Learn to take better photos, with the gardens and landscape at the Garden as your backdrop.  Understand how to operate your camera settings better (shutter and aperture, composition, working in natural light and use of flash).  Learn the best lenses and equipment for each subject or scene you would you would like to photograph.  Time permitting, we may also talk a little more about enhancing your photographs in photo editing software.  We will be outdoors photographing the beautiful Garden!  A DSLR or Mirrorless camera with manual settings is needed with at least one lens of your choice.  If you own more than one lens, please bring it as well as an external flash and a tripod (not mandatory). Beginners welcome. 

3 week course, class meets on Tuesdays, May 3, 10, & 17 from 5:30-8:30pm.

$179 / $159 PJCBG members. Advance registration required.

About the Instructor

Elizabeth is celebrating 32 years in business as a professional photographer this year. She specializes in wedding photography, lifestyles, natural portraiture, travel, garden, and editorial photography. Elizabeth has been teaching yearly photography workshops at the prestigious John C. Campbell Folk School since 2011 and has taught several local and out of state workshops as well. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, gardening, cooking, journaling, live music, kayaking, and the great outdoors. A member of Professional Photographers of North Carolina, American Society of Media Photographers, Wedding & Portrait Society, Guilford Horticulture Society and Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden. To view more of her work, please visit her website www.elarsonphoto.com and her Instagram page www.instagram.com/elizabethlarsonphotography.