#1002 Sports Photography MASTER CLASS – a Six-week Ten-Session class with field trips Starting July 1, 2026 6:30PM

This six-week ten-session class  (Two field Trips are optional) provides both classroom instruction and four field trips (perhaps more). Students will photograph motor sport racing at Waterford Hills, Professional baseball at a local park in nearby Utica and skateboarding at a state-of-the-art local cement rink in Farmington Hills and a Demolition Derby and perhaps Rodeo in Fowlerville, MI. Students will learn to use ‘long’ lenses, vibration reduction (or image stabilization) and noise reduction in their digital files and how much shutter speed it takes to freeze action. Learn how to use back button focusing, burst mode, proper use of high ISOs and then how to apply noise reduction to your image, and when to press the shutter to capture that ‘decisive moment’ to create dynamic sharp well exposed photos of the subject even under low light levels. Students will learn how to make money in the competitive field of event photography, and to capture, print, publish and market their work from a free web page. Event photography traverses from shooting team photographs at the local little league football, baseball, basketball, soccer leagues to portraits of couples at a local bar/nightclub. The class will culminate in the development of a sports portfolio showing their best work. The resulting portfolio may be in print form or a virtual portfolio slide show set to music to play on their web site. If you sign up for each field trip in this MASTER CLASS individually, the price would be $800.00. Bundle them and pay only $600.00.