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[printer friendly version]posted on 10/14/09
SJC Offers Course for Aspiring Photographers
Saint Joseph's College will be offering a Photography for Beginners Course on Tuesdays from October 27th to December 15th from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Classes will be held in room 117 of the Core Education Center and will cost $75.
The class will be taught by SJC Adjunct Art Department faculty member Shay Atkinson and will explore the basics of understanding how your camera works and how to take high-quality pictures. Each class will center on a famous photographer, showing students classical styles in photography and how they can use the fundamentals to create professional quality photos.
The class will cover several topics, including Basic Camera Operation, The Art of Critique, Landscape Photography, Photography of People, Self Portraits, and Night Photography. Students must provide their own camera.
For more information on the Photography for Beginners Course, call Mark Brouwer, Director of Continuing Education and Summer Programs at (219) 866-6351 or e-mail him at mbrouwer@saintjoe.edu.
Saint Joseph's College, named a "character-building college" by the Templeton Foundation and a "best Midwestern college" by the Princeton Review, is a four-year, Catholic, liberal arts college offering 75 major, minor and pre-professional programs. Founded and sponsored by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, SJC is located in Rensselaer, Ind., approximately 90 minutes from both Chicago and Indianapolis, on a park-like campus of 180 acres and has an enrollment of over 1,000 students.
