{"id":1226,"date":"2014-05-30T14:56:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T18:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2014-05-30T14:56:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T18:56:59","slug":"photography-class-franciscan-monastery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=1226","title":{"rendered":"Photography Class – Franciscan Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lovely friend of mine gave me as a birthday gift a photography class put on by a company called the School of Creative Photography (www.schoolofcreativephotography.com<\/a>). We spent several hours at a Franciscan monastery in northeast Washington, DC taking photos of the monastery and the surrounding grounds (who knew there was a Franciscan monastery in DC, let alone in northeast DC?).<\/p>\n

I learned more in those few hours than I could have possibly imagined. And I had forgotten how fun this hobby is when you have the time to really think about light and composition and the settings on your camera (as opposed to yelling at people to stay still while you take their photograph and doing it in as much of a hurry as you can because they won\u2019t stand still). Not that my family has any idea of whom I might be talking about.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve put in a few of my favorite photos that I took during this class. I am also including a couple of \u201cbefore Photoshop\u201d and \u201cafter Photoshop\u201d photos. Elliot and Brian, our two instructors, insist that using software is not cheating, but after looking at what our daughter could do with Photoshop, I am not convinced.<\/p>\n

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Franciscan monastery garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"DSC_2979\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"DSC_2985\"<\/a><\/p>\n

before shot:<\/p>\n

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a “before ” shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

after Photoshop:<\/p>\n

\"the<\/a>
the “after” shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

another “before” shot:<\/p>\n

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the “before” shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

the “after” shot:<\/p>\n

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the “after” shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyway, I highly recommend taking a class from these guys\u2014they are super nice and super knowledgeable. They\u2019re really great also because if you want to be left alone, they leave you alone. But if you want help or advice from them, they are full of really helpful hints and instruction.<\/p>\n

And thank you, Joanne, for the lovely birthday gift!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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