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New! SATURDAY STILL PHOTO CLASS AUGUST 13TH 9:30-3:30, $85

INTRO PHOTO: camera use, photo aesthetics and editing in Lightroom.

Class will meet at Big Picture at 9:30 and train on camera use and how to take great photos.  Then we will head to East Boston to shoot at Piers Park, and the East Boston Shipyard.  Will will have lunch at KO Australian Pies before heading back to the teaching space.  From there each student will get a brief lesson and edit photos in Adobe Lightroom.  Bring a USB to collect your photos. Class ends at 3:30.

MEETING AND ENDING AT THE TEACHING SPACE 136 RUTHVEN STREET, BOSTON, MA 02121 

Register Now!HAVING TROUBLE SIGNING UP A SECOND TIME?  PLEASE NOTE:   If you are trying to register a second time for a different summer class, you must use a DIFFERENT EMAIL from the first time (even if it's the same child).  The system will only except the same email once.  Feel free to use mine: bigpicturearthouse@gmail.com or Jenniferjojo@hotmail.com if you dont have a second email to use.

Classes are for 11-15 year olds & returning Big Picture students of any age, the most common enrollement age is 13

• Class runs from 9:30-3:30,  Monday - Friday (July 5th week class ends at 4:30).
• Class meets and ends at "the monument" in JP at 9:30 and 3:30.
• Students bring lunch or lunch money.
• New this year!  Purchase a prepaid lunch voucher at check out for $50 and Jenny will give your camper $10 in cash each day. Save you the worry of having cash on hand each day if you plan to buy lunch.
  
• 7 students max per class, one on one attention provided.
• Cost is $325 per week (except the 2 week film class which is $595).
• Students leave with their photos on a USB during photo weeks and complete a final edited movie during film weeks.
• Sign up for more than one class and receive 10% off the 2nd class. Discount code "MULTIPLEWEEK"
• Payments due by May 15th for classes with a waiting list and June 1st for the rest. Checks mailed to Jennifer Connelly 136 Ruthven Street Boston 02121.  Feel free to request a paypal invoice if you want to use a credit card. 

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*****New This year:  Class starts and ends at The Monument in JP (corner of Centre and South Streets) at 9:30am and 3:30pm.

Big Picture Summer Program 2016

June 27th: Photo Assignments, $325   FULL 

 Each day students will have a different photo assignment or challenge if you will.  Examples are: portraiture, architecture, journalism, commerical photography, travel, black and white imagery.  We will learn the basics of making good images and camera use.  More advanced students can take it to another level and newbies can get a grasp of what photo is and their personal style.  Field trip options: Christian Science Center and Bodega shoe store, North End, Castle Island, Fort Revere, Harvard Square and Boston Public Market.  We will edit in Lightroom.  Students use professional digital SLR cameras (Nikon D70 and D100) provided by Big Picture. Click here to check out images from Photo Assignments 2014.

July 5th: Coastal Boston, $325  4 day week includes $10 ferry ticket to George's Island. ***EXTENDED HOURS. Class ends at 4:30 this week.*** FULL

We will travel to coastal spots in Boston and nearby appreciating how lucky we are to have a STAYCATION. Location options: Northend marina area, Castle Island, Revere Beach, Pier Park -East Boston, Rowes Wharf area, and George's Island.  Photo 101 lessons on the basic tools for making good images will be given each day: two thirds rule, perspective, foreground/middleground/background, use of light and decisive moment.  This class is good for campers wanting to learn all the general tools and elements of great picture making while still having fun in the city.  Brief lessons in editing and manipulating images will be given in Lightroom.  All lessons and reviews will take place at Big Picture teaching space and photo shoots take place in the Boston area.  Students use professional digital SLR cameras (Nikon D70 and D100) provided by Big Picture.Check out images from Travel Photo 2014

July 11th: Street Photo, $325  FULL 

In the spirit of documentary photographer Vivian Maier, we will capture the Many Faces of Boston in various neighborhoods.  Field trip options:  Chinatown, Beacon Hill, North End, Boston Public Market, Newbury Street, Revere Beach. We will hit the local spots for lunch too like Santarpios pizza in Eastie.  Students will learn the tools to make great images along with the strategies used by great street photographers to "capture the moment".  We will work with symbols, portraiture, composition and not being afraid to point and shoot.  Lessons on editing and manipulating images will be given in Lightroom.  All lessons and reviews will take place at Big Picture teaching space and photo shoots take place in the Boston area.  Students use professional DSLRs, Nikon D100, D70, supplied by Big Picture!  Check out photos from Street Photo 2015. 

July 18th: STAYCATION:  Tourists is Our Own City, $325   FULL

In this class we will travel to destination spots around the city capturing our awesome town, Boston.  Each day will have a different emphasis such as decisive moment, composition, angle/perspective, repeated patterns and symbols.  This class is perfect for beginners or the more experienced student.  If they so choose, participants can focus on one area of photography (nature, people, abstract, black and white, documentary etc), and I will guide them in their vision. Field trip options: Fort Revere, Christian Science Center, Chinatown, Caste Island, Revere Beach, North End, Boston Public Market, Harvard Square and more.  Lessons on editing and manipulating images will be given in Lightroom.  All lessons and reviews will take place at Big Picture teaching space and photo shoots take place in the Boston area.  Students use professional DSLRs, Nikon D100, D70, supplied by Big Picture! Click here to see photos by one student who decided to focus on the Boston Through It's Feet.

July 25th and Aug 1: Two-week Fiction Film Workshop $595  Full

 Students will learn screenplay structure, story development, directing, acting, camera work and editing.  After we decide on our story we morph it into proper screenplay format with 3 Acts, Character Arc, Obstacles that the hero must overcome and all that good stuff.  We storyboard, assign actors, film around town and edit at the teaching space.  Students are welcome to bring short scripts to choose from and/or ideas for our project.  Editing is done in iMovie with possible field trip to Apple Store.  We also spend a some time watching movies and may go to one matinee.  Each student will asked to play a vital role and often switch around from acting, directing, filming and editing.  Do not be shy.  We need to act in our own films.  We like comedies and we like to have fun!  CLICK HERE to check out 2014 Scizzy Dizzy and A South Get Paid.

 Check out The High Price, fiction week 2013, or Skizzy Dizzy and A South Get Paid,  2014.

August 8th: Experimental Movie Making / AKA "Docudrama", $325 FULL

Register Now!HAVING TROUBLE SIGNING UP A SECOND TIME?  PLEASE NOTE:   If you are trying to register a second time for a different summer class, you must use a DIFFERENT EMAIL from the first time (even if it's the same child).  The system will only except the same email once.  Feel free to use mine: bigpicturearthouse@gmail.com or Jenniferjojo@hotmail.com if you dont have a second email to use.