SANTA
CLARA
PHOTOGRAPHY
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Black and White Photography

Black and White Photography

Saturday 09 December
Mount Diablo - 10am - 2 Hours
Concord Photography Group
Introduction to Black and White Photography. What makes a good Black and White shot?

We will look at the contrast and using textures. How does the camera see the image and how do we create Black and White images in a camera or in post-production. We will look for some good examples and set some exercises.

This is a more advanced course and assumes you understand the basics of photography and controlling your camera.
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$43      
Christmas Portraits Meetup

Christmas Portraits Meetup

Saturday 09 December
Union Square, San Francisco - 10am - 2 Hours
Oakland Photography Group
Capture the magic of the season! Join us for a festive and fun-filled photography event that will sprinkle your holiday season with creativity and joy! Learn how to incorporate Christmas into your portrait photos, from decors to cozy sweaters, our professional instructor will help you compose the perfect shot.

Whether you're an aspiring photographer or just looking to create cherished holiday memories, this event is perfect for you.
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$43      
Portrait Photography Meetup

Portrait Photography Meetup

Saturday 09 December
Naglee Ave, San Jose - 12pm - 2 Hours
Fremont Photography Group
Whether you wish to up your selfie game or begin developing a portfolio, this workshop will help you learn the basics of portrait photography and push your creativity and technical understanding.

Learn which settings are best to use, how to select the best locations, and what lighting and poses highlight a model's best features. We will also learn how to build rapport to get the best reactions and genuine emotions from a person.
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$43      

Landscape & Wildlife Photography

Landscape & Wildlife Photography

Saturday 23 December
Rock City Park - 9:30am - 2 Hours
Concord Photography Group
Explore the thrill of capturing stunning landscapes and incredible wildlife in their natural habitat. During our enjoyable meetup, we will delve into leveraging the fundamentals of camera settings especially optimized for portraying landscapes. Immerse yourself in enlightening discussions aimed at equipping you with advanced techniques for flawless landscape and wildlife photography. Test your newly acquired skills with an array of challenging yet enjoyable exercises. Become a better photographer and uncover a potential passion under the expert guidance of like-minded enthusiasts.
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$43      
Holiday Lights Meetup

Holiday Lights Meetup

Saturday 23 December
Union Square, San Francisco - 5pm - 2 Hours
Oakland Photography Group
'Tis the season to be merry and bright, and what better way to celebrate the holiday spirit than by immersing yourself in a dazzling world of twinkling lights and festive decor? Join us for a magical evening of photography and camaraderie at our Holiday Lights Meetup.

Meet fellow photographers, share your passion, and learn new techniques from like-minded enthusiasts. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just getting started with your camera, the Holiday Lights Meetup is the perfect opportunity to capture the wonder and joy of the holiday season through your lens.
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$43      
Beginner's Photography Class

Beginner's Photography Class

Saturday 06 January
Main Street, Alameda - 10am - 3 Hours
Oakland Photography Group
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance!

Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure.

We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
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$84      

Architecture Photography

Architecture Photography

Sunday 07 January
Horace Mann, San Jose - 2pm - 2 Hours
Fremont Photography Group
Architectural photography can be a great way of exploring and documenting a city, whether it's your home or on holiday. Its about capturing not only the design and accurate representation of a building, but to have the shots be aesthetically pleasing to the viewer's eye. An architectural photographer makes pictures, not takes pictures.

In this session, we will be covering how to better understand Architecture photography and we'll be looking at ways to take some impressive shots and the camera settings to use.
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$43      
Outdoor Portraits

Outdoor Portraits

Saturday 13 January
Orindawoods - 10am - 2 Hours
Concord Photography Group
This meetup goes over some basic dos and don'ts for posing and looks at issues to do with shooting in daylight for the best results. Included are: shooting different body types, men, women and shooting with strong sunlight and shooting in shade, and designing your background (composition). On this meet,up you are encouraged to bring along family or friends as models.

You will preferably need a normal, 85mm or longer lens, or a zoom. If you have a wide-angle this can also be used as we will be also looking at environmental portraits.

This is the perfect meetup to learn how to take the perfect portraits of family and friends.
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$43      
Rule of Thirds

Rule of Thirds

Saturday 20 January
Main Street, Alameda - 10am - 2 Hours
Oakland Photography Group
One of the most basic tenets of composition is the Rule of Thirds. Although most people are familiar with this technique it is often forgotten in the haste to take a photo. However you ignore it at your peril as it can make an average snap into something which is has tension and dynamism.

In this meetup we will practice using the Rule of Thirds in a setting full of photographic possibility.
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$43      

Beginner's Photography Class

Beginner's Photography Class

Saturday 20 January
Downtown San Jose - 2pm - 3 Hours
Fremont Photography Group
Ready to learn more about your camera and get out of automatic exposure? Now is your chance!

Join us as we break down your camera to help you learn about shutter speed, aperture, ISO and how these settings affect your exposure.

We will then put your new knowledge to the test with the guidance of a professional photographer.
book now
$84      
Portrait Photography Meetup

Portrait Photography Meetup

Saturday 03 February
Marina District - 2pm - 2 Hours
Oakland Photography Group
Whether you wish to up your selfie game or begin developing a portfolio, this workshop will help you learn the basics of portrait photography and push your creativity and technical understanding.

Learn which settings are best to use, how to select the best locations, and what lighting and poses highlight a model's best features. We will also learn how to build rapport to get the best reactions and genuine emotions from a person.
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$43      
Headshot Photography Class

Headshot Photography Class

Saturday 03 February
Park Ave., San Jose - 2:30pm - 3 Hours
Fremont Photography Group
Unleash your photographic creativity and join us at this immersive workshop. Our focus - perfecting the art of headshots. Your mission - to capture your subject's personality, professionalism, and personal brand in one stunning shot. From mastering the art of framing the face to understanding the significance of good lighting, we set up an interactive learning environment for you. Enroll now and elevate your photography prowess to a whole new level. Come frame with us; learn, create and dazzle.
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$84      

ABOUT SANTA
CLARA
PHOTOGRAPHY
GROUP
Come along to our 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 photo walk class with other local keen photographers!

We run two hour photography sessions based on a photography theme/technique/style and they take place in various locations in Santa Clara .

  • New to photography? We also run a popular 3 hour Beginners Guide to Photography Class once a month. And once in a while we will run special niche 3 hour classes, for example, Astrophotography - so do subscribe to our newsletter to know when the next on is!

  • 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!

    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.

    Join the Santa Clara Photography Group on Facebook to share your photos after the session.

    Got a question? Try our FAQ.
  • PHOTOS
    Santa Clara Photography Group
    2023-11-29
    Title or Location: Saratoga Creek next to Saratoga Springs
    Photo taken during a family photoshoot at a bridge over the Saratoga Creek on a beautiful day before Thanksgiving. After patiently posing with his family for almost an hour, the restless boy happily obliged to a request to run and jump on the bridge. The jubilant boy was captured in mid-jump using a Nikon D850 with a Sigma 85mm @ f/1.4 Shutter Speed 1/400 and ISO 200 with no flash used.
    Credit: Xuong Tu
    Instagram: a_kin_not_akin

    Santa Clara Photography Group
    2023-11-26
    Title or Location: Cosumnes River Preserve
    The Cosumnes River Preserve near Lodi is a prime viewing area for migrating sandhill cranes, among the largest birds in North America. It's a bit early for large numbers of cranes, but on this day a few weeks ago we encountered a scattering of the magnificent creatures. A little patience helped, too, because one crane, perhaps a little bolder than the others, wandered jus within range of my Tamron 150-600 lens, to which I had attached a 1.4X extender (all mounted on a Canon EOS 90D). Glad you li
    Credit: Dennis Pfaff
    Santa Clara Photography Group
    2023-09-17
    Title or Location: Yosemite Valley View
    The photo was taken at labor day weekend. It rained in the morning that Saturday and it was partly cloudy all day long. I arrived Valley View parking lot at about 7PM. This one is one of the 66 photos of time lapse photo. Shooting the sunset of Valley View with cloud is a long time dream for me.
    Credit: Yongjun Liu

    Santa Clara Photography Group
    2023-09-08
    Title or Location: Morgan Hill California
    Peaceful
    Credit: Dan Nguyen

    Santa Clara Photography Group
    2023-07-20
    Title or Location: Santa Monica Pier

    Credit: Efrain Rivera
    Instagram: Effshot9
    Santa Clara Photography Group
    2023-07-10
    Title or Location: Shoreline Park
    No wonder a heron is a hero at first sight. I saw him standing conceitedly on top of a goal in the Shoreline Lake one evening last week. I bet no goal keepers ever have such courage to have that challenging performance !
    Credit: AH UI

    West London Photography Group
    2023-11-29
    Title or Location: Crane Park, Whitton.
    Taken with Nikon D7500 with 300mm Nikkor lens. Two male Kingfishers possibly adult male and offspring sitting low by the River Crane. Light was low so had to use a high ISO. Because of this the image had to be denoised . It was then cropped and clarity and texture added in Lightroom. I have a nice triptych of them sitting in three different poses.
    Credit: Sam Downie
    Swindon Photography Group
    2023-11-28
    Title or Location: Swindon Designer Outlet
    It's feeling very festive at Swindon Designer Outlet &127876&127877&127882
    Credit: Rimpy Sharma
    Instagram: @rimpysharma19
    San Bernardino Photography Group
    2023-11-28
    Title or Location: Fossil Falls, California
    This image was created at Fossil Falls in the Mojave Desert California. The location was selected a few months before during a site selection trip to the desert. I asked a local model if she would be interested in a concept shoot, and she agreed. Whitney Sather, my model is from southern Kentucky and is a wonderful model to work with. We based for the shoot out of Randsburg, CA. The hospitality shown to Me, my model, assistant and Guide (my brother that lives there) by the locals at each locatio
    Credit: Patrick O'Donnell
    Facebook: Patrick O'Donnell

    Springfield Photography Group
    2023-11-28
    Title or Location: Butterflies at work - Luken Lake Yosemite
    Hiking into Luken Lake in the summer, the wildflowers were in bloom and the butterflies were active.
    Credit: Ilo Gassoway
    Instagram: Gr8purple1
    Sunshine Coast Photography Group
    2023-11-28
    Title or Location: Outback SA
    Saw these beautiful flowers on the side of the road while traveling in South Australia outback 2022. Thought I would try a little creative work with them, using Adobe Photo Elements 2023, plastic wrap. You either like photo art or you don't, I love looking at other people's work, there's a lot of creative people out there.
    Credit: Deb Johnson
    Facebook: Deb Johnson Photography
    Wollongong Photography Group
    2023-11-27
    Title or Location: Bauld Hill, Stanwell Park
    I was on my way home when I saw the paragliders hovering ahead. So even though I thought I would try to get a few photos of them. The storm was getting closer & we all thought we would get wet, but just before it hit, it threw out a quick burst of colour. Sometimes it?s all about timing. iPhone 12 Pro Max & Snapseed.
    Credit: Rosalie zbtady

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