Taking Your Photography to the Next Level: Creative Photography Beyond the Auto Mode
Saturday, September 13, 2008, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
This course is designed for the beginner or experienced digital photographer who is interested in moving beyond the camera’s auto mode into the world of creative photography. Your instructor will walk you through the fundamentals of photography in an easy-to-understand manner. Explore many of your camera’s features that are unlocked when you move beyond the auto mode. Practice your new skills in a photo shoot inside Callaway Gardens. After the shoot and a working lunch with the instructor, there will be a discussion covering a number of mini-topics, a question and answer session, and a preview of upcoming classes.
Instructor: Jim Henderson, award winning “serious amateur” photographer of LaGrange, Georgia.
Fee: $70; includes lunch and course syllabus.
Bring your digital camera, owner’s manual, plenty of charged batteries, and storage media. Dress casually in layers for the weather and wear comfortable shoes
Mastering Exposure: Intermediate Topics in Digital Photography
Saturday, October 4, 2008, 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
This workshop is designed for the experienced digital photographer interested in using the advanced features of the camera to get perfect exposures in every shooting situation. The course includes a brief discussion of the fundamentals of photography, understanding and using the histogram to evaluate your exposures, understanding how metering works and the various metering modes, using exposure compensation, using exposure bracketing, using exposure lock and more. The instructor illustrates the various concepts and shows their practical use with his own images. In the afternoon session, ample time is allotted for questions.
Instructor: Jim Henderson, award winning “serious amateur” photographer of LaGrange, Georgia.
Fee: $70; includes lunch and course syllabus.
Bring your digital camera, owner’s manual, plenty of charged batteries, and storage media. Dress casually in layers for the weather and wear comfortable shoes.
Victorian Santa Gourd Art Workshop
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Create an Old World, traditional painted Victorian Santa on a gourd. Learn about growing, drying and preparing nature’s pottery and creating your unique design.
All materials included.
Instructor: Billie Strickland
Fee: $50 includes all materials
Architecture Drawing in the Landscape
Saturday and Sunday, September 20-21, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Learn the techniques to represent three-dimensional objects on a flat picture plane. Instruction includes how to draw things the way we see them and how to create atmospheric effects. We will be using structures in the Gardens for drawing on-site. No experience necessary.
Instructor: Durinda Cheek
Fee: $150 Materials: $25 available from the instructor. Bring a camp stool or chair.
Chinese Brush Painting
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Session 1: Sunflowers 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session 2: Irises 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Learn the time-honored principles of Chinese philosophy and culture while working with bamboo brushes and using water color on rice paper. No previous art training required.
Instructor: Tehwan Tso.
Fee: $60 plus materials
Classes are open to all ages. Students under 9 should sign up with a parent. The 2nd family member receives a 20% discount on class fee. Tools and supplies available to purchase. The beginner’s set is $30. Returning students may bring their own supplies and pay $5 consumable fee.
Pine Needle Basket Workshop
Saturday-Sunday, October 4-5, 2008, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. both days
Learn how to use pine needles from long leaf pines to make baskets and various other items using coil basketry techniques. This beginner’s class will cover the basic skills needed to make a pine needle basket. When your project is complete, you will have a basket reflecting your own taste and design. All the supplies included.
Minimum: 4; Maximum: 12
Instructor: Talitha Norris
Fee: $75
Fall Watercolor Landscapes
Saturday, October 11, 2008, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Join artist Ralph Taylor as he shares the secrets of fast flowing landscape painting. In this one-day workshop, you will complete at least three paintings in the “wet on wet” method. You will learn methods of using more pigment and color in your paintings. Open to all skill levels. Supply list will be sent with registration confirmation.
Minimum: 6, Maximum: 20
Instructor: Ralph Taylor
Fee: $75
Capturing Fall Foliage in Watercolor at Callaway Gardens
Saturday-Sunday, November 8-9, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. both days
Paint the splendor of autumn colors at Callaway Gardens from direct observation of nature. Weather permitting, we’ll be outdoors. In case of rain, we’ll paint indoors. Workshop topics include simplifying composition while painting on location, mixing colors to capture the fall landscape and painting trees. Teaching approaches include demonstrations, instruction, critique and individual coaching. No previous art experience necessary. All levels of painters welcome. Demonstrations will be in watercolor; however, artists are welcome to use the medium of their choice.
Minimum: 9, Maximum: 16
Instructor: Pat Fiorello
Fee: $255 included workshop and 2 box lunches
Holiday Workshops
Miniature Gourd Ornaments Workshop
Saturday, November 1, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Learn about growing, drying and preparing nature’s pottery and creating your unique design. Create a couple unique holiday ornaments from natural materials.
All materials included.
Instructor: Billie Strickland
Fee: $35 includes all material
Holiday Wreath-making Workshop
Saturday, December 6, 2008, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Create your own custom-made wreath from fresh greenery. Our experienced Horticulturists and Volunteers will help you with the design. Join us to make as many wreaths as your jolly fingers can handle! Make one for your home or make two, one to keep and one to give to a friend or family member. Bring pruners!
Instructors: Patricia Collins and Katie Steinhoff; Callaway Gardens’ Education Department
Fee: $45 per wreath
Holiday Tweets for Wildlife Family Workshop
Saturday, December 6, 2008, 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Parents and children create edible ornaments for wildlife. Share the harvest with our feathered friends by creating a unique sunflower wreath, functional outdoor ornament bird feeders, and other holiday decorations from natural products.
Instructors: Patricia Collins and Katie Steinhoff; Callaway Gardens’ Education Department
Fee: $35 per family
Holiday Topiary or Centerpiece Workshop
Saturday, December 13, 2008, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Choose from a tree-shaped topiary or centerpiece to create an evergreen holiday arrangement for a tabletop or fireplace mantle display. We’ll adorn an oasis form with sprigs of fresh pine, juniper, and cedar that will last through the holiday season. Berries, seeds and fruits of the season will complete the design to bring holiday cheer to any home. Bring pruners!
Instructors: Patricia Collins and Katie Steinhoff; Callaway Gardens’ Education Department
Fee: $45 per decoration
Enrollment is limited and preregistration is required for all programs. Programs fill quickly, so register soon. Workshop fees include admission to Callaway Gardens. To register call the Education Department at 1-800-CALLAWAY (225-5292) ext. 5153, 706-663-5153 or email education@callawaygardens.org or check out education event listings at www.callawaygardens.org and click on “Education.”
For overnight accommodations for any of these workshops or hikes, ask for the special workshop rate starting at $109 in the Mountain Creek® Inn at 1-800-CALLAWAY (225-5292).
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