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​DAVE TEACHES WORKSHOPS
and also provides private photography instruction
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​​PORTRAITS is a 3-hour workshop (over 2 days) that will significantly improve your skills photographing people, especially head and shoulders PORTRAITS using available light and simple artificial light sources.

The workshop consists of lecture, slide presentation, discussion, demonstrations, and camera-in-hand exercises.

Workshops are conducted at via ZOOM in association with 
Looking Glass Photo & Camera in Berkeley, CA.
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​Please click below for more details and enrollment.
PORTRAITS / April 10 & 17
CHARISMA COMES IN ALL SIZES: LOCAL WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY 
is an active 3-hour workshop (over 2 days) for all skill levels. Dave will help you understand the wide range of creature​s we can find and photograph close to home in our stunning Bay Area region. Dave will introduce strategies for finding wildlife, cameras and lenses, settings, lighting considerations, composition, etc.​

​Workshops are conducted at via ZOOM in association with Looking Glass Photo & Camera in Berkeley, CA.
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​Please click below for more details and enrollment.
LOCAL WILDLIFE / April 24 & May 1
MASTERING IMAGE CAPTURE: COLLABORATING WITH YOUR SMART CAMERA is a fascinating 2-session deep dive into The Fundamentals that will substantially enhance your creativity and control using today’s super-smart cameras. This 3-hour workshop (over 2 days), for intermediate/advanced photographers, will sharpen your understanding of exposure and focus/depth-of-field -- significantly improving your creative control of a DSLR or mirrorless digital camera, and resulting in far more interesting and creative images.

This fun workshop consists of lecture, slide presentation, discussion, tethered demonstrations, and lots of camera-in-hand exercises.


Workshops are conducted at via ZOOM in association with Looking Glass Photo & Camera in Berkeley, CA.
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Please click below for more details and enrollment.
MASTERING IMAGE CAPTURE / March 31 & April 7
BIRDS in FLIGHT is a 2-part workshop that will significantly improve your skills photographing flying birds and almost anything else in motion such as other wildlife or action sports.

The workshop consists of lecture, slide presentation, discussion, demonstrations, a field trip to a birding site, camera-in-hand exercises, and a detailed review of photo results from the field trip.

Workshops are conducted at
Looking Glass Photo & Camera in Berkeley, CA.
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BIRDS IN FLIGHT / NEW DATES SOON
COMBINING AMBIENT LIGHT and FLASH is an active 3½-hour workshop for intermediate and advanced photographers. We’ll explore techniques for combining artificial light (especially flash) and ambient light to achieve independent exposure control of foreground and background, greatly expanding creative options.
 

Workshops are conducted at Looking Glass Photo & Camera in Berkeley, CA.
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Please click below for more details and enrollment.
COMBINING AMBIENT & FLASH / NEW DATES SOON
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