Chautauqua 2025 Classes
Week 1: Title: Architectural Photography - CHQ Style
Description: With any camera, explore, discover, identify and document with daily walks Chautauqua Institution’s landmark heritage, and the unique and diversified styles of its historical architectural buildings and homes.
M, Tu, W, Th, start time: 3:30 pm, end time: 5:30 pm
Week 2: Title: The Art of Nature Photography
Week 3: Title: Photo Safari Walks
Week 4: Title: The Art of Seeing
Description: With any camera, this class will prepare students with the understanding, knowledge and confidence to use design and composition techniques to create images reflecting their unique perspective and expression worthy of artistic merit and recognition.
Week 5: Title: Architectural Photography: CHO Style
Description: On daily walks, with any camera, explore, discover, identify and document Chautauqua Institution's landmark heritage.
Week 6: Title: The Art of Nature Photography
Description: With any camera, this class will prepare studentswith the understanding, knowledge and confidence to use design and composition techniques to create images reflecting their unique artistic perspective and expression of nature’s beauty within the camera and after with post-production techniques and software tools.
M, Tu, W, Th, start time: 3:00 pm, end time: 5:00 pm
Week 7: Title: Chernobyl: Aftermath of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Photo exhibit Sunday thru Thursday and free Monday evening presentation - 7 p.m. @ Hultquist Center
Week 7: Title: Photo Safari Walks
Week 8: Title: The Magic of Light Painting
Description: Learn to take dramatic, unique and creative images with light painting techniques using light sources such as flashlights, glow sticks, light wands, LED lights and LED toys. With any camera students can learn to pre-visualize, anticipate and photograph people and objects as never before seen in a fun and creative way.
tripod advised or available for purchase at class
Week 9: Title: Magical Photography at Twilight
tripod advised or available for purchase at class
Week 9: Title: Chernobyl: Aftermath of a Nuclear Disaster
Photo exhibit Sunday thru Thursday and free Monday evening presentation - 7 p.m. @ Hultquist Center
Video - The Art of Nature Photography