Art: Digital Photography 1 (ages 16 through Adult)

Ages: 16 through Adult
Cost: $75
Tuesday, January 28 - March 4 (6 weeks)
Time: 5:30 – 7:30pm
Location: Art + Design Building, Room 208
Instructor: Jonathan Wheeler
Class Max: 12 Students


Digital Photography 1 will be a class for any student who wants to learn how to use a digital camera to create artistic images or better their current skills involving image capturing. This class is open for students 16 years old and older who own digital cameras such as DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras. This class will require that ALL cameras involved must be able to access their manual controls for shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. These are the fundamental aspects of understanding how to fully use a camera and will be heavily used to participate in this class’s lessons. At the end of this class, students will have a better grasp of the basic manual controls of a camera and how to edit their photographs in Adobe applications like Lightroom and Photoshop. It will also get students prepared for an advanced version of the class, Digital Photography 2.

Classroom Materials and Equipment (student's responsibility):
* DSLR or Mirrorless cameras. Must has access to all manual controls (ISO, Shutter Speed, and Aperture).

School provides:
Adobe Lightroom Classic on a computer (lab days)
Adobe Photoshop on a computer (lab days)


Bio: My name is Jonathan Wheeler and I'm a local resident and photographer in Clarksville, Tennessee. As an Austin Peay State University graduate, I’ve learned a lot about photography from an academic level which includes extensive hours in the darkroom working with 35mm film, learning about the masters of photography, and many other photography concepts. I have explored a good bit of the world with my camera in hand and experienced so much from my travels abroad and here at home. From Nepal to South Korea, and traveling all over the US, especially in the southeast, I put adventure and travel at the core of what I love doing. The moments and lessons both abroad and here at home have shaped and created the photographer that I am today.

CSA Child Safety Policy:
Parents are asked to drop off and pick up their minor children (under age 18) in person at the classroom door. CSA instructors cannot allow minors to exit the building alone or to leave with a non-parent/guardian, unless the instructor has been notified in writing prior to class. If your child will be driving to class without an adult, please notify the instructor in writing. Thank you for your cooperation.