Out & About: Lunar New Year (Jan 25-Feb 8)
Dates: January 25 - February 8, 2025
Meetings: Saturday, 10:00 PM to 1:00 PM CST (3 sessions)
Location: Online Zoom Classroom (sessions 1 & 3) + Photographing in Houston Asia Town (2nd session)
Cost: $280 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)
Instructor: Danielle Villasana
Skill Level: Intermediate
In this action-packed course, students are introduced to the building blocks of visual storytelling and encouraged to strengthen their aesthetic abilities, covering everything from composition to photographing the decisive moment. This three-part course includes photographing in the field with the instructor as they demonstrate and practice how to approach an event photographically, how to interact with people photographed, how to wait for the perfect moment, and how to gather a cornucopia of photographs to build a viable visual story. The final session of this course will cultivate a collaborative group critique setting that guides students through creating a cohesive photo story through editing and sequencing, all done in a collaborative group critique setting.
Objectives:
Strengthen compositional skills, including perspective, point of view, layering, light, rule of thirds, & more
Develop your artistic voice and practice framing subjects “photographically”
Explore approaches to storytelling, such as photographing decisive moments, environmental portraiture, sense of place, & more
Build a plan before the event, employing skills such as a photography list, memory mapping, and what you’ll need to be successful in the field
Create a photo story through editing and sequencing in a group critique setting
Gain experience building a cohesive visual narrative through photography
Prerequisites:
Photography I or being comfortable using your camera in Manual mode.
Course Prep:
To get a sense of where you are photographically, please send a portfolio of images that represent your work (5-20 images total. Submission instructions will be emailed to registrants before the class.
Dates: January 25 - February 8, 2025
Meetings: Saturday, 10:00 PM to 1:00 PM CST (3 sessions)
Location: Online Zoom Classroom (sessions 1 & 3) + Photographing in Houston Asia Town (2nd session)
Cost: $280 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)
Instructor: Danielle Villasana
Skill Level: Intermediate
In this action-packed course, students are introduced to the building blocks of visual storytelling and encouraged to strengthen their aesthetic abilities, covering everything from composition to photographing the decisive moment. This three-part course includes photographing in the field with the instructor as they demonstrate and practice how to approach an event photographically, how to interact with people photographed, how to wait for the perfect moment, and how to gather a cornucopia of photographs to build a viable visual story. The final session of this course will cultivate a collaborative group critique setting that guides students through creating a cohesive photo story through editing and sequencing, all done in a collaborative group critique setting.
Objectives:
Strengthen compositional skills, including perspective, point of view, layering, light, rule of thirds, & more
Develop your artistic voice and practice framing subjects “photographically”
Explore approaches to storytelling, such as photographing decisive moments, environmental portraiture, sense of place, & more
Build a plan before the event, employing skills such as a photography list, memory mapping, and what you’ll need to be successful in the field
Create a photo story through editing and sequencing in a group critique setting
Gain experience building a cohesive visual narrative through photography
Prerequisites:
Photography I or being comfortable using your camera in Manual mode.
Course Prep:
To get a sense of where you are photographically, please send a portfolio of images that represent your work (5-20 images total. Submission instructions will be emailed to registrants before the class.
Dates: January 25 - February 8, 2025
Meetings: Saturday, 10:00 PM to 1:00 PM CST (3 sessions)
Location: Online Zoom Classroom (sessions 1 & 3) + Photographing in Houston Asia Town (2nd session)
Cost: $280 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)
Instructor: Danielle Villasana
Skill Level: Intermediate
In this action-packed course, students are introduced to the building blocks of visual storytelling and encouraged to strengthen their aesthetic abilities, covering everything from composition to photographing the decisive moment. This three-part course includes photographing in the field with the instructor as they demonstrate and practice how to approach an event photographically, how to interact with people photographed, how to wait for the perfect moment, and how to gather a cornucopia of photographs to build a viable visual story. The final session of this course will cultivate a collaborative group critique setting that guides students through creating a cohesive photo story through editing and sequencing, all done in a collaborative group critique setting.
Objectives:
Strengthen compositional skills, including perspective, point of view, layering, light, rule of thirds, & more
Develop your artistic voice and practice framing subjects “photographically”
Explore approaches to storytelling, such as photographing decisive moments, environmental portraiture, sense of place, & more
Build a plan before the event, employing skills such as a photography list, memory mapping, and what you’ll need to be successful in the field
Create a photo story through editing and sequencing in a group critique setting
Gain experience building a cohesive visual narrative through photography
Prerequisites:
Photography I or being comfortable using your camera in Manual mode.
Course Prep:
To get a sense of where you are photographically, please send a portfolio of images that represent your work (5-20 images total. Submission instructions will be emailed to registrants before the class.
Images: Danielle Villasana