Understanding Exposure

I enrolled in the "Understanding Exposure" online class offered by the Perfect Picture School of Photography. The course ran for 8 weeks starting 9/21/2007. Each week, we were allowed to submit 3 photos for critique by Bryan F. Petersen, author of the book this course is named for. Another professional photographer, Chris Hurtt, ran the Q ...

Updated: Nov 18, 2007 12:31pm PST

Understanding Exposure II

This is the sequel class to very popular "Understanding Exposure" online class offered by the Perfect Picture School of Photography. This course ran for 4 weeks starting 1/11/2008. Professional photographers Bryan F. Petersen and Chris Hurtt ran the course. There were 33 students in the class. The course ended on 2/10; I submitted 15 pho ...

Updated: Feb 17, 2008 8:38pm PST

The Art of Food

I had planned to take a break after UE-II but got an e-mail from Bryan Petersen announcing the "triumphant return of the Art of Food!" Loving this subject and knowing that all the shots would be taken indoors, I signed up while it is still very much winter here in NH. The class ran for 4 weeks starting 2/15/2008. Pro photographer Ron Gold ...

Updated: Mar 18, 2008 6:05pm PST

The Art of Seeing

This is the first of two classes I took to focus on the artistic aspects of photography: visualization and composition, in that order. This class started on 3/21/2008 and ran for 4 weeks. Although pro photographer Chris Hurtt received top billing for this course, his job was to monitor the Q&A forums and answer our questions. Bryan F. Pet ...

Updated: Apr 20, 2008 5:59pm PST

The Art of Composition

This was the second of two "artistic photography" classes that I took in the spring of 2008. This class started on 4/25/2008 and ran for 8 weeks. Pro photographer Robert LaFollette was the only instructor listed; but John Jacobson, a very good photographer in his own right, monitored the Q&A forum. There were 11 students in the class, and ...

Updated: Jun 22, 2008 3:32pm PST