COURT HOUSE – The Cape May County Library is pleased to offer a series of workshops on photography under the tutelage of Mike Hannisian. These workshops will be held at the Main Branch of the Library on Fridays at 6 p.m. beginning January 21. The library is located 30 Mechanic Street in Cape May Court House.
The workshops are intended for people with little or no photographic experience. Participants that bring their cameras and user manuals will receive help with their cameras as well. Classes will cover the following:
●Jan. 21st – Film and digital cameras in general; how they work
●Jan. 28th – Film speed/ISO, shutter speed, aperture (f-stop), focus, effect on images; the difference between RAW and JPEG images
●Feb. 4th – Composition and creating the image
●Feb. 11th – Cropping, transferring images to the computer or printer, preparing images for emailing, and emailing images
Mike Hannisian leads gentle but serious nature photo learning expeditions around Cape May Point for the Cape May Bird Observatory. Many of Hannisian images, as well as various articles, reviews, and other writings are on his website: www.mike-hannisian.com. Hannisian has had a total of 13 winning images in the last two Valley Land Fund’s biannual Wildlife Photography Contests and won Best of Contest in the 2008 South Texas Shootout Division.
Space is limited; therefore, registration and a valid library card are required to attend. Register by calling 463-6350 or online at www.cmclibrary.org.
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