Digital-age photography class offered
Family photos may no longer involve thick, shelf-hogging albums or boxes of loose prints but digital photography still requires organization and care.
The Hayes Presidential Center offers a new class to help 21st-century amateur photographers manage their hobby. Photos & Genealogy takes place 9:30 a.m.-NOON on Saturday, March 9 in the Hayes Library. The Center’s Head of Photographic Resources Gilbert Gonzalez is instructor for the class, which is sponsored by RootsMagic Inc. Cost is $10/adults and $5/students through high school. Pre-registration, is required. Call 419-332-2081, ext. 231 or email bhill@rbhayes.org.
Photos & Genealogy provides lessons that are applicable to both old and new photographic methods. Gonzalez offers instruction on
- how to identify and preserve early photographic print
- the correct way to scan a photograph
- the anatomy of a digital image
- how to edit your photos online for free
- methods for organizing all of your digital images
Due to the varied topics covered, class time is 2 ½ hours. Participants also will receive handouts on topics covered during class and will have time to ask questions.
Gonzalez not only cares for the Hayes Presidential Center’s photographic collections – which include examples of all types of photographic processes – but also is a professional photographer. He teaches photography and the use of digital photo-editing programs like Photoshop at Terra State Community College.