Great Moments in Great Light

With: Frederic Larson
Info: Jul 13-23 • Mon/Wed/Thu • 5:30-8:30pm • 6 mtgs • UHM Sakamaki C104, Manoa MultiMedia Lab • $180
Event ID: L10183

Capture great moments in great light on Magic Island in Hawai`i with San Francisco Chronicle staff photographer Frederic Larson. Create a photographic masterpiece similar to the work of professional photographers of National Geographic magazine, during the golden hour of twilight. Learn to plot landmarks with the rising moon or setting sun, and start a calendar or series of greeting cards for your portfolio. Gain skills to market your art in today`s tourist industry. The class is divided into on-site photography field trips and the computer lab.

In the computer lab, download photographs for presentation or photo layout suitable for publication. Learn professional shortcuts in Adobe Photoshop and desktop publishing skills in Adobe InDesign on Macintosh computers.

Prerequisite: Working knowledge of a digital or film camera plus ability to work with Macintosh computer.

Bring your camera to the first class.

Schedule:
July 13, 15, 16, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, 5:30-8:30pm - lecture/field trip, meet on location

July 20, 22, 23, Monday,Wednesday, Thursday, 5:30-8:30pm - computer lab

Fred Larson, a photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle for 24 years, specializes in documentary and sports photography. Larson was the first photojournalist to win the Hibakusha Travel Grant Program to photograph the World War II atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The photo essay that resulted from the grant was a finalist for the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. Larson was named the Photographer of the Year in 1989 and 1990 by the California Press Photographers` Association and was 1991`s Photographer of the Year from the Bay Area Press Photographers Association. His book, Mystical San Francisco, explores the moon, sun, and fog over San Francisco.

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Supported in part by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.