I took an intro Nikon Digital SLR class at the Santa Fe Workshops in New Mexico. It was a great week-long class. They normally do higher-end training but they offer intro classes every once in a while. My instructor was Scott Frier. Great guy. He is into wildlife and underwater photography. For years, he was the chief expedition photographer for Jacques Cousteau (and later his son Jean-Michel Cousteau). Here is a link to the Santa Fe Workshops website: http://www.santafeworkshops.com/ Here is a link to Scott Frier's website: http://www.frierworks.com/ Another class that was going on at the same time was a portrait class being taught by Platon. Now that was an interesting set of pictures to see at the end of the week. If you're not familiar with Platon, he does some amazing protraits of celebrities and politicians. Here is a link to his website: http://www.platonphoto.com/ Santa Fe was a great time. I learned a lot about Nikon Raw Files, composition, camera settings on my D200, and picture editing. Here is one of my pics from the week: (It is a metal sculpture of a hand with a cigar from a biker graveyard in the hills outside of Santa Fe, NM.) Image Unavailable, Please Login
