Student Work: DC Memorials at Night

A few Fridays ago, I ran an intermediate/advanced workshop on “Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night.”  Here is some student work from John and Barry, two of my four students.  Didn’t they do a great job, doing a teacher proud???!!!  (Students: You’ve all received an invitation to view a private lightbox with [...]

Beginning-Level Photography Workshop on August 14th: Light and Motion - Photographing the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair

An of ISO 100 and aperture of f/13 were just the right combination to give a shutter speed of 6.0 sec, allowing the camera to capture this Freak Out carnival ride at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair several times along its entire length, resulting in the blur of color shown here.

I’m going [...]

GENERAL REGISTRATION OPEN: WORKSHOP - Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night

I’ve just completed pre-registration (for students who had pre-expressed interest) for my new 1/2-day workshop on Monday, July 5th, Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night. I still have 1 to 2 spots open for anyone else who is interested.  View more details, including the full agenda/lesson plan, and register for Photographing the [...]

WORKSHOP: Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night

A group of visitors to the Lincoln Memorial spontaneously hold up a sign saying, "I Still Have a Dream."

I’m super excited about a new 1/2-day photography workshop that I’m putting together for Monday, July 5th on Photographing the DC Memorials from Evening to Night. One of the things that students at my [...]

Franciscan Monastery: Student Work

I taught a full-day workshop on the Art of Architecture: Photographing the Franciscan Monastery last Saturday in Washington, DC, and my students and I had a GREAT time!  The monastery is looking gorgeous as always, and my students – John, Maxine, and Barry – came back with some AWESOME work!  I’m posting here a [...]

Anonymous Dancer, 2009 Gugak Festival

2009 Gugak Festival, Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall. Photo (c) John Jacks.

One of my photography students, John, brought me a gift at his lesson last weekend: a gorgeous photograph mounted on a bamboo panel of a performer at the 2009 Gugak Festival in Virginia, organized by the the Korean National University of Arts.

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Syllabuses for Group Photo Workshops at VisArts

I’m teaching some photo workshops in March and May through the Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts (VisArts) in Rockville, MD:

- Art of People & Event Photography – Photographing the National Cherry Blossom Festival: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 9:30 AM-5:30 PM

- Art of Architecture – Photographing the Franciscan Monastery: Saturday, May 22, [...]

Looks like I'll be busy teaching and talking about photography next year...

Washington National Cathedral

Looks like next month is going to be a busy start to the new year for teaching!  I have several new photography students starting next month with private photography lessons with me, plus I’ll be leading the first of several photo workshops/field trips through VisArts, and finally, I’ve been invited to speak before [...]