Photography Class: Master Your Camera Controls - Bartram's Garden
Join a fun and educational photography class at Bartram’s Garden to meet new people and learn new skills.
This photography class is the perfect opportunity to master your camera controls while capturing the natural beauty of Philadelphia’s historic riverside sanctuary. This class is designed for beginner and advanced photographers and will help you gain confidence behind the lens. You'll learn to adjust essential settings like aperture, shutter speed and ISO to achieve perfect exposure in different lighting conditions. Bartram’s Garden's lush meadows, vibrant flower beds and scenic views of the Schuylkill River offer an eye-catching backdrop for plenty of hands-on practice under the guidance of a skilled photographer. You’ll learn how to use white balance to enhance natural colors, adjust focus modes for sharp images of wildlife and flora and experiment with depth of field to capture vast meadows and water features. Whether you're photographing the garden’s historic stone structures, the reflections on the river or the delicate details of butterflies on flowers in bloom, this class will give you the technical skills to bring your artistic vision to life.
- Minimum Guests 1
- Maximum Guests 5
- Event Duration 2 hours
Reviews Guests Left For Other Experiences
Mark
11 Jun 2026
Very nice group of people and made sure every detail was planned out thoroughly. Ron, who was our photographer instructor, was very good as laying out how our camera works. Very nice introduction.
Michele
02 May 2026
Mark hosted our class and he did a great job. The class size was perfect and he was very personable and helpful. Would take another class.
Marcela
11 Jan 2026
Christine was excellent in giving m important information about how to set my aperture, shutter speed and how to look at the subjects in order to get interesting photos. I highly recommend this experience!
Instructor Richard leads photography classes that aim to help students maximize their potential for producing quality photos using digital cameras and smart phone technology. In addition to sharing tech tips and tricks, his courses introduce concepts of composition, value and balance in subjects ranging from landscapes to portraits. With guidance from Instructor Richard, everyone can learn to capture striking digital images.
