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Photographic Composition: The Complete Picture (Online)
Jul
16
8:30 AM08:30
Class

Photographic Composition: The Complete Picture (Online)

You want your photographs to have great compositions, but maybe you're not sure where to start. Does the "Rule of Thirds" sound more like mathematics than photography? In this class I will explain the very foundation of artistic composition using easy to understand graphics and several photographic examples. With famous and not-so-famous photographs, I will reveal what works and what doesn't and explain why. This unique, in depth survey of composition provides creative understanding that no photographer should be without! In this class you will learn:

  • The basics of 2D design

  • What excites our eyes and brains

  • How to direct the eye

  • How to use color for composition

  • The Rule of Thirds and how to apply it

  • How to use emotive subjects to activate composition

  • How to see and talk about photographic composition

  • Editing photographs for composition

Instructor: Frank Meuschke, artist and educator

Level: Beginner

$48 member/$53 non-member
Limit 30, Online via Zoom

This workshop is part of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Adult Education programming. All proceeds go toward supporting horticultural and nature education at the Arboretum! To see this and other photography classes offered at Arboretum, click this link. Classes are listed in calendar order. To go right to the registration page, click REGISTER HERE, below.

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Shifting Landscape: Visualizing Nature in an Age of Uncertainty
Jun
5
to Jun 27
Class

Shifting Landscape: Visualizing Nature in an Age of Uncertainty

Nearly forty years ago photographer Deborah Bright challenged landscape photographers with the statement that “photographers must begin to take responsibility for their part in producing and invoking cultural meanings… to discover how photographs reinforce, oppose, or reconstruct our notions and assumptions about ourselves”? How has landscape and nature photography changed? What cultural meanings are valuable today? Is there a role for conventional landscape imagery in today’s world?

The aim of this course is to explore contemporary landscape photography contextualized by critical awareness of traditional landscape imagery. A portion of each session will be dedicated to the work of one or more photographer-artists and the remaining time will be available for open discussion about themes and concepts found in the work and provided reading materials. There are no assignments or projects to complete other than reading insightful essays outside of seminar hours. This seminar is intended for those interested in an extra-curricular dialogue on visual culture, the concept of nature, photography, the environment and inspiration for making new work.

This is a synchronous, online seminar with a total of 5 meeting dates. Participants must attend the first session to remain enrolled in this educational opportunity.

Instructor: Frank Meuschke, artist and educator

Dates: Sunday, June 5th, 2022 and Mondays, June 6th through June 27th, 2022

Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Central Time

Meet: Online, via Zoom

Prerequisite Skills: Interest in and open to new ideas, comfortable engaging in discussion

Required Equipment: Due to its visual nature, this seminar is best viewed on a computer, laptop or pad

$20 Student/$69 Non-Student
Available Seats: 16

Frank Meuschke is a fiscal year 2021 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

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