Millennium Park Safari

A workshop in travel photography, conducted several times every month, that begins at Millennium Park's famous, shiny metallic Bean sculpture. Working in the shadow of the Bean, our professional photographer will first give you a 40-minute orientation on good photography technique: how to photograph people you know and people you don't know; how to photograph sculpture, how to show or stop motion, use selective focus, and how to make your building photographs architecturally correct. They will also help you understand your camera and explain what all those features on your camera do, especially the ones controlling F-stops, shutter speeds, white balance, and ISO.

Then you will go through beautiful Millennium Park to photograph some of Chicago’s finest scenery to help internalize the concepts.

At each point along the way, we will critique your photos as you are taking them, helping you to correct exposure, composition and white balance right on the spot, so that you can immediately see the effect of your own corrective measures. This hands-on training will give you invaluable photo techniques for your future travels. So, before you go on that big trip come see us first! Got a new camera and want to know how to use it? Help is right around the corner!

Three-hour safari, meets rain or shine. Bring your camera, lenses, no tripod. All skill levels invited, with any kind of camera, point and shoot or SLR.