Monday, September 8, 2014

Lisa Cuchara offering a class on HDR as part of a nationwide educational event by Professional Photographers of America (PPA)

Lisa Cuchara offering a class on HDR as part of a nationwide educational event by Professional Photographers of America (PPA)


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August 1, 2014

Coming to a Studio Near You!

Hamden, CT—Many people have an interest in photography, but how many actually have the skills and knowledge to become a professional? On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, Lisa Cuchara of BREA Photos in Hamden will be sharing her expertise as a professional photographer, helping you learn how to shoot and prcoess HDR (High dynamic range)

Lisa Cuchara's class, HDR, is part of a nationwide educational event by Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Called Super 1 Day, these classes occur during a two-week period and have been a huge success each year. Known for individual and focused attention, Super 1 Day features educational classes on diverse topics around the country, hosted by professional photographers.

Step into the world of HDR and discover the techniques you need to create incredible images! Lisa starts with some basics in camera set-up and what you need to capture the highlights and shadows of a scene. Discuss what you need, in-camera, and learn how to tone map and process high dynamic range images. You’ll explore both stylized and natural post processing, as well as selective HDR. This is your chance to get  in-depth with HDR and unlock its potential!

Discover more about Lisa Cuchara's Super 1 Day class at ppa.com/super1day.


Lisa Cuchara, PhD, MNEC, is very passionate about photography, both behind the lens and in the digital darkroom. She and her husband teach photography a variety of image capture and post-processing workshops and seminars, in the classroom and in the field. They have been photographing professionally for over 15 years and have their own Photography Studio in Hamden, CT.  Find out more about them, their classes and workshops and view their photographs here: www.BREAphotos.com

Professional Photographers of America (PPA), a worldwide association, exists to assist more than 26,000 members in achieving their professional, artistic, and fraternal goals; to promote public awareness of the profession; and to advance the making of images in all of its disciplines as an art, a science and a visual recorder of history. For more information, visit ppa.com/super1day.

Monday, September 1, 2014

Photograph at the old Catskill Game Farm Sept 21 2014

Photograph at the old Catskill Game Farm Sept 21 2014 (10:30am to 3pm)



"Catskill Game Farm was a zoo in Catskill, New York, U.S.A.. It closed permanently on Columbus Day 2006 after 73 years of operation. The Game Farm is still closed today." but we will be able to walk the grounds, go into the cages, walk into the Giraffe house, the Rhino house, Kodak film selling yellow stores, see the mini-golf - great place for a photo shoot, a snapshot into the past of this historic landmark. I grew up in th Catskills and we used to go there on school trips -- and it was a real trip to be able to walk into the animal cages and photograph from inside!!

Sign up here: Photograph at the old Catskill Game Farm Sept 21 2014 (number of people)
 
Let's meet a 10am so we are ready to start shooting at 10:30am. Email us if you want to meet at 9:30 to have us help you with your camera settings and set you up for HDR capture before we start (FYI, we will be there at 10 if no ones emails us that they need extra help). You can choose to roam and explore on your own or stick with us. You can have complete independence or work with us side by side for exposures and compositions.

This will be a small group (4-12 people with two leaders) and we have acres and acres of photo ops. FYI, I usually take the lead on the post-processing while Tom usually takes the lead on teaching in the field,but we are both always open to questions, etc. Easy flat walking, but there is a lot of walking (like a zoo, lol). There are places to rest and you can walk at your own pace.

All of our tours and workshops require a liability waiver, download here (or email us and we will send you a copy), please download it, read and sign it and bring it with you. See some photos here