Photographing Nature: State Parks
- All levels
- 18 and older
- $374
- Earn 3,740 reward points
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- 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Chicago, IL
- 12 hours over 4 sessions
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Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Learn the techniques and principles of photography. You will explore the basics of photography, including image composition rules, how the camera works, proper exposure, and the functions of lens aperture and shutter speed. The course requires a digital SLR camera. No previous experience is required.
Jun 1st
9am–12pm CDT
Meets 4 Times
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Experience the vibrant allure of a hidden world awaiting your lens. Join us in capturing the exquisite beauty of fluttering butterflies and delicate blooms before the public gaze. Elevate your photography skills with expert guidance amidst this kaleidoscope of colors.
Illinois state parks offer a variety of opportunities for photographers to capture unique habitats.
You will spend your first week in the woods and trails of the Chicago Botanic Garden, followed by Illinois Beach State Park, where you will photograph the black oak forests, cacti, and cattails. Explore Moraine Hills State Park in the third week, and practice capturing images of some of the more than 200 bird species around Lake Defiance. Week four will be back at the Garden to review and critique photographs.
Transportation to parks is on your own.
Refund requests must be submitted to [email protected] 2 business days prior to the program’s start date and time. The registration fee will be refunded less a 15% processing charge. A refund is issued in the form of a credit on file (to be used for future programs).
Refund requests submitted less than 48 hours prior to a program start date are non-transferable and are not eligible for a refund.
Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable on and after the program’s start date. We cannot refund fees requested on or after the start date of a program or for sessions missed due to student illness or other personal situations.
Registration fees for courses grouped and priced as a series will be considered one program and subject to all of the above guidelines. A refund request must be received prior to the start date of the series' first class session and will subsequently cancel your registration in every session of the series.
In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.
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The Chicago Botanic Garden opened a little more than 40 years ago as a beautiful place to visit, and it has matured into one of the world's great living museums and conservation science centers. In 2013, one million people visited the Garden's 26 gardens and four natural areas, uniquely situated on...
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Chicago Botanic Garden
Glencoe, Suburbs
1000 Lake Cook Rd
Btwn Edens Exprsswy/Rt 41 & Green Bay Rd
Chicago, Illinois 60022 Glencoe, Suburbs
1000 Lake Cook Rd
Btwn Edens Exprsswy/Rt 41 & Green Bay Rd
Chicago, Illinois 60022
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