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Tag: Nancy Katz

  • Wednesdays, May 15 – June 12, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Smartphone Photography: Spring Close-Ups

    Capture the magic of the season with your smartphone. Lilacs, azaleas, horse chestnuts, redbuds, and more will be flowering and leaves will have recently unfurled, providing a perfect venue for close-up photographs.

    Professional photographer Nancy Katz will teach you that you don’t need fancy equipment or lenses to come in close to shoot these exquisite plants. You need your smartphone and an understanding of shooting macro (close up) and how to enhance the images with your phone’s editing capabilities and a great App, aptly named Snapseed. Most of the time will be spent outdoors, except when working on Snapseed in small groups. The class will take place on three Wednesdays, May 15, 29, and June 12, from 1:30 – 3:30 at the Arnold Arboretum 125 Arborway.

    Fee: Arboretum member $65, nonmember $84

    Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.

  • Saturdays, January 26, February 9, and February 23, 8:30 am – 10:30 am – Smartphone Photography: Winter Landscapes Enhanced

    Saturdays, January 26, February 9, and February 23, 8:30 am – 10:30 am – Smartphone Photography: Winter Landscapes Enhanced

    Capture the essence of winter, when landscapes present a diluted palette of colors and contrasts are most striking. Professional photographer Nancy Katz will introduce fundamental concepts of landscape photography and then teach techniques for getting the best photographs from your smartphone camera. You will capture images in color and black and white, then learn to enhance them using a host of editing tools provided in the Snapseed App. (Note: Nancy Katz was selected by the Apple Store of Boston as a guest artist in March 2017 for her photography work with her iPhone and has taught her techniques there and most recently at Brandeis University’s Osher Life Long Learning Institute.) The three session, Arnold Arboretum class will take place Saturdays, January 26, February 9, and February 23 from 8:30 – 10:30. Fee Arboretum members $65, nonmembers $84. Register at my.arboretum.harvard.edu or call 617-384-5277.