Sep 28th
9:40am–1:10pm EDT
30 classes have spots left
Washington Photo Safari @ 5114 Ritchie Rd #644, Bealeton, VA , USA, Bealeton, VA 22712
The Monuments and Memorials photo safari provides basic instruction on all aspects of travel photography, explains F-stops, shutter speeds, white balance, ISO settings, and reviews composition techniques for taking pictures of people, landscapes and cityscapes. Learn how to use your camera in the field, not in a classroom on this DC photography tour! After a 45-minute orientation on travel photography techniques, our shooting itinerary will...
Thursday Sep 28th, 9:40am–1:10pm Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 5114 Ritchie Rd #644, Bealeton, VA , USA, Bealeton, VA 22712
After giving an orientation on the basic techniques of nighttime photography, Instructor E. David Luria takes you to the most photogenic areas on the western end of the National Mall. We begin our DC at night photo tour along the Mall at the Lincoln Memorial with its majestic statue of President Lincoln. From there we walk along the Mall and visit the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Three Servicemen Statue, the Vietnam Women’s Memorial. ...
Friday Nov 3rd, 7–9:30pm Eastern Time
EARLY Morning Architectural Photography Tour of Washington DC Washington, DC, the nation’s capital, is home to some of the most beautiful architecture in the country, both traditional and modern. The traditional architecture is rich in its symbolism of the nation’s history, and the city’s modern architecture draws upon the past as its creates unique new structures. On this 2 and 1/2 hour photo safari professional architectural photographer...
Thursday Oct 26th, 8:30–11am Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 5114 Ritchie Rd #644, Bealeton, VA , USA, Bealeton, VA 22712
The very best times to capture the animals at the National Zoo in your camera are the morning hours when they come out of their cages and dens. Pet and wildlife photographer Julie Gould, who has spent years photographing animals of all types in and out of zoos, leads this morning trek to all the best photo ops. While not guaranteed, it is possible that we will get Panda Passes on site the day of our safari! The National Zoo is one of the nation’s...
Sunday Oct 29th, 7:45–10am Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 5114 Ritchie Rd #644, Bealeton, VA , USA, Bealeton, VA 22712
One of the best places to capture sunrise in photos is from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, looking down the Reflecting Pool. This sunrise photo tour of the National Mall conducted by Washington Photo Safari director E. David Luria gives participants the opportunity to photograph the sun as it begins to rise in the east at behind the illuminated US Capitol building and the Washington Monument, and then, after sunrise, projecting its golden...
Sunday Oct 15th, 6:15–8:15am Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 5114 Ritchie Rd #644, Bealeton, VA , USA, Bealeton, VA 22712
In this safari, we capture the unique colonial-style architecture of the homes, restaurants, and storefronts of Georgetown’s streets, including views of the C and O Canal and the picturesque Grace Episcopal Church. Then we go down to the waterfront and photograph the Post-modern complex of Washington Harbor, with its columns and fountains and beautiful views of the DC waterfront. During our last hour we get into a boat that takes us up the Potomac...
Saturday Oct 7th, 2:30–5pm Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 5114 Ritchie Rd #644, Bealeton, VA , USA, Bealeton, VA 22712
Here is your opportunity to AVOID the springtime crowds and enjoy Washington DC’s Tidal Basin ringed in vibrant color in the Fall! You look through your camera viewfinder and see Washington, DC’s Tidal Basin ringed in vibrant color: deep red, gold, pink, orange, purple, and brown. Cherry blossoms in the spring? NO! These are Washington’s famous cherry trees in the FALL! What a spectacle! Who KNEW? You can frame the Washington Monument or...
Sunday Nov 5th, 8:30–10:30am Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 5114 Ritchie Rd #644, Bealeton, VA , USA, Bealeton, VA 22712
Overview of DC: Full Moonrise from the Central Place Tower Think you can take better pictures than the ones you see on the postcards? Here is your chance to prove it by capturing a spectacular view of all the monuments in DC from the 35-story -high Central Place Tower Arlington, VA! Central Place Tower’s observatory offers an extraordinary view of the entire Washington DC landscape, the same airplane view that one gets from the left side of...
Sunday Oct 29th, 5:45–7:45pm Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540
Library of Congress Photo Safari The Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress is one of the most beautiful buildings in the nation’s capital with its ornate interiors and grand staircases, and it has re-opened to the public on a limited basis – Thursday – Saturday, from 10-3, with timed entry passes. After an orientation on architectural photography, we begin this safari by photographing the fountains and the exterior of the building....
Saturday Nov 18th, 2:30–4:30pm Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 800 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001
Guided by DC resident and WPS director E. David Luria, we will begin our photo Safari at 8th Street and Florida Avenue Northwest and make our way slowly through the streets, photographing all of the colorful mural art that greets us along the way. We will find, for example, a memorial to Duke Ellington, the famous jazz pianist who was born in a house in Shaw, we will find colorful swaths of paint on many of the building walls and alleys. Many of...
Sunday Oct 1st, 10am–12pm Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 5114 Ritchie Rd #644, Bealeton, VA , USA, Bealeton, VA 22712
Take a trek with WPS through the Shaw Neighborhood, the epicenter of mural art in Washington, DC! Guided by DC resident and WPS director E. David Luria, we will begin our photo Safari at 8th Street and Florida Avenue Northwest and make our way slowly through the streets, photographing all of the colorful mural art that greets us along the way. We will find, for example, a memorial to Duke Ellington, the famous jazz pianist who was born in a house...
Sunday Oct 1st, 10am–12pm Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 5114 Ritchie Rd #644, Bealeton, VA , USA, Bealeton, VA 22712
You love your camera, but you always keep it on a nice, safe “Auto” or “P” and let the camera do the thinking? Or do you put it on “M” because you see the pros doing that and still your pictures come out poorly exposed? Are you are intimidated by the letters “A”, “S”, “M”, or “ASM”, or “Av” and “Tv”? How do the pros get that kid’s face nice and sharp and the background blurred? How do they make all the moving...
Saturday Oct 14th, 2:30–5pm Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 5114 Ritchie Rd #644, Bealeton, VA , USA, Bealeton, VA 22712
Overview of DC: A Photo Safari from the Central Place Tower Observation Deck! If you are sitting on the right side of your plane, you see the Arlington Skyline and then the Pentagon. If you are lucky enough to sit on the left side of the plane, you see all the beautiful monuments and the Capitol on the National Mall. Your view lasts about 20 seconds and then it’s gone! If the plane’s wing is not in the way, you might even get a picture! Now you...
Monday Sep 25th, 5:30–8pm Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 5114 Ritchie Rd #644, Bealeton, VA , USA, Bealeton, VA 22712
Full Moonrise over the Nation's Capital Think you can take better pictures than the ones you see on the postcards? Here is your chance to prove it by capturing that traditional postcard-view of the three famous monuments – Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and the Capitol, all neatly aligned in your viewfinder in the soft light of twilight and with a rising full supermoon, all from the vantage-point of the Netherlands Carillon, right next...
Friday Sep 29th, 6:45–8:45pm Eastern Time
Washington Photo Safari @ 5114 Ritchie Rd #644, Bealeton, VA , USA, Bealeton, VA 22712
Learn how to photograph challenging images such as statues and waterfalls at twilight! Here is a great opportunity to get outdoor fieldwork experience and advanced training in such technical areas as “white balance”, mixed lighting, exposure compensation, and ISO settings in a twilight and nighttime setting at the Tidal Basin. Conducted by professional photographer and WPS director E, David Luria, this safari will take you through the photographic...
Saturday Sep 30th, 6–8:30pm Eastern Time
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