PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES WITH TOM FERGUSON
CURRENT AND UPCOMING CLASSES
Conejo Valley Adult School
Thousand Oaks, CA

Digital Photography - At Conejo Valley Adult School -
No classes this summer, but classes start again in the fall........

Digital Photography - Introduction: September 2010 Evening Class
This workshop will give you the essential skills needed to get started with digital photography. Students will learn about camera controls, shooting modes, file formats, resolution, memory cards, electronic flash, white balance and downloading images to your computer. Additionally, course covers composition, simple enhancing, preparing photos for email or websites, printers and selecting digital image-editing software.

Participants should bring their digital camera to class for picture taking. Please read the instruction manual before the first class. If you do not yet own a digital camera, you are welcome to attend the first class before purchasing a camera.

Instructor: Tom Ferguson is both a commercial and fine art photographer. As a commercial photographer he shoots product, architecture and corporate portraiture. As a fine art photographer he has appeared in over 100 exhibitions nationwide.

4 Mondays
Sept 20 – Oct 11, 2010
6:15pm – 9:15pm
Conejo Valley Adult School Room 9
Cost: $105 plus a $5 material fee payable to instructor
Course #4119
Please call the school at 805-497-2761 to enroll
School Website

Digital Photography - Intermediate: October 2010 Evening Class
Wanting to improve your photography skills in time for holiday picture taking? This class is for those who have attended Digital Photography Introduction or for those very familiar with their camera. This class will place more emphasis on the creative process. Topics will include visualizing, composing, and designing better photographs. Students will learn to control and see light, both existing and flash. Students should bring their digital camera to class. Those wishing to learn more about using software to enhance their images are encouraged to also attend the Beginning Photoshop Elements class at CVAS.

4 Mondays
Oct 18 - Nov 8, 2010
6:15pm - 9:15pm
Thousand Oaks, CA
Conejo Valley Adult School Room 9
Cost: $105 plus a $5 material fee payable to instructor
Course #4120
Please call the school at 805-497-2761 to enroll
School Website

Digital Photography - Introduction: January 2011 Evening Class
This workshop will give you the essential skills needed to get started with digital photography. Students will learn about camera controls, shooting modes, file formats, resolution, memory cards, electronic flash, white balance and downloading images to your computer. Additionally, course covers composition, simple enhancing, preparing photos for email or websites, printers and selecting digital image-editing software.

4 Mondays (over 5 weeks)
Jan 10 – Feb 7, 2010
NOTE: There is no class Jan 17 due to school holiday
6:15pm – 9:15pm
Conejo Valley Adult School Room 9
Cost: $105 plus a $5 material fee payable to instructor
Course #4119-2
Please call the school at 805-497-2761 to enroll
School Website

Private Lessons
Private lessons in alternative process and/or large format photography are available in my Simi Valley studio. Click the to inquire about costs and scheduling.

Note: these are class notes/handouts only. They are meant to augment a course with lectures, demonstrations, and student hands on projects. These are NOT complete lessons!

Digital Photography - Introduction:
Week 1: Intro & Choices & Downloading
Week 2: Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority
Week 3: Flash, Email Files and Color
Week 4: Lens Perspective, Filters, Black & White and Printer Color

Digital Photography - Intermediate:
Week 1: Handholding Speed, Panning, Sports Shooting and Layers
Week 2: Depth of Field, Filters, Color Theory, Pre-Visualization and Digital Book Layouts
Week 3: Advanced Flash, Bouncing Light, Portrait Lighting and Slideshows
Week 4: Framing, Hot Lights, Background Systems, Still Lifes and Intro to Webpages

Conejo Valley Adult School
1025 Old Farm Rd
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Near the 23 and the Janss Road exit

All Classes / Gallery Info:
Los Angeles Area Gallery List: While web surfing is fun, nothing beats seeing and holding real prints. One of the best ways to improve your photography is to see "what is possible". With the number of quality photo galleries in the LA area, we are truly spoiled. Use and enjoy the local galleries! Note: These galleries are not in Thousand Oaks. They are located throughout the Los Angeles area. Click here to view

SADLY, LTU HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. I've left these pages up for my ex-students. These are class notes/handouts only. They were meant to augment a course with lectures, demonstrations, and student hands on projects. These are NOT complete lessons!

Alternative Process Photographic Printing:
I do have an up to date set of online lessons / tutorials on alt process:
Click here to view

Past / Outdated Class Handouts:

Intro to Darkroom:
#1: Overview & Supplies Required
#2: Film Development
#3: Printing
#6: Matting

Advanced Darkroom:
#1: Overview & Supplies Required
#2: Printing
#5: Cyanotype & Photograms
#6: Solarizing

Introduction to the 35mm Photography:
#1: Overview, Supplies Required, Shutter Speeds
#2: Film Speed, Exposure, Panning
#3: Film Types, Self Timers
#4: F/Stops and Depth of Field
#5: Flash
#6: Close-ups, custom labs, intro to darkroom
#7: Perspective, Intro to Digital
#8: Manual Mode. Presentation, Non 35mm cameras

Advanced 35mm Photography:
#1: Review & Supplies Required
#2: Filters, Cleaning, Color of Light
#3: Tripods, Custom Labs, Reflectors
#4: Flash and Portrait Lighting
#5: Hot Lights, Reciprocity
#6: Double Exposures, Business Practices
#7: Field Trip
#8: Intro to Alternative Processes, Papers, Framing

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PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES WITH TOM FERGUSON
CURRENT AND UPCOMING CLASSES
Conejo Valley Adult School
Thousand Oaks, CA