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Digital Photography Workshops Spring 2024

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The “Digital Photography Workshop Series” is offered through the Chester Municipality Recreation “Explore Life” Program Starting April 24th, 2024. This Workshop Series has been offered since 2018, and consistently receives A+ reviews. The Series is made up of Two (2) Workshops; “Digital Photography 101” & “Digital Photography 102” each are Six (6) Weeks in duration which also include; weekly assignments plus Three (3) field trips.

Digital Photography 101, (Cost $100) part 1 of the 2 part series, is a comprehensive Six (6) week workshop intended for the beginner, which sets the foundation on topics such as; exposure, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation, metering modes, including camera settings. The course materials include professional slides in pdf format, the recorded class videos, and camera settings in pdf format. The included weekly assignments and the Three (3) field trips provide the student with 1 on 1 help with hands on experience directly associated with the in class learning sessions. The camera requirement for this course is the use of a DSLR, Mirrorless, or Bridge camera with manual control. Register on or before April 19th 2024 Here: Chester Municipality Recreation Spring 2024 Program Digital Photography 101

Digital Photography 102, (Cost: $100) part 2 of the series, is a comprehensive Six (6) week workshop concentrating on techniques and composition intended for the beginner and intermediate photographer, who wants to learn more about understanding light, colour, resolution, controlling your camera in different situations, introduction to post-processing, backups and what to do with your photos such as calendar creation and photo books. The course materials include slides in pdf format, the recorded class videos, and camera settings in pdf format. The included weekly assignments and the Three (3) field trips provide the student with 1-on-1 help with hands on experience directly associated with the in class learning sessions. The camera requirement for this course is the use of a DSLR, Mirrorless, or Bridge camera with manual control. Register on or before May 29th 2024 Here: Chester Municipality Recreation Spring 2024 Program Digital Photography 102

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What is Minimum Focus Distance

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The minimum focus distance is the closest distance from the focal plane, the sensor, to the subject at which the lens is able achieve focus. If you get closer than the minimum focus distance the lens will NOT be able to focus on the subject. This typically happens when you try to take close up pictures, for example of flowers, insects or jewelry.

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The minimum focus distance is lens dependent and the value can be found, usually specified in feet and meters, via the manufacturer specifications for the lens of interest. For example the Canon 100mm F/2.8 IS macro lens has a minimum focus distance of 0.99ft or 0.3m.

©Trevor Awalt_Focal Plane
The minimum focus distance is measured from the focal plane, the sensor (NOT the front of the lens), to the subject. The sensor position in your camera is typically marked on the outside of the camera body with a line through a circle symbol, which is the starting point of the measurement.

Some lenses have switches to limit the minimum focus distance so the the camera cannot focus on objects close to the camera. For example, if you wanted to take a portrait of someone through tall grass. In this case you would not want the camera to be able to focus on the close objects, the grass, just on the subject you are trying to take the portrait of.

In our next lesson we will discuss “plane of focus” which is related to a previously discussed topic “Depth of Field“.