FCCP - Learn the Ins & Outs of Lenses

DOORS OPEN AT 845

Learn Your Lenses — Telephoto, Wide, Zooms and Primes

Today's class will give you a greater understanding of camera lenses and can help add more creative control to digital photography. Choosing the right lens for the task can become a complex trade-off between cost, size, weight, lens speed and image quality. This class aims to improve your understanding by providing an introductory overview of concepts relating to image quality, focal length, perspective, prime vs. zoom lenses and aperture or f-number.

Topics Jeff will be covering include;

• Lens elements and image quality

• Influence of lens focal length and image quality

• What focal length lens to use when

• Zooms vs. Primes/Fixed Focal Length

• Influence of lens aperture/f-number on image quality

• Using Wide Angle lenses

• Using Telephoto lenses

• Much, much more . . .

Late comers are always welcome and stay as long as your schedule permits. Please don't feel obligated to stay the whole two hours. We know your Saturday hours are valuable.

Do You Want to Continue the Learning After the Class and Get All Your Questions Answered?

Join fellow students and FCCP photographers for an enjoyable lunch at O'Keefe's Family Restaurant. O'Keefe's is where many of the locals gather. It’s definitely a local’s place and the prices reflect it. No purchase is required to join the discussion at O'Keefe's following our class.
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Upcoming FCCP PhotoTours for 2024.
FCCP offers some of the most affordable instructional PhotoTours you can find anywhere. Our PhotoTours combined expert photography instruction (certified instructors), bucket list locations (Yosemite, Yellowstone, Glacier National Park) and safety (retired medical professionals travel on all tours)

September 18 - 24: Fall Tour - Yellowstone National Park & Grand Tetons, Wyoming
October 16 - 22: Fall Colors - Yosemite National Park, Light and Landscapes, California

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My Recommended Retailers

Where you buy your gear matters. You expect to get what you ordered and you want to pay a low price for it. The retailers I recommend below are the ones I trust for my own purchases.

B & H Photo and Video (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Great-Deals/ci/16478/N/4280521071?BI=4308&KW=&KBID=4736)

Adorama — The Photography People (http://www.adorama.com/?kbid=64386)

Lensrentals.com — Rent the Best Cameras & Lenses Available (http://www.pjatr.com/t/TUJGRktHSkJGS0dJS0xCRkpOSkVN)

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FCCP Membership Options:

Basic Membership — $50

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Supporter Plus Membership — $100

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We accept all major credit cards. We also accept Cash App, Venmo and Apple Cash/Pay. Contact us via email for additional options or to pay via phone, FCCP_Director@me.com

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There will be lots of learning and laughter. Jeff Donald will teach each session and he's a certified Photographic Counselor by PMA. He taught photography for 4 years at Montana State University and started the Digital Photography program at the Dunedin Fine Art Center in 2002. Jeff worked for Apple Computer, Ritz Camera Center, and several regional camera retail chains and has worked with 1000's of customers and students during that time. Experienced members will be on hand to share tips & tricks and more.