Three-Hour Composition In The Field Photography Workshop From Digital Photo Academy

Photographers swiftly capture what sluggish painters cannot, such as the sparkle of a fleeting smile, the identity of a media-shy superhero, or the split-second a peregrine falcon breaks the sound barrier. Attain photographic know-how with today’s Groupon: for $49, you get a three-hour Composition in the Field workshop from Digital Photo Academy (a $99 value). Workshops are held on Saturday and Sunday at various times and locations.

Professional photographers Jen Kolb and Stan Kaady teach shutterbugs of all skill levels how to creatively ensnare memories in Digital Photo Academy’s array of informative classes. The Composition in the Field class fans artistic flames and helps cameras to break a sweat during three-hour on-location workshops with an intimate group of 10 or fewer people. During each open-air outing, instructors guide lenses toward flawless lighting, thoughtful framing, and stealthy snapshots of bald eagles not wearing their hairpieces.

Students choose from various class locations, including a sightseeing snapfest astride Little Five Points’ intersecting currents of counterculture, a jaunt through the striking architecture of the State Capitol Building, and a stroll through Piedmont Park. Participants should plan to schlep their own digital camera and any other equipment, such as a tripod or an anti-redeye spell book, to the site of their picturesque adventures.