Detroit Photography Class Field Trip

As Part of the basic photography class that I teach, the 4th day is a field trip to the Detroit Zoo which provides an opportunity for my students to get out there and practice with their cameras. The goal is to try new things, and experiment with new compositions and different camera settings. The last class is this coming Thursday and it will be a critique of the students photos.

The Detroit Zoo provides a perfect venue for shooting because it is open year round and they don’t have problems with large groups of people taking photos. There are places indoors and outdoors that provide a mixture of challenging lighting conditions with a variety of subject matter. With a class of 26 people, we split into two groups to make things more manageable and with both groups, we never made it to any of the big animals which is just fine since that’s not what it was all about.

I posted a link showing a couple of my photos below in their original form and edited form. These were done pretty quick and if I was careful, there are a few other things that I probably would have done to make them even better. Here’s the link: http://www.arisingimages.com/temp_folders/temp/before_after_zoo/

Here are a few photos that I took while there, to help illustrate some of the things worth looking for.