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Photography Classes
Digital Lunches
For everyone who has a digital camera and doesn’t know how to make the best use
of it, the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts has the answer for you.
Two-hour classes are scheduled for two successive Wednesdays each month: Wednesdays,
October 1 and 8,
November 5 and 12, and
December 3 and 10, 2008. Sign up now for FMoPA’s DIGITAL LUNCHES!
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Weekend Digital Workshops
If you already know how to handle your digital camera, but you
want to improve your photographs, the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts is
offering classes in digital camera techniques. The workshops consist of two
classes, (parts I and II) and are scheduled for two successive Saturdays each month: October
- no
workshop,
November 15
and 22 and
December 20
and 27, 2008.
Sign up now for FMoPA's WEEKEND DIGITAL
WORKSHOPS!
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Photography 101
This is a five-week class which will help you gain a better understanding of your camera,
camera settings, photo composition, lighting, aperture setting, and shutter
speed.
Photographs will be taken both in and out of the classroom, with weekly photo
assignments.
Each
class will consist of time devoted to one aspect of photography, and one aspect
of technology related to photography. Of course, there will be time during each
class to take pictures! You can learn the technical, artistic, and practical
uses of your camera and have some fun at the same time.
The next class begins Tuesday, October 21 and runs
through November 18,
2008. Sign up now
for a class to learn
"Getting Great
Holiday Pictures"!
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Digital Darkroom
Want to learn
how to
"Photoshop" your
pictures?
Come join us for
a 4-week class that will help you learn basic photo-editing skills, as well
as some more advanced techniques. It will be a fun and informational class.
There will be
weekly assignments to help you learn outside of the classroom. Basic
computer skills are required but no Photoshop experience is necessary. Feel
free to bring your pictures to class for recommendations on editing.
The next class
begins
Tuesday,
September 16 and
runs through
October 7, 2008.
Sign up now!
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Intensive
Photography
Lighting
Workshop
Please join the
Florida Museum of
Photographic Arts
for a one-day
intensive
photography lighting
workshop. This
six-hour seminar
will include the use
of natural and
artificial light.
It will also
introduce the use of
light modifiers
including
reflectors, scrims,
and flash
attachments.
The
workshop
is
an
great opportunity
to
learn
how
to
photograph
in
all
types
of
lighting
environments!
The last
workshop was
Saturday, July
12.
Check back for
future
workshops.
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Night-time Photography Safari
Come and have fun at our next
outing. This safari is going to be shot in Downtown Tampa at night.
Learn how to shoot in low and variable light. It is a great
place for learning and enhancing your photography skills. The next safari
is Wednesday,
September 17, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sign up now for FMoPA's SPECIAL
NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY SAFARI!
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Day-time Nature Photography Safari
FMoPA strikes again!
We are
continuing our popular
Photography Safari
series to present our
second daytime NATURE
SAFARI
at Lowry Park Zoo in
Tampa. This Safari includes
one hour of pre-tour
briefing on wildlife
photography
techniques at FMoPA,
three hours of
walking tour with
ample time to
capture
(photographically)
many of the animals,
lunch (available at
the zoo), two hours
of downloading,
projection, and
critique of your
work in the
classroom back at
FMoPA.
As in the
past, this Safari
will be led by Dan
Harnly, our
Wednesday and
Saturday Digital
Photography Workshop
Instructor, and
Audubon
Photographer.
The last safari was held
on
Saturday,
September 6, 2008.
Check back for future FMoPA DAY-TIME
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
SAFARI's!
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Children's
Outreach Program
The museum's
Children's
Outreach
Program is
titled
Literacy
through
Photography
and is dedicated
to the value
that
children's
education
through
photography
is important
and can
influence
them in a
positive
way.
In a 2 1/2
hour
program,
children
will tour
museum,
learn about
a digital
camera,
shoot photos
at a site,
upload
photos to
computer and
write about
their
experience.
Volunteers
needed - no
knowledge of
photography
required but
passion for
arts and
passing that
on to
children.
The last
Children's
Program was
on
Saturday, April 19, 2008
at Alpha
House.
Check back for future
events.
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Children's
Photographic
Workshops /
Events
Workshops / events
presented by the museum
are designed
specifically for
children. The
content is based on the
exhibit appearing at the
time or a special event
and involves a tour of
the art work and
hands-on experience.
Our
next
workshop,
Dia De
Los Muertos Masks,
is
on
Saturday,
October 4.
After a tour
of the museum the
children will be given a
brief history of
Graciella Iturbide, and
told of the importance
of her Mexican heritage
as an influence on her
work. The children
will make traditional
Mexican Dia De Los
Muertos masks through
the art of collage.
See
the Events
Calendar for
more details
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Photocamp 2008
was a great success and
ended June 13.
It was a special
photographic experience
for children
(age range
7-15) to broaden
their horizons in this
summer program.
Something
was offered for every
budding
photographer!
Check back for future
events of this type.
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Future Workshops & Lectures
Workshops, seminars, and educational programs presented by the Florida Museum of
Photographic Arts provide an opportunity for community members of all ages to
enhance their knowledge of photographic arts, techniques, and related subjects.
To keep informed
of future shows and programs at the museum as they
be-come available: Subscribe to our Free
Newsletter or call the Museum at 813.221.2222.
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