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Beyond Basic Photography

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  • SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA
  • 18 hours over 6 sessions

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  • Room 217

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Class Description

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If you take consistently good pictures and feel confident in your basic knowledge of your Digital Single-Lens Reflex camera (DSLR), f-stops, shutter speeds, focus, and exposure controls, this class will take you one step farther. Learn the details of color, composition, lighting conditions, and visual perspective through a variety of photography assignments.
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Reviews of Classes at Santa Monica College (521)

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This class: 4.6 out of 5 from 5 reviews

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  • Beyond Basic Photography

    The instructor Larry Jones is amazing... I would highly recommend anyone who is trying to learn photography either for personal use or professionally to take the basics and the beyond basiscs with him.
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