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Becoming a Better Photographer

High-Interest/Low-Capacity Program

Learn basic photography concepts and key skill elements using your digital camera or smartphone. This is a high-interest/low-capacity program. Please join the wait list.

Photography is essentially the intersection of creative abilities with technical knowledge and skills.

In this 3-hour workshop, you will learn about

• general camera settings
• the capabilities and limitations of your camera
• the basics of composition
• the mechanics of capturing a good image

LEVEL: Beginner to Intermediate

AGE: 16 years old and older

REQUIREMENTS: Bring a digital camera of your choice (smartphone, digital point-and-shoot, digital SLR or mirrorless). Must have basic familiarity with your equipment.

WORKSHOP FORMAT: a combination of classroom lecture, Q&A and hands-on practice at several workstations

Presenter Bio 
Ed Aghajanian is a self-taught photographer who has taken formal classes at the Cleveland Photographic Society, as well as attended a number of seminars and workshops over the years. When he was 19, Ed's mother handed him a Kodak Instamatic camera as he was going out the door to a college field geology class in Northwestern Wyoming. When Ed told her "I don't know anything about taking pictures," she reminded him that he did know how to read and that there were instructions inside the box. Ed read the manual and he's been taking pictures ever since.

Ed's primary focus is landscape and nature photography. He dabbles in macro photography and architectural photography, as well. He has also shot sporting events, primarily NCAA Division I Lacrosse. 

For a sample of his work, you can visit him on Instagram: @lighttrecker22.

This program uses our high-interest/low-capacity registration process to help ensure fair access to programs with limited space and supplies. Everyone who signs up will start on the waitlist. Closer to the program date, priority will be given to those who haven’t attended a high-interest/low-capacity program in the past 30 days. If spots are still available, they’ll be filled in order of sign-up date and time. If you’re moved to registered status, we’ll notify you before the program.  

This program is limited to 20 seats.

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