18 WEDNESDAY

MAY 6, 2009 COMMUNITY

Photos by Alii Higham

Photo lessons for expats

By Alii Higham
Michael Hurt, an American
living in Seoul, is known mainly
for his street fashion photogra-
phy in Korea. But a new en-
deavor has him teaching pho-
tography classes.
From a young age Michael
was interested in photography
and found joy in taking photos
with his first cameras. Since
then, his passion has grown.
After coming to Korea, he devel-
oped a passion for snapping
unique Korean street fashion
and started the first online mag-
azine exclusively for Korean
fashion, written in English and
Korean.
Since then Michael has pub-
lished a book called the “Seoul
Fashion Report.” He has re-
cently moved into new studio
space and from there he teach-
es photography classes. So far,
classes have been very success-
ful; this is probably because
Michael enjoys sharing his
knowledge and passion for pho-
tography.
These days as more people
buy Digital SLR cameras, they
need to know how to use all the
settings, so Michael aims to
teach his students how to use
these cameras to the fullest ex-
tent and have fun doing it.
Michael offers classes in:
Basic photo 1
Getting to know your camera
functions and the basics of pho-
tography -includes studio work
Basic photo 2
This class goes more in-depth
in looking at specific applica-
tions.
Photoshop for Photographers
In this class students will use
basic features of Photoshop and
learn how to process photos cor-
rectly.
Expat Living is a section dedicated to
Action photography
the daily living of expatriates. It is printed
How to and Techniques for suc-
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
cess.
To share stories about your life abroad,
Photo Essay
A bi-weekly course. send stories or story ideas to Matthew
Lamers at mattlamers@heraldm.com
For more details on classes Submissions may be edited for length
see www.metropolitician.com or clarity.
(alii.higham@gmail.com)

For example, an interesting ic effect. Also get into unusual

In focus: Wide-angle lenses tree, rock, fencepost or some-

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hotoclub — Ed.
By Aaron Raisey
We spent the last several
weeks focused on the camera.
This week we will bring a lens
into focus, but not just any lens.
This week we’ll look at wide-an-
gle lenses and how to put them
to good use.
Q: What is a wide-angle lens?
A: A wide-angle lens fits more
into the picture than a “normal”
lens. A lens that has a focal
length of 50mm is considered
PHOTO CHALLENGE — Weathered and broken dancers strike an “normal.” 35mm is a popular fo-
eternal pose at Hyeri Art Village in Paju. Eric Reichbaum cal length and probably the
most common wide-angle lens.
But even 35mm isn’t all that
wide, especially on the more
popular DSLRs that have small
sensors. Fortunately, there are
different degrees of wide-angle.
Ultra-wide-angle lenses are con-
sidered to be about 20mm and
anything wider than 16mm is
called ultra-ultra-wide-angle.
Q: Wide-angle lenses are good
for landscape photography be-
cause they can fit more moun-
tains and trees into the picture
than other lenses can, right?
A: Wrong! This is a common
misconception regarding wide-
angle lenses. While it is true
that these lenses allow you to
squeeze more into the picture,
at shorter focal lengths (wider
angles) the important parts of
the picture get crammed in and
become too small to see detail
while a lot of distracting clutter
is often included at the edges,
along with too much sky or fore-
ground.
Q: So if I shouldn’t be using
this lens for landscapes, what
should I use it for?
A: What makes wide-angle
lenses bad for really good land-
scapes makes them truly superb
for something else. They can fit
much more into the picture
which means we can get closer!
Wide-angle lenses — especially
ultra and ultra-ultra wide — re-
ally pull the viewer into the pic-
ture. Now we can get really
close and give the viewer an “in-
your-face” experience. Nothing
can create a dramatic photo like
a well-employed wide-angle
lens.
Of course, wide-angle lenses
can be used for landscapes, but
you will find that the best wide-
angle landscapes often have
very strong compositional ele-
ments very close to the camera.
thing similar makes a good fore-
ground element.
Q: Fish-eye lenses get a lot
positions, down low shooting
up, or hold the camera high
above your head and shoot
down for strikingly different
into the picture; how about one perspectives. This week’s con-
of those? test winner is an excellent ex-
A: The big difference between ample of creative use of an ul-
a fish-eye and a wide-angle lens tra-wide lens — down low and
is that the wide lens keeps looking up creating a very dra-
straight lines straight. A fish- matic picture. Note the inter-
eye curves everything. These esting sky too — wide lenses
are very different kinds of lens- are great at emphasizing dra-
es with quite different creative matic skies.
ends. Wide-angle lenses are fun
Q: You mentioned composi- and the wider the angle, the
tion earlier, any more tips more fun is to be had, but the
there? best fun is getting out there and
A: Take care with your com- taking more pictures. Try a re-
position. With really wide lens- ally wide-angle lens some time
es, moving the camera just an and you might enjoy it even
inch or two can have a dramat- more.
Correction
The Korea Herald would like to apologize for the article ti-
tled “The art of being thankful” published on April 24. In it,
the author unfairly characterized foreigners living in Korea.
Expats here, no matter where they are from, overwhelmingly
make positive contributions to Korean society, whether in
schools, factories, office towers, or other places. Expat Living
regrets the error. — Ed.

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