Come along to our bimonthly photo sessions to dust off your camera and get snap-happy with a professional photography instructor.
Brush up on your camera skills and learn new photography techniques whilst on a casual photo walk with other local photographers. No formal lectures, just a chance to meet-up, share ideas and receive feedback!We have a different photo theme bimontly and the two hour sessions take place in different outdoor locations around the Santa Clara Valley. It's a great opportunity to try something new with the guidance of a professional photographer, and come away with some new shots for your portfolio or album.
Join the Santa Clara Photography Facebook Group to share your photos after the session.
Brush up on your camera skills and learn new photography techniques whilst on a casual photo walk with other local photographers. No formal lectures, just a chance to meet-up, share ideas and receive feedback!
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Saturday the 25th of January 2020
Learn Your Camera Workshop - San Jose Rose Garden - 9am - 3 hours
Appropriate for complete beginners, or those who want to brush up on the basics and start enjoying our regular group meet up sessions. Learn how to get out of Auto Mode and onto Manual Mode, and learn the basics of composition.
This course is designed to give you a solid understanding of the fundamental basics of photography, the ‘nuts and bolts’ stuff that will set you on the path to understanding your camera and how to create great shots. Armed with these fundamentals, you will have the skills and the confidence to approach any style of photography, from portraits to landscapes and everything in between.
Limited to 6 people per class.
$70pp only 4 places left
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Who can attend? Open to all skill levels, from beginners to keen amateurs. The photography instructor is there to help you with camera settings and provide any advice you need.
What to bring? We recommend bringing a camera that has full manual mode or semi-manual modes (Aperture or Shutter Priority). Compact cameras and smartphones also welcome!
What’s involved? Each session starts with an introduction to the theme, and the photography instructor will chat about the camera settings and techniques to use. You’ll then have time to take lots of photos, with the instructor present to answer any questions. You’ll receive feedback and have a chance to chat with everyone to share tips and ideas. We’re a social bunch!
The meeting point and full details for the day are sent in the booking confirmation email to the email address you provide at time of booking.
We also occasionally hold more formal beginners classes which last 3 hours and are limited to 6 people. These classes are perfect for complete beginners who want to start using manual mode and those who want to brush up on the basics. See the dates below.
Join the Santa Clara Photography Facebook Group to share your photos after the session.
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Upcoming Dates
Bookings close 1 hour prior
Saturday the 25th of January 2020
Learn Your Camera Workshop - San Jose Rose Garden - 9am - 3 hours
Appropriate for complete beginners, or those who want to brush up on the basics and start enjoying our regular group meet up sessions. Learn how to get out of Auto Mode and onto Manual Mode, and learn the basics of composition.
This course is designed to give you a solid understanding of the fundamental basics of photography, the ‘nuts and bolts’ stuff that will set you on the path to understanding your camera and how to create great shots. Armed with these fundamentals, you will have the skills and the confidence to approach any style of photography, from portraits to landscapes and everything in between.
Limited to 6 people per class.
$70pp only 4 places left
Saturday the 1st of February 2020
Capturing Winter Light - Shark Fin Cove - 3.30pm - 2 hours
Capturing Winter Light photography can be a great way of exploring and documenting a city, whether it’s your home or on holiday. We’ll be looking at ways to take some impressive shots and learning the camera settings.
Santa Clara has a stunning variety of backdrops and we will be using different lighting techniques to explore with our cameras.
$28pp 9 places left
Saturday the 8th of February 2020
Beginners Landscape Photography - Lexington Reservoir Los Gatos - 9am - 2 hours
The Santa Clara Photography Group outing on Saturday 8th February will be hosted by Amit Maitra with the theme of Beginners Landscape Photography.
Just getting started with landscape photography? This is the perfect place to begin learning. Enjoy beginners tips, tricks with our meetup group of beginners.
Landscape photography is possibly one of the most popular genres, so we’ll be looking at how you can improve your shots and help your photos stand out from the crowd. We’ll be focusing on composition, panoramas, equipment tips and settings to use. We’ll be looking at ways to take some impressive shots and working on which camera settings.
$35pp 8 places left
Refund Policy: Full refunds given with 5 days notice. Dates can be changed with 3 days notice.
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Reviews
4.9/5 from 12 reviews
The instructor!
5/5 by Tarun
27-10-2019
5/5 by Tarun
27-10-2019
It was fun. Amit is very knowledgeable, shared a lot of information, and answered my questions.
5/5 by Steve Weiss
8-9-2019
5/5 by Steve Weiss
8-9-2019
Amit, did I real good job of make me feel comfortable while teaching giving us a lot of good information and relaying his passion for both macro photography and photography in general
5/5 by Steve Wegner
3-8-2019
5/5 by Steve Wegner
3-8-2019
Great ! Wonderful lesson by an experienced photographer 😍
5/5 by Simi Raman
18-6-2019
5/5 by Simi Raman
18-6-2019
It went very well.
4/5 by Marites Alvarado
25-5-2019
4/5 by Marites Alvarado
25-5-2019
5/5 by Thomas Ta
8-4-2019
Very helpful - Instructor personally attended to everybody and offered valuable tips.
5/5 by Anjana Ganesh
8-4-2019
5/5 by Anjana Ganesh
8-4-2019
Loved the learning and the interaction between all the members. No judgment at all.
5/5 by Nancy J. Arosemena
1-4-2019
5/5 by Nancy J. Arosemena
1-4-2019
Amit, thanks for leading this event. Beautiful day.
5/5 by Michael A Carpenter
31-3-2019
5/5 by Michael A Carpenter
31-3-2019
It was very informative. Learnt a lot about histogram and perspectives. Definitely would wanna attend more events like this.
5/5 by Sudharsanan
3-3-2019
5/5 by Sudharsanan
3-3-2019
I had a great time, and learned a few new things about shooting black and white. Amir was a wonderful instructor.
5/5 by Ryan P. Thompson
2-3-2019
5/5 by Ryan P. Thompson
2-3-2019
Great content and guidance from Mr Amit
5/5 by Anurag Ojha
18-2-2019
5/5 by Anurag Ojha
18-2-2019