Delivery/Location: Off-Campus , Fort Collins
This course is offered through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Colorado State University. You must be a member of Osher to enroll in this course.
You have taken thousands of digital photographs—but now what? Take your photography to the next level. This class focuses on (no pun intended) digital cameras, tips to improve your photography basics, digital manipulation, and more. You will find out that size does matter - for pixels; that tripods help keep out the blur; and lighting and composition make for clearer, more interesting photos. You will learn basic editing strategies and discuss ideas for what to do with photos: organizing, sharing, displaying, and creating projects.
Course participants should bring (to both classes)
- A sack lunch (beverages and dessert will be provided)
- Your camera and its manual
- A few pictures you have taken that you think are really good and a few that were not so good. Bring photos on a flash drive or CD, or bring the USB cable that came with your camera so we can upload your photos - or bring hard copies.
In the sessions between the two class times, participants will be asked to take more pictures, using the guidelines discussed in class and experiment with Picasa 2, the free download editing software we will be demonstrating in class (or similar software that you may already have). After experimenting with this software, participants may ask questions, discuss concerns, or brag about accomplishments.
Noncredit courses do not produce academic credit nor appear on a Colorado State University academic transcript.
Instructors
Dr. Sandy Nesbit Tracy has taken thousands of photos with both film and digital cameras over the last 40 years, including photos for the Sioux City Journal while working as an area correspondent in the late 1980s. She has had the Champion Amateur photo at the Laramie County Fair and also the Reserve Champion Advanced Amateur photo. Sandy has shown photography and digital art in Guam, Iowa, Wyoming, and Colorado and has taught various communication courses in Guam and Arkansas.
1 Section Available
- Section 100 (Fort Collins)
- Date: Sep. 13 - Sep. 27, 2008 (2 wks.)
- Time: S; 10 am - 4 pm
- Location: Gifford Building
Colorado State University Campus
Rm. 146 - Instructors: Sandy Nesbit Tracy
- Tuition: $100
- Only 7 seats left! Registration ends Saturday, Sep 13, 2008
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For More Information
Jean Morgenweck(303) 573-6318
jmorgenweck@learn.colostate.edu