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This is the premiere location to get a down to earth understanding of anything photography related. As a full time photography instructor and commercial photographer, Andy D'Angelo has spent his entire career producing high quality images for business applications while teaching photo enthusiasts how to understand their cameras and better perfect their art. We offer small group classroom instruction, hands on photo field trips with instruction, private tutoring and business related consulting. Our goal is simple; enable the student to produce better images through a hands on approach to learning.

Andy offers classes in Basic Photography, Advanced Photography, Intro to Photoshop, Digital Scrapbooking, Portrait Photography, Landscape Photography, Still Life Photography, Children Photography, Understanding Your Camera, and Flowers & Macro Photography. Students have enrolled for these Photography Classes from all areas of South East Pennsylvania, including Berks, Lancaster, Schuykill, Lehigh, Montgomery, Chester, and Lebanon Counties.

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Photo Tip Of the Week:

Combine your images for impact

This used to be called composites but in a more current language it is called Digital Scrapbooking. In any language the effect is the same, create interesting page designs for the wall (put them in frames and hang) or your family photo album, or even to decorate around the house. scissors are out and mouse clicks are in with Digital Scrapbooking or composites. Be sure to check out my upcoming class for Digital Scrapbooking... it starts in January.
Change the camera position. In this shot all I did was get lower to the ground. It sounds so simple but too often we shoot small children and pets while standing up and that is the wrong camera position. This image of guests at a retirement community open house was shot from a balcony.

And while you are at it, shoot both vertical and horizontal versions.
Experiment

This was done with an $80.00 Point & Shoot digital camera a few minutes after sunrise. The first shot was too light and washed out so I used the Exposure Compensation to darken the next shots considerably. All toll, I shot 8 versions, each one slightly darker, and picked the best overall shot after I uploaded them to my desktop monitor. Do NOT forget to reset the Exposure Compensation back to zero!!!
Use wide angle lens for dramatic results. This is a very large generator shot for the manufacture in the UK.

Another wide angle shot shows the expance of this graduation service.
Be creative. A bland farm scene was enhanced using a texture screen in Photoshop Elements. This simple but effective enhancement process is taught as part of my Intro to Photoshop Seminar.