Learning to Photograph Flowers

Behnke Nurseries is pleased to offer: Workshops in Flower & Garden Photography

To be held Sunday March 21st - 2010 - 3pm to 5pm and Sunday April 25th - 2010 3pm to 5pm at our Beltsville location.

These two-hour photo workshops, to be conducted by E. David Luria, one of the Washington areas most prominent architectural photographers, will provide instruction in:

• how to hold or support the camera for maxium sharpness of the image
• how to choose the right light, weather, and time of day for flower and garden photography
• how to adjust your camera’s white balance (color filtration) to enhance your flower photos
• how to get “down and dirty” for those intimate close-ups of your favorite plants or flowers with “macro” settings or lenses
• how to do professional-quality garden photography in your own back yard
• how to photograph your home’s exterior, using flowers and plants to best advantage
• how (and how not) to pose family and friends in front of flower gardens
• how to get the outside garden to show up in your window when shooting rooms from the inside
• how to blur or sharpen your photo’s background, using lens aperture and depth of field
• how to get off “Auto” and use all those other doodads on your camera that you were afraid to touch!

Any camera will do, and all skill levels are invited. However, digital and film cameras with adjustable apertures and shutter speeds are preferred for better results.  Each class is limited to 12 students. The cost is just $60 per person. Non-photographer companions are invited to come at no cost and are welcome to serve as models! Classes are limited to 12 students, so you are sure to receive the attention you need. Classes will be held rain or shine. Sign up online here!

A little about the teacher:

E. David Luria is a Washington DC-based photographer specializing in architecture, art/still life. restaurant/food, editorial/event, commercial, and landmark photography. A member of the American Society of Media Photographers, Mr. Luria has had his images appear in over 80 publications, including TIME, Travel and Leisure Magazine, Prevention, Italian Cooking and Dining, and WHERE Magazines. Also in the Washington Post, News-Journal, Abendblatt, Wilmington News-Journal the Hamburger and the Tokyo Shimbun newspapers.

Mr. Luria is also a teacher of photography. A member of the Society of Photographic Education, he is founder and director of the popular Washington Photo Safari (http://www.washingtonphotosafari.com/) through which he and his team of professional photographers have trained several thousand clients since 1999 in the techniques of travel photography, both film and digital. This program is now the DC area’s largest provider of photography training field excursions, offering 2-3 photo safaris every week, all year long, rain or shine, with special workshops in nighttime photography, interior museum photography, beginner and advanced digital photography, pet photography, outdoor portraiture, and real estate and event photography. A graduate of Amherst College and a US Army veteran, Mr. Luria is fluent in Spanish, French, and German

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