" A Solid Foundation "
A Solid Foundation is essential to ensure success as you build your portrait studio. This
class will provide just that – a solid foundation in understanding the key elements of
digital photography combined with essential knowledge that is needed to create a well
-crafted professional portrait. No longer will you need to look at your digital camera
and be overwhelmed by all of the buttons, settings and messages or use the “wing-it”
approach to digital photography. Through Don’s easy-to-understand style of teaching,
the student of this class will gain a working-level understanding of important technical
ingredients to a successful image: white balance, histograms, raw files and conversion.
Students will also gain a deeper appreciation for light and learning to see and applying
that understanding to studio and location portrait lighting.
This class combines lecture with hands-on learning so that students can go home and
immediately implement the learning at their own studios! This course will enable each
photographer to move forward with confidence as they reach toward the next level in
their portrait business. If you need any more information about Don's class, contact him to ask any questions.
Biography:
Don is a Certified Professional Photographer with both the Master of Photography and
Photographic Craftsman degrees from PPA. He has also earned the Distinguished Colleague
of Photography degree from the NH Professional Photographers Association.
He is currently a Technical Editor and writer for the Professional Photographer Magazine
and PPMag.com. Don is known in the industry as a master of studio lighting & has
taught programs on studio portrait lighting in over 20 different states & the Bahamas.
Don has won many awards in competition including NHPPA Photographer-of-the-Year,
Best of Show, Highest Scoring Print, numerous Courts of Honor, Kodak Gallery awards
and ASP State Elite awards. On the national level, Don has 13 Loan Collection images
(all portraits) and 5 consecutive PPA Photographer-of-the-Year awards, including Diamond.
In 2010 he received the Imaging Excellence Award from PPA.
He is also a past President of the NHPPA and along with his wife, Sandy,
operate their studio in East Rochester, NH. They have 4 children.
