images are created using Photomatix (Full demo - free download http://www.hdrsoft.com/ ). The techniques taught will also be applicable to HDR software from NIK Software and Photoshop CS. Our examples will illustrate both RAW and JPEG workflows and demonstrate the tremendous capability when using RAW. We'll provide you with all the information to necessary to assess any scene for HDR. We'll talke about bracketing, choosing the correct number of exposures and all the major software adjustments. Handouts for this class include full step by step instructions for recreating the class examples at home.

Join BCC's John Tworsky for a two-hour Travel Photography class. This course is for all levels of photographers (a basic understanding of your camera is suggested) Topics discussed will include; researching, planning, packing, what to bring, travel documents, insurance, power issues, planning your shoots and general tips on how to get better pictures on your next vacation. We’ll have plenty to time for questions based on your particular travel destination, whether it’s the Grand Canyon, Paris, safari, a trek through the amazon or a visit to the Jersey shore. Helpful handouts summarize the classes suggestions and serve as a good starting point for your trip preparations. Suggested Pre-requisite: Basic Digital Photography, Intermediate Digital Photography