Join Kathy for a wildlife experience at AARK. Learn to use portrait lenses for beautiful compression and wide angle lenses for fun expression. See animals up close and personal including rare birds, owls, fawn and more. $49.99 per person and $15 per car. Bring your family and stay until 4:00 pm.
Meet at 10:45 am at gate.
Date: Sunday, May 20, 2018
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Peace Valley Park, 230 Creek Rd, Doylestown, PA 18901
This is a fun and exciting class.
You will learn to light paint with your camera. Various settings will be discussed and tried. We will play with glowing objects inside the studio and sparklers and streaming car lights outside. (If rain, we will be inside shooting for the night).
A tripod is necessary or can be provided by the studio for $5.00 extra. No prior experience necessary.
Date: Monday, May 21, 2018
Time: 7:30 PM- 9:00 PM
Cost: $40.00 per person
Location: Warminster Park, 300 Veterans Way, Warminster, PA 18974
Come shoot with Kathy as she will teach you how to use your External Flash in manual, TTL and other modes to figure out what works best for you. Learn why you need the external flash and what it can do to light a full scene. You will also see why it is better than your built in flash.
What you will need: Your camera, the external flash unit, and extra batteries.
Date: Thursday, May 31, 2018
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Cost: $49.99
Location: Katydid Photography, 363 W. Bristol Road, Warminster, PA
A fun-filled, action-packed day.
Choose two hours of the day that work for you and spend them with Kathy.
We’ll be covering depth of field, shooting portraits of re-enactors, a skirmish fight scene, wide angle plane shots, skydivers and more.
Stay all day and photograph; see vendors, singers and more.
Date: Saturday, June 2, 2018
Time: 9:30 am – 7:00 pm
Location: Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, 11 Museum Drive, Reading, PA 19605
Amazing 27 acres of beautiful flowers, sculptures, paths, and trees.
This is one of my very favorite places to spend time photographing and enjoying the peacefulness and beauty of the gardens.
I will provide macro lenses for you to try out, close up filters and accessories. Bring whatever gear you own & want to try out and learn more about. Also wear comfortable sneakers. (tripods are welcome but not necessary)
Date: Saturday, June 16, 2018
Cost: $49.99 plus $10 entrance fee to be paid by student upon arrival
Duration: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Chanticleer Gardens, 786 Church Road Wayne, PA 19087
(610) 687-4163
An amazing time photographing balloons, colors, take off. Learn to bracket with your camera for best exposures. Stop action with correct shutter speeds. Use aperture for depth of field photos.
Date: Saturday, July 28 2018
Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Cost: $49.99 + $35 entrance fee
Location: Solberg Airport, 39 Thor Solberg Road Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
Come join us at Grounds for Sculpture where you’ll have an opportunity to walk through and admire over 270 sculptures. This is a great venue with lots to photograph. We’ll be practicing with lenses and depth of field. As summer warms and lengthens the days, butterflies mix and mingle over the meadows.
Date: Saturday, August 4, 2018
Time: 10:00-12:00 pm
Cost: $49.99
Must purchase a timed ticket also for 10am on their website, https://41649.blackbaudhosting.com/41649/sslpage.aspx?pid=196&tab=2&txobjid=aaecb9f1-0b40-4636-a4b7-337c82cf7dba
Adult (18+ Years) $18.00 Senior (65+ Years) $15.00
Location: Grounds for Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton Township, NJ 08619
To buy garden tickets online: http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/Visit/Buy-Tickets
Take great photographs of our beautiful city, Philadelphia. We are VERY fortunate to have an EXPERT tour guide with us as we wander thru Philadelphia and take pictures. He will tell you some stories about the history of Philadelphia, as well as some you may not even know about!
We will be hopping on and off the bus every 15 minutes for as long as we need. There are many sites to see but we hope to be stopping at as many of these listed below. You will have time to take photos and ask questions.
Independence Hall, Penn’s Landing, Spruce St. Harbor Park, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, “Rocky Steps” and statue, LOVE Park, Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, One Liberty Observation Deck, Fairmount Water Works, Boathouse Row, Elfreth Alley
Bring a wide angle lens (approx. 18mm) and whatever gear you like to work with. Kathy will be going over different angles and composition rules. She will be helping each individual with their own specific needs as well.
Additional charge of $5 for an all-day bus pass. Children 4 and under and seniors are always FREE. Meet at Independence Hall 9:30am to get a ticket (see park ranger). SEPTA pass and key card holders ride FREE.
Date: Sunday, August 26, 2018
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm.
Tour starts at 10:00 am. Then join us for lunch at Hard Rock Cafe.
Come join me as we hop on a wagon to get down to a beautiful tremondous sunny field, then walk around and photograph the beauty of the sunflowers in the late afternoon light. Shoot with your Macro or closeup lenses for detailed work to create beauty at it’s finest. Also bring your wide angle lens for some great field shots too!
Meet at the front gate by 3:45 pm to get on the wagon.
Date: TBA depending on when sunflowers bloom (a Saturday in late August/early September)
Time: 4:00 pm
Cost: $20.00, also pay $12.00 at the door
Location: Donaldson Farm, 345 Allen Rd, Hackettstown, NJ
A new intern has joined the Katydid Photography team. Amanda is a rising Junior studying journalism at American University in Washington, DC. She is originally from Philadelphia and currently lives in Jamison.
Amanda started taking black and white film photography courses in high school and continued on with these classes in college. She bought her first DSLR a little over one year ago and has grown extremely passionate about photography ever since.
Amanda enjoys shooting portraits, urban settings, and concerts. Her favorite location to shoot is New York City. She is looking forward to expanding her knowledge and growing as a photographer during her summer with Katydid.
