Nature Photography: From Vision to Print
9 weeks | $395 | Live Online w/ In-Person Field Trips
Learn how to take beautiful nature photographs and examine different methods to produce and display them. This practical, hands-on course covers the aesthetics of fine art nature photography as well as fine tuning your technical skills in the field. The class features a variety of field trips designed to offer a wide variety of opportunities and challenges: Sunset Cliffs, La Jolla Cove, San Diego Botanical Gardens, and Balboa Park. Students will learn to identify their creative point of view, sharpen their skills through participation in field trips, and prepare a selected group of images for sale and/or exhibition in a show hosted by the class. Final photographs can be presented either as greeting cards or as matted prints.
Please note: For spring 2023, classes will be taught Tuesday's, 6-9pm live online via Zoom with 3 outdoor in-person field trips taking place on Saturday's from 5-8pm. The field trips will take place in the greater San Diego region. Dates and times are outlined below.
- Tues, 4/4 - 6-9pm - Class taught Live Online via Zoom
- Sat, 4/8 - 5-8pm - Field Trip
- Tues, 4/18 - 6-9pm - Class taught Live Online via Zoom
- Sat, 4/22 - 5-8pm - Field Trip
- Tues, 5/2 - 6-9pm - Class taught Live Online via Zoom
- Tues, 5/9 - 6-9pm - Class taught Live Online via Zoom
- Sat, 5/13 - 5-8pm - Field Trip
- Tues, 5/23 - 6-9pm - Class taught Live Online via Zoom
- Tues, 6/6 - 6-9pm - Class taught Live Online via Zoom
Quarters Offered: Spring | Live Online w/ In-Person Field Trips
Course Fee: $395
Prerequisite: Knowledge of image editing with Picassa, iPhoto, Photoshop or Lightroom recommended. Taking Photo I: Aperture, Shutter Speed, & ISO (ART-40629) prior to this course is strongly recommended.
Note: Elective course for Photography: Images and Techniques professional certificate.
Contact: For more information about this course, please email unex-digital@ucsd.edu.
Course Number: ART-40081
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Photography: Images and Techniques
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4/4/2023 - 6/6/2023
$395
Live Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).
Girard, Dan
Dan Girard teaches Nature Photography: From Vision to Print for the Photography: Images and Techniques certificate program. Dan earned his B.S. in Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Arizona State University and works full time in the biotech field here in San Diego doing antibody drug discovery and engineering. After several years of intense self-study in photography, his enthusiastic pursuit of photographic expertise led him to the completion of the Photography: Images and Techniques Certificate at UC San Diego Extension, for which he now teaches. He enjoys printing his work, competes regularly in the Del Mar Fair, and his images have won awards almost every single year since he started competing. Dan is also an avid backpacker and chapter outing leader for Sierra Clu...Read More
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POLICIES:
Early enrollment advised.
No UCSD parking permit required.
No visitors permitted.
No refunds after: 4/17/2023.
Early Enrollment Discount: $370 ($395 if enrolled after 3/6/2023).
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NOTE:
SCBWI/MOPA members can receive our $25 Early Enrollment discount prior to course start date. The max discount a MOPA/SCBWI member can receive for one class is $25. It is applied upon course enrollment over the phone or in person with proof of membership. This is a live online course; all class sessions are taught via Zoom. Course materials like the syllabus and handouts are delivered online. Login on your MyExtension account, select My Courses and click the link under LOCATION.
| DATE | DAY | START | END | LOCATION |
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| 4/4/2023 | Tue | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
| 4/8/2023 | Sat | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
| 4/18/2023 | Tue | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
| 4/22/2023 | Sat | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
| 5/2/2023 | Tue | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
| 5/9/2023 | Tue | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
| 5/13/2023 | Sat | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
| 5/23/2023 | Tue | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
| 6/6/2023 | Tue | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Arts, Humanities, Languages & Digital Arts department at 858-534-5760 or ahl@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.