Digital SLR Tutorial III: Flash

If you are familiar with the basics of DSLR photography and wish to improve your images through the use of this affordable artificial light source, then this tutorial is for you. In this three-hour class students will explore the use of on and off-camera flash through lecture and hands-on demonstrations. This tutorial will cover the technical basics of how to improve your images with this artificial light source as a creative tool.

Topics covered will include: understanding the relationship between flash and exposure, using flash in both fully manual and automatic modes, using on and off camera (wireless) flash, how to achieve creative results, using flash in mixed lighting, and using multiples flash units. These specific topics will greatly expand the possibilities and results you are able to achieve with your DSLR camera.

• Sunday, March 11, 6 – 9 pm
• Tuesday, May 15, 7 – 10 pm

• $150

• Digital SLR camera
• Off-camera/Clip-on Flash Unit
• Memory card (4GB or more recommended)
• Instruction manual for camera
• Instruction manual for wireless flash unit
• Tripod (recommended)

Karen Kirchhoff is an artist living and working in Philadelphia. She primarily makes photographs but also produces images freehand through brush, ink, and paint. Ms. Kirchhoff's work focuses on the people and places that work towards creating and defining new social territories. She strives to blend her art and social activism through organizing and photographing from within the punk, queer, and activist communities. She currently teaches both traditional and digital photography at Tyler School of Art, Delaware County Community College, Moore College of Art, and Project Basho.