Sat May 24 - 7:00pm-9:00pm
Education Room

Photography 101 Workshop: Learn how to use off-camera flash with your camera to take your photos to the next level.

This 2 hour workshop will introduce you to off camera lighting, or “*strobist techniques”.  It is oriented toward the advanced amateur who enjoys photography, including the use of an external flashes or “speedlights”, but is tired of the harsh lighting and washed out images produced when using it on-camera.

In this two hour course, we will expose you to the concepts that, when properly used, turn mundane results from on camera flash in to the ones with the “professional look” that the very minimal use of “*strobist techniques” can impart.

Topics covered but not limited to include the Rule of 16, setting flash exposure, application of the inverse square law, the difference between ambient and directional light, and how to use reflectors, diffusers, and umbrellas.

Our intention is to make this an interactive workshop; depending on the number of participants, we will try to have everybody apply what we are talking about and take some photographs.   You are encouraged to bring equipment to shoot with; at a minimum, any camera with a “hot shoe”. We will be using Nikon equipment, but will also expose you to optically triggered strobes, which work with any brand of equipment. 

* http://strobist.blogspot.com

Presenters include:

Tom Willcox is a Washington DC area photographer.
Steve Collins is a Virginia area photographer

Charles Allen

 Charles Allen became interested in photography while earning his degree in graphic design and advertising. He studied everything from the basic controls of the camera to the complex workings of the large format view camera, and studio lighting. I was hooked. Upon graduation, he joined the Marines to be able to use my newfound passion around the world in support of the war on terrorism.
    Mr. Allen’s military career took him everywhere he imagined and more. He has been to three duty stations: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Okinawa, Japan, and Twentynine Palms, California. From those three duty stations he had the opportunity to travel the world and visit countries including Kuwait, Iraq, Japan, Thailand and the Philippines. He had the time of his life, but now, in Crofton, MD, he has a great opportunity to be in one of the most photogenic areas in the world, and indulge in one of his passions: teaching photography.