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Intro To Photography
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Continuing Education
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Wedding Training
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Studio
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Photoshop & Other Software
Photo Essentials and Flash Photography Training for DSLR Cameras
Whether you are new to photography or a seasoned professional, Balanced Exposure is the Chicago area photography school for you. Our Introduction to Photography Classes are our most popular classes for those who want to learn more about photography in general as well as learn to use their new cameras. Our classes are designed specifically for the DSLR user. Click on "Read more" for class information and to see a calendar of all classes available and to schedule your class.read more
Classes to expand your photographic knowledge
For those who have already taken either our Photography 101, Boot Camp or Photo Essentials class in the past, the DSLR Advanced class continues your education from where we left off in those other classes. Flash training is for those who have an external flash and also want to learn studio lighting. Studio Photography Workshop is for those who want to learn the basics of studio photography for both tabletop objects and model photography. Special Effects Photography is for those who want to take images that go beyond the norm. Adobe Lightroom 4 is the fastest and most efficent software of its type to help correct color and exposure problems in digital images. Location Field Trips are available to help you with your shooting and composition. Becoming a Professional Photographer training discusses various aspects of competively entering the field of professional photography. Read more for details.read more
All About Weddings
With over 20 years of experience photographing weddings, we can teach you everything you ever wanted to know about wedding photography. From how to best use your equipment, getting the best shot, working with other wedding vendors to the business of wedding photography, there's no topic we cannot cover to get you ready to photograph weddings as a career. Read more for classes.read more
Studio Lighting and Posing
Portraits, product photography, lighting, posing... it's all part of studio work. With our fully wireless remote controlled lighting system, our studio is ready to teach you the ins and outs of studio photography. Read more for classes.read more
Post Production Training and Services
Balanced Exposure started out as a company offering post production services to photographers. Photographers today utilize computers and software to enhance and correct images to make them their absolute best in image quality. Programs such as Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Photomatix, Portrait Professional, and more are taught. In addition, we continue to help the photographic community by offering these services to photographers who need the help. Color correction, exposure correction, image retouching, special effects... these are just some of the services available. Read more for classes.read more
Announcements:
To participate in any of the Balanced Exposure classes, you must bring your own DSLR camera or hybrid camera. Hybrid cameras must be able to shoot in manual mode, aperture priority and shutter speed prority modes. Standard "Point and Shoot" cameras do not qualify for admission to DSLR classes offered through Balanced Exposure.
Our Room Number
Please note that Balanced Exposure is in Room 1480 (at the farthest end of the hallway) on the 14th floor of the north tower of Zurich Towers. Suite 1400 is a mailing address and represents the entire 14th floor.
Attention Boot Camp Students: If you cannot make it to one of the Boot Camp dates in May or June, you may upgrade your Boot Camp class to the Four Hour Photo Essentials Class for only $15 more. This gives you an extra hour of training and you'll get up to 6 months to take the Photo Essentals class. Just call 847-840-4082 with a credit card and provide your current voucher number to get upgraded.
Click here for a Class Calendar. Important information concerning these classes is also found here. Always refer to the online calendar rather than printing it out. The online calendar is constantly being updated, so your best source of class information is from checking the calendar online. If you have visited the calendar in the past, be sure to refresh your brower to see the latest dates. If you do not refresh, you might be looking at an older version of the calendar and will not see recent class additions.
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Welcome To
Balanced Exposure!
With the advent of digital cameras, the interest in photography has skyrocketted! But knowing how to take a great picture still remains a mystery to many people. Plus, how do you distinquish a good camera from a mediocre one? What settings do you use to control the camera to get the best shot? How do you use post production software to enhance and correct your digital images? Balanced Exposure explains all that in the various classes, workshops and training programs it offers to both the average photography consumer and the professional photographer.
Providing photography training for the Chicago area, we are located in the northwest suburbs in Schaumburg, Illinois. Our photography classes and photography workshops are great for those in need of a quick and easy way to get started in photography. But we also provide photography training for those who want more in-depth training. For instance, our wedding photography training provides a great foundation for those photographers entering the field. And for photographers who need help in learning studio techniques, Balanced Exposure provides both classes and a location to do that kind of photography!
Why Balanced Exposure?
At Balanced Exposure, we take photography seriously but we don't teach it that way! We want all photographers to create the absolute best images they can but we want them to learn how to do it while having fun.
Today, even inexpensive digital cameras are capable of taking some amazing photographs! Learning to use the new cameras properly is the key to getting great shots. While we can speak "technical talk" with the best of them, we try to keep the language a little more simple. We'd rather teach in a language everyone can understand. That's what makes us unique and why our students continue to come back to us to learn more advanced techniques.
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