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Foster Photographic Arts
Larry J Foster, CPP * 220 W Main St * Purcell, OK 73080 * blog *
Wedding Photography | High School Senior Pictures
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For more detailed information, see my site dedicated to my instruction Oklahoma Photography School.


The Instructor: Larry J Foster, CPP, has been a professional photographer for over 24 years. He is certified by the Professional Photographers of America, and has won numerous awards for his photography at all levels (local, state, regional, national) levels of competition. His photography assignments have ranged from small tools and large buildings to exotic weddings and newborn babies. He teaches and writes regularly for professional photography organizations including the Professional Photographers of Oklahoma and the Metro Professional Photographer Association. You will learn real life photography and business from an actual practicing professional.
 
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Fundamentals of Photography: Six weeks, about an hour a week. $195. No more than six students.

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Learn how to make correct exposures so you spend less time trying to fix them in the computer. Learn how to use shutter speed to freeze or blur action. Learn how to control depth-of-field. Learn the secrets of composition to make your images "pop". Learn the basics of lighting to make you subjects stand out. These fundamentals can be applied to any discipline of photography. You will become a better photographer and will take better photographs while taking fewer images.


The Photography Career Course
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Interested in turning your passion into a business? This is your course. Each week has a lecture and a lab. Learn the material and then practice it under my supervision. Classes are limited to a maximum of 10 people.
  1. Controlling exposure.
  2. Histograms and color balance.
  3. Composition - part 1.
  4. Focus and Depth of Field
  5. Composition - part 2.
  6. Lighting basics.
  7. Light modifiers.
  8. Basic digital manipulation - part 1.
  9. Basic digital manipulation - part 2.
  10. Introduction to advanced digital manipulation.
  11. Off camera flash and mixing ambient light with flash.
  12. Portraits: Basic Lighting and posing.
  13. Portraits: Retouching.
  14. Portraits: Advanced lighting and posing.
  15. Portraits: Psychology.
  16. Portraits: Groups.
  17. Portraits: Outdoors (includes light modifiers and blending flash and ambient.
  18. Portraits: Business. Pricing and selling.
  19. Portraits: Business. Promotion.
  20. Portraits: Hands on session - children.
  21. Portraits: Hands on session - High School Seniors.
  22. Portraits: Hands on session - Couples and engagements.
  23. Portraits: Chroma Key and complex masks.
  24. Wrap up/Students' choice.