Captured Light Photography

Photography Course and Seminar Information

General Course Information

We offer Individual Lessons, Group Lessons and Seminars covering just about every aspect of photography from the most basic how to use a camera class to advanced techniques. Our classes are small most have 8 - 12 students, the classroom atmosphere is relaxed and less structured than a typical school class which allows us to be flexible and better meet the needs of our students. Most classes are based on years of "real world" professional photographic experience, and are not textbook driven. The dates and times for our courses and seminars are on the detailed description page for each course and seminar. We also maintain a waiting list and contact those who are on the list by email about 30 days before the starting date for classes. To be added to the waiting list for one or more classes please e-mail us include the following information.

Gift Certificates

Gift certificates are available for all of our courses and seminars. Our gift certificates may be used at any time and our courses and seminars run all year so if the currently posted scheduled dates, please contact us for the most up to date schedule. To purchase a gift certificate please e-mail us for information and to make arrangements.

Registration

We email the entire waiting list with the dates and times for upcoming courses and seminars as soon as we schedule them which is usually prior to the schedule being made available to the general public. The class sizes are limited and to be fair, registration is accepted on a "first come first served" basis which is determined by the order we receive the Registration Forms and payment. In the event of Registration Form and payment being received after the course is full, we will contact you with your options. We do understand that a student may miss classes for any number of unavoidable reasons, in these cases the student will be offered the opportunity to make up the missed class(es) the next time the course is offered or when scheduling permits in a makeup class with other students who need to makeup the same class.

Class Locations

Most classes are held in Springdale at our office and studio located at 230 Northland Blvd., Cincinnati, OH 45246. Some classes are held "on location" in various parks, local landmarks, buildings, etc. in the Greater Cincinnati Area. Some courses are a combination of "classroom" work in Springdale and "on location" work in the Greater Cincinnati Area. Certain courses for businesses, law enforcement, clubs, and other groups may be held at your location.

Advanced Photography

Back by popular demand, this 10 week course is the next step for many students who have successfully completed our Basic / Intermediate Photography course. It is also popular with students who have have not taken our Basic / Intermediate Photography course but have a good understanding of photography and some experience.This course consists of ten classes, lasting two hours each, meeting once a week for ten weeks. Students will primarily through hands on activities using there own cameras with mimimal lecture time in 80% of the classes.

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This is a 10 week course meeting once a week for 2 hours. No photography experience or previous classes are required. This course is designed to teach both beginners and advanced photographers through a combination of Lectures and Hands-On learning. Many students have told us "it is amazing how this course has students with vastly different levels of experience and skills yet all students learn so much in the same class" and "these classes really are for both beginners and experienced photographers".

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"...I had second thoughts about taking a beginners class . Having taken several introductory classes before, & considering myself to be an advanced armature, I figured it would be mainly wasted time . I took the class mainly to get my wife into a classroom setting  in as much as she would not go alone . When they say that it is an introductory and intermediate class they mean it .The notes and info printouts that you get are second to none. The basics are presented in a manner that is quickly and easily understood, & then they move on to a more advanced hands on approach as they address each of the basics. When I would have a question of a more advanced level, they welcomed it, and as they clarified it they would gently bring the class along so they could understand it also . So to summarize unless you are completely familiar with all the magic your camera can perform , and you know all there is to know about flash and all its tricks , by all means take the class , you will learn a good deal."...
Roger S. former student.

This is a non-technical 4 week course designed to help you improve your family photographs without requiring you to learn "a bunch of technical stuff". This course is designed to help everyone from those students who use an inexpensive point and shoot camera to those who use professional grade SLR's and everything in between. You will learn how to improve your photographs without taking your camera our of automatic.

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Using both lecture and live demonstrations, our instructor leads students on a fun and educational exploration of the world of Macro Photography. For 3 1/2 hours students will participate in short lectures followed by demonstrations in which the students will aid the instructor in the creation of photographs. The students will help with equipment setup, camera settings and the choice of subjects with most demonstrations.

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"Thanks Captured Light Photography. I tried and tried to learn on my own and only became frustrated...now I can make wonderful close up photos of my roses, day lilies and anything else I want...What a great way to learn..."
Karen R. former student.

This 10 week course is designed to teach you the common photographic retouching techniques we use in the studio every week. We show students the simple ways to "fix" the common photographic "problems" that photographers run into every day. Want to fix red-eye, move a head from one photograph to another, create exceptional Black & White photos? We will show you these and more in this course.

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"WOW!! I learned so much and it is all useful in the real word. I've gone to Seminars, taken other classes and never had a teacher who actually cared about the students learning and what a knowledgeable teacher. I no longer feel like I wasted a lot of money on Photoshop because I can retouch my photos and have them look better when I am finished".
Lauren S.

This is a one day seminar is a shortened, faster paced version of our 10 week Photoshop™ course. We cover the common photographic retouching techniques we use in the studio every week just like in the 10 week course. This includes the simple ways to "fix" the common photographic "problems" that photographers run into every day. Want to fix red-eye, move a head from one photograph to another, create exceptional Black & White photos? We will show you these and more.

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Our Photoshop Elements™ Course is intended to teach students easy to understand methods of "editing, fixing and improving" their photographs. Most of topics discussed in this course are based on techniques we use to retouch and edit our own photographs at the studio. Like our Photoshop Course, we will demonstrate how to fix red-eye, move a head from one photograph to another, create exceptional Black & White photos? We will show you these and more.

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Photoshop Elements™ 1 and 2 Day Seminar

Like our Photoshop™ seminars, these seminars are a shortened, faster paced version of our 10 week Photoshop Elements™ course. We cover the common photographic retouching techniques we use in the studio every week just like in the 10 week course. This includes the simple ways to "fix" the common photographic "problems" that photographers run into every day. Want to fix red-eye, move a head from one photograph to another, create exceptional Black & White photos? We will show you these and more.

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This is a 4 week course that was created to teach basic sports photography skills. Using our 20+ years of experience photographing professional and amateur sports we have created an easy non-technical course to help parents improve their sports photography.

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How to Purchase the Right Camera Seminar

Coming in November of 2011. If you are giving a loved on a camera for the holidays, this is a very informative seminar that will help you make an intelligent purchase and hopefully save you some money too.

Contact us to be placed on the waiting list.

Are you a professional photographer looking for help? Are you an amateur planning on opening a photography based business? We have a consultation service that may just be the answer to your prayers.

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Customized Courses and Seminars

If you are interested in photography seminars, customized classes or any of our regular classes for your group, church, club, etc. at your location or ours, please contact us to discuss accommodating your group and possible discounted pricing.