Flash Photography Workshop

John Ferdico
Wednesdays 7:00–9:30 PM
March 5, 12, & 19
$75 / $65 UCB students
The portable flash is the photographer’s most versatile tool. Not only can it make photography possible in dimly lit conditions, it offers great qualitative improvements of images in almost any light—if properly employed. This workshop will address basic lighting techniques and the proper operation of a photographic flash. Learn to set your flash with confidence, master bouncing, fill-flash and ambient combination exposures. The use of flash will be explored as a creative tool to expand picture-taking possibilities. All students with working knowledge of their cameras are welcome.

John Ferdico received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. He is the recipient of the 1995 Society of Contemporary Photography Fellowship. He teaches at Sonoma State University and Santa Rosa Junior College. His work was most recently on view at Pro Arts in Oakland.

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