Composition in the field

119 Vanderbilt Park Road,Hyde Park NY 12538

11 March, 2023

Description

Your DPA instructor will show you angles, above or below, to line up and “lead,” directly to the main subject of the photo. The “Leading Line,” could be a row of benches, a line of yellow flowers or a grass pathway. The viewer’s eye will travel within and across the frame to the main subject which might be a fountain, a sculpture or the red brick vintage promenade that graces the garden. The panoramic view of the Hudson and across the great river offers a myriad of photo ops. You might try panning as a boat travels by, or apportion your angle to dwarf the shore across by filling most of the frame with a rich cloud formation as the sun is setting. Macro photography of the flowers can be successful and with an Aperture Priority approach you can highlight one saturated blossom by blurring the background to create an impressionistic sensibility that brings one back to Manet or the other painters of the Impressionist era. Fill the frame completely with the petals of the flower, edge to edge, and your viewer will get lost in the parallel universe of the complexity of the blossom. Move back and try a uniform focus approach to get a sea of colors and shapes connected by a constant green backdrop of the leaves within the scene. Due to weather or other circumstances beyond our control we will be happy to work with you to reschedule or provide a refund. However, if you should need to cancel or require a new class date, contact us. A $25 transfer fee will be imposed without a 3 day notice before the scheduled class. Call Digital Photo Academy at 1 877 372 2231 or a filed agent at 917 597 7053. Lots of people seem to hang up if our welcome recording comes on instead of a live voice, but we promise to return your message within a day or two if you leave one with your name and number. It would be even better if you included your email address as well as the date and city of the class you are considering. If leaving a voice mail message is not your thing, please email us at [email protected] and include the date and city of the class you are considering, as well as your phone number .