Private Tutoring with E. David Luria

David Luria and Student Washington Photo Safari director E. David Luria is available to do private tutoring in photography. Tutoring can take place at a suitable architectural site, in a museum, or even over coffee at Starbucks.

Subjects covered can include:

General Photography
Use of Your Camera
F Stops and Shutter Speeds
Candid Outdoor Photography of Kids
Architectural Photography
Photographing Artwork Inside Museums and Galleries
Nightime Photography
Travel Photography
Event Photography
Careers in Photography

New! Candid Outdoor Photography of Kids: We all know that the main purpose of children is to make their parents and grandparents laugh! Right? Why else would we go to all the trouble and expense of having children?

Why do they make us laugh? Because they are CUTE! So it is VERY important to preserve that cuteness before they grow up, and the best way to do that is in pictures, good pictures that bring out the child's personality and the awe-filled discovery of the mysteries of life.

Here is an opportunity for parents and grandparents to learn HOW to take candid outdoor shots of their children and grandchildren in a natural playground setting, how to get those tight close-ups of the joy on the child's face as he slides down a slide, or swings on a swing , or dangles from a crossbar set, or pokes that little head framed in the window of a junior firetruck, or concentrates intently on making a BIG pile of sand in a sandbox!

This is a two-hour private tutoring session taught by professional photographer and Washington Photo Safari director E. David Luria (himself a proud father and grandfather!) We will go over all the functions of your camera and its lenses, how and when to use flash, how to do continuous rapid shooting to capture that right instant, how to get low and close to the cuteness! After this session your candid outdoor shots of the kids will be MUCH better, guaranteed to make your family say...."Awwwww!"

It takes place in a playground in upper northwest Washington DC just 4 blocks from a Metro stop and with lots of on-street parking available during the day. The best part is that you can bring your children and grandchildren to the session, they play on the playground until we are ready to take their pictures - they are the models!

Bring your camera, all its lenses, and any auxiliary flash unit if you have one. The cost of this one-on-one session is $190/ person, 2 people can come for $300, you can register below. There is of course no charge for the kids, or for non-photographer babysitting spouses!

Architecture – Exteriors and Interiors: For advanced amateurs or aspiring professional photographers with adjustable-lens SLR cameras, this is a special session of one-on-one, on-the-job training in exterior and interior architectural photography. Accompanying professional architectural photographer E. David Luria while on a field assignment, you will learn all the techniques of exterior and interior architectural photography, such as how to time the photo shoot for best sunlight, how to shoot high-rise and low-rise buildings while maintaining straight verticals, how to choose shooting angles, how to dress up and frame exterior views with flowers, foliage and trees, and what filters to use for exterior work.

Moving inside the property, you will earn how to measure interior white balance, how to use strobes to balance indoor and outdoor window light, how to present interiors to best possible advantage for display or advertising purposes, and how to highlight interior architectural or interior design details. Recommended equipment includes digital SLR camera, a wide angle lens of at least 12 mm focal length, and telephoto of at least 90mm, plus an auxiliary flash, a sturdy tripod and a camera level or carpenter’s two-bubble level. Mr. Luria will also demonstrate use of a 28mm perspective control “shift” lens on this Safari.

Sessions may last 2 hours or 4 hours, depending upon assignment, and will take place at various locations in the DC/MD/VA area. Scheduling will be done at client’s and Mr. Luria’s mutual convenience. Clients are invited to travel with Mr Luria in his car or use their own cars. $195/per two-hour sesion, $340 per 4 hour session.

Washington Photo Safari founder and director E.David Luria is a professional photographer specializing in architecture, landmarks and event photography. Trained in Paris by a protégé of the late Henri Cartier Bresson, Mr. Luria is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers. His images of the nation's capital have appeared in over 100 publications and on the covers of 30 magazines, and he serves as the event photographer for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is a member of the Society of Photographic Educators, and his photo Safaris have trained over 12,000 participants in the techniques of travel, landmark, nighttime, portrait, and event photography.

Private Tutoring - Nature and Animal Photography with Sean Quintilian

Washington Photo Safari is now pleased to offer PRIVATE TUTORING IN NATURE AND ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHY by nature specialist Sean Quintilian.

For $340, Sean will meet you on weekend dates at the Washington National Zoo located in upper northwest DC, and give you four hours of one-on-one instruction on animal portraiture and flash techniques how to photograph animals in the wild or in captivity. This rate can include 2 people for the $340. You meet Sean at the National Zoo entrance at 7 am. This session will concentrate on animal portraits and nice tight shots of the animals of the National Zoo. Focus will be on how to get good shots that don’t look like zoo pictures. Students will learn how to shoot using fill-flash and wide aperture to help the enclosures disappear in the pictures. Focus will be on the big cats, the wonderful waterfowl exhibit as well as other animals in more open natural enclosures. A telephoto lens of 300mm or longer will be needed.

Sean is aso available to do private tutoring on bald eagle photography (November-January) at a location north of Baltimore, also four hours for $340, up to 2 people. This one on one session will focus on capturing majestic Bald Eagles in flight! Instruction will focus on techniques for panning and large lens photography. Sean is an expert on the Natural History of the Bald Eagles of the Lower Susquehanna River and will share his favorite spots, techniques and teach you about the eagles. A telephoto lens of 300 or longer will be needed

For private tutoring in rattlesnakes (June-August) black bear (June-October), or white tail deer photography (June-December) , the cost is $680 for 8 hours, up to 2 people may attend. Meet at the Matthews Arm Campground Ampitheater, in Shennandoah National Park. 7:00 am.

This session will allow participants a chance to photograph wild Timber Rattlesnakes from a safe working distance with complete safety considerations. Whitetail fawns will be photographed with all respect to proper distance as to not to disturb the mother fawn relationship. There is also always the chance of a Black Bear sighting. Students will be taught good flash technique for wildlife as well as how to determine a good working distance for shooting wildlife. Sean Quintilian will also teach on the natural history of the wildlife. As with all wildlife sessions there are no guarantees of sightings, Sean is very familiar with these species and their habits as well as where to find them but wild animals are unpredictable.

Waterfowl photography (ducks, geese, swans) can be done November through March, $680 for 8 hours Locations will vary with each session based current sightings and season, but may include: Bombayhook NWR, Eastern Neck NWR, Blackwater NWR, Middle Creek WMA, the Wildfowl trust of North America.6:00 am meeting time at location or earlier to carpool. November though mid-March.

The Chesapeake Bay region is host to an abundance of waterfowl species each winter. Focus will be on shooting the birds in flight and all the environments they feed and roost in. These sessions will require the use of a super telephoto lens for best results 400mm or longer, or 300 2.8 and converters. Techniques for shooting with big glass will be a main focus. Photographer Sean Quintilian got his to 20 years ago photographing waterfowl on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and is very familiar with the area as well as the habits and natural history of waterfowl.

For private tutoring in elk photography in Pennsylvania (September-January), the cost is $900 for 2 days excursion, plus your travel expenses, good for 1-2 people, each additional person is $200.

Wildlife photographer Sean Quintilian has traveled over much of North America in search of outstanding wildlife and nature photographs. His body of work includes images from 14 U.S. National Parks and dozens of National Wildlife Refuges, with over 100 species of mammals, birds, and reptiles recorded. Sean has spent over 600 days on location over the past 17 years including 20 weeks in Yellowstone National Park alone and he has led two of our safaris to Yellowstone. His work has appeared in publications, exhibits and a CD jacket, and his fine art prints have graced the walls of many offices and homes.

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