This post is brought to you by Jessica Sprague.com // Happy Monday everyone!! I'm so excited for today's giveaway… My FAVORITE online learning site Jessica Sprague is launching a brand new photography class that I am sooooo excited about. It's a class for those of you who are well acquainted with your camera but who would like to learn more about composition and advanced styling techniques.
You have a dSLR camera and have already learned out to get it out of automatic – hooray for you! Now, what comes next? How about learning more about the artistic side of taking a photograph – the things beyond the words aperture and shutter speed that can take your photos to the next level?
If this sounds good to you, then we have the perfect class for you – Oh Shoot 2! Advanced Composition & Technique taught by Candice Stringham over at JessicaSprague.com. Candice is one of my all time favorite Photography instructors. She really knows her stuff!!
This 4-week long, intermediate level class will:
- Review in more detail basic compositional rules
- Address color theory and how it affects the mood and look of a photograph
- Learn about photographing an editorial portrait
- Learn about how to photograph an event
- Learn about compositional rules when photographing a location
- Learn tips about tabletop (small items) photography techniques
And as with all classes at JessicaSprague.com, the course materials (videos, downloadable PDFs, etc) are available to you forever! If you want to go back and retake a lesson or even the whole class at any time, everything will be available to you.
Candice Stringham, the course instructor is the real deal. An editorial photographer turned scrapbooker, Candice is a former Contributing Editor for Creating Keepsakes Magazine and was inducted into the Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame in 2006. She has a BFA in Photography and taught at a collegiate level after she graduated. Visit Candice’s blog to learn more about her and see some of her amazing work.
The next session of Oh Shoot! 2 begins June 3rd and registration opens tonight at 9Pm EST. There are two levels of registration available. The standard class which has unlimited enrollment and the extended class, which includes comments from the instructor on your photographs. Extended enrollment fills up quickly, so be ready right at 9Pm EST to register.
Click here for more information and to register.
Jessica and her crew have been so generous and are giving away THREE level one spots to Candice's Advanced Composition and Technique Class // Oh Shoot 2… That's a $132 value!! Just follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter box below.
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Thank you for this giveaway. I really need to get better with my DSLR.
Thank you! I would love to win this
Thanks for the chance!
My biggest challenge with composition is when there is a lot of background clutter.
I would love to learn how to use my camera much better and maybe get off of auto.
BTW, the rafflecopter says the giveaway will be announced March 8. Also, if we win, will we be notified or will we have to come and look to claim the prize?
Wow! What a great class and contest!!!
I would love to learn to be more creative when it comes to composition. Thanks for the great giveaway! I love Jessica Sprague's classes!
I would LOVE to win this. I do not do a good job with my camera!
Thanks for the chance to win
Susan
This is a giveaway that would mean a lot for me to win. My phots are certainly lacking.
Um, everything! I literally just posted on Friday for photography help because I don't know where to even start! Fingers crossed that I win. 🙂
Great giveaway! I need to get better with my camera!
I soooo need this class! Thanks for the opportunity!
what an awesome giveaway–
I got a Canon D60 for my birthday, I would love to take this class and learn to take better pictures!
I love Candace's courses and would love to win this one.
I need so much camera help. This class sounds perfect. What a great giveaway, thanks!
Awesome! That class will be amazing 😉
Thank you for the giveaway. Hoping I win!
That class will be amazing!
I do believe my BIGGEST issue has to do with the levelness of my photo's. I am sure this is elementary to most but I have a hard time staying level. Of course this is when I am without tripod, LOL
Biggest challenge…composition-wise, would be getting away from the whole…'tallest in the back, shortest in the front' when shooting a group of people…and then keeping everyone in focus. Thanks for the opportunity.
My biggest issue with composition is not over-crowding my image. My philosophy is more is more, which doesn't always work in photos!
Thank you! I would love to win!! 🙂
Thank you so much for the giveaway! I've been stalking Jessica Sprague's website hoping this class would open up. Yay~!
my biggest composition issue is I tend to crop people's body too close in camera and have hard time adjusting it during edit.
Love JS.com. Great classes. This one's on my wishlist. Thanks for the chance.
My biggest challenge is not being photographically too simplistic
I really want this to give to my roommate.
my composition is usually too tight, but I'm not sure exacty how to fixthis ans still get a great closeup of the food…help…please:)
My composition ends up looking too staged, would like to have it look more spontaneous.
I have a hard time taking care of the background while taking my pictures!
I need more ideas because I tend to do the same things with composing my photos. I especially need help with tabletop composition!
What an awesome giveaway! I am really looking forward to expanding on everything I learned in Oh Shoot!
I would be so thrilled to win Jessica Sprague's class, "Oh Shoot 2". I participated in her first class, "Oh Shoot" and learned so much. It's a fantastic class!
I love Candice's classes! Thanks for the chance to win this amazing class!!
Need to learn to apply these class techniques when taking photos. Would so love to win a spot in Jessica's class!!!
My biggest challenge with composition is getting the right aperture with a decent blur on the background.
I did the first course and loved it! Even if you don't win, I highly recommend the first course.
My biggest challenge with composition is how to make the backgrounds work for me – whether I need to blur or move my subject. Thanks so much for the chance to win this wonderful class! Candice is a fantastic instructor!
I love my camera, but wish I could do much more with it and I KNOW that there is so much more that I can do with it. Jessica Sprague's classrooms are fantastic and I would love to take this one and to win it would be such a treat.
Cheers!
Coming up with unique and original ideas
My camera would be SO happy if I won this. She's waiting for me to learn how to use her to take awesome pictures.
I took Jessica's class at SNAP and loved it. My biggest problem with composition is trying to get the right balance of subject versus background)
I am new at photography, so it is all a challenge right now
My biggest challenge is light and distance. Thank you for the opportunity to enter this wonderful contest.
biggest challenge would have to be creative posing
I think poses are hard, as are backgrounds and the juxtaposition between the two.
I get STUCK in a flush right or flush left booooring frame!
Close-up compositioning of products, for sure.
Food photography!
I will quite often place whatever I am taking a picture of in the center of the frame. This sounds like it might just help with that. It sounds like a really good class.
I'd like to learn creative ways to photograph groups of four or more.
I would say that my biggest composition problem is space. When is empty space good to have, and when is it not. At what point does it look artistic, vs. weird? Is there a general rule of perspiration when leaving empty space in a photo?
I have taken classes before that that are GREAT!!!
I just got a new camera and need to learn how to use it! Thank you for the chance!
Chriss
I've taken a class from her before and they are fantastic! I would love to take another.
My biggest challenge is knowing what to ADD to a photo.
Getting unusual angles that don't look goofy and getting the right focus for what I need.
I need this not just for myself but also for my three teenagers. My biggest challenge is getting the shot I want without including all kinds of stuff that I don't want (ie clutter in the background).
Wow this is amazing! I could definitely use some assistance with knowing how to capture the best light and adjusting my settings to do it even better.
I struggle with food photography.
I would love this! I need all the photography tips I can get!
Composition – I'm not even sure what that means exactly! I definitely have a lot to learn!
Mostly I use my camera to photograph food, and I'm never sure about props, and how much to include in the frame. If there are items in the background, I'm never sure where to cut them off. I could really use a course like this!
I've only had my DSLR for 2 years and I know I could improve a lot! I really hope to win! I have senior portraits to take in July and it would help!
I just got my first DSLR so anything I can learn would be great! Thanks for the giveaway.
mine would be where to put the light source, so not to create shadows
My challenge is knowing where/how to even start composing for a shot!
Biggest challenge is knowing what to do well enough that I can compose correctly when the photo opportunity comes up quickly.
I am so excited for this class. I have loved all of the classes I have taken from Candice. I really hope I win!
My photos always end up looking like snapshots. I'd love to learn to compose real photographs.
Thanks for the generous giveaway!! I learned so much from the classes I've taken from her before. This one sounds fabulous, too!
My greatest challenge would be a lack of creativity. I seem to be stuck in a rut where so many photos look the same.
Thanks for the chance to win this great class!
I took the first class and loved it! It would be awesome to win this class!!!
I get flustered when I have to take a picture too quickly and then it doesn’t look how I thought it would.
My biggest problem is adjusting my settings and judge the correct natural light.
I have taken several beginner classes and I am ready for an intermediate class. I would love to learn how to take artistic shots and the different settings for different kinds of natural light.
Hello, my biggest problem is getting the subject in focus, I guess I'm just focusing on everything around it that I miss the focus. Thanks for a great giveaway!