LEI0032 - Beginning Photography
Course Description
Get comfortable with how your camera works and get the best photographs possible. This course will help you understand ISO, shutter speeds, f stops, depth of field, exposure, and white balance. You will explore the use of different lenses, composition, and how dramatic lighting can make your photos more exciting. The instructor will also introduce the concepts of photographing people along with objects. Classroom instruction and hands-on practice through assignments will help you learn to get the most from your photographs. Finally, you will touch on how to print your digital photos. You must have a 35mm SLR digital camera with manual capability; interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras are accepted. Please, no point-and-shoot film or cell phone cameras.
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Testimonials
I really enjoyed working with Harold, he was open about many techniques, and getting info about being in the profession was very interesting and eye-opening. He made us all feel comfortable and excited about us learning and moving forward. B. L.
I learned a lot in the photography class. He taught by example and we had a lot of hands-on experience in class. He was able to talk to the various levels of experience each student had in class and to the variety of camera models we each had. S. L.
Harold is a great instructor, who makes his classes very interesting and full of creative energy! V. W.
Brian Mellen is a filmmaker, editor, and videographer. He has taught at both DePaul University and Flashpoint College and now Harper College. He has worked for clients in Chicago, Milwaukee, Nashville, and Dallas as well as other places nationally. He films and edits commercials, live events, short form documentaries, and various online content. He recently finished supervising the Post-Production on "Mass Teleportation Authority" a short film he also edited. He also directed and edited the short film "Spark and Fade" which played at festivals across the country where it won the FirstGlance Film Festival Philadelphia's Online Short Film Contest. As a result of winning the online contest, Spark and Fade made its California Premiere at the Regal LA LIVE Stadium in downtown LA as part of FirstGlance Film Festival's LA circuit. 
Harold Rail is a photography instructor for Harper College teaching Continuing Education classes. For 25 years he owned Afterglow Creative Services, an independent video production and still photography company. He was an Army photographer stationed at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. He majored in photography with a minor in film production and writing at Columbia College, Chicago. Presently, along with his teaching work, he mostly freelances with journalist Jacqueline Runice photographing travel and events stories. His primary work is making original creative photographs.