Educational photography presentations & classes for your camera club
Available topics cover an entire range of disciplines including the following:
- Portrait photography
- Street photography
- Night photography
- Photo editing workflow
- Travel photography
- How to get sharper images
- 10 ways to improve your image quality
- Image critique (club member image review)
- How to critique images (group lesson and discussion)
- HDR photography
- Private club member photo editing demonstrations
Choose from our list of topics
You can get going fast by picking one of our existing presentation topics and then all we need to do is pick a date.
Customize a topic for your group
If you have something else in mind or your members want a custom topic, that can be done too with a bit more work and slightly higher cost.
Virtual meetings via Zoom
We handle all the technical aspects including scheduling the event and sending the link to your members.
Q&A session always included
A question and answer session is always included with every class. Darlene stays until every question has been answered!
10 Portrait Photography Mistakes to Avoid
In this class, you’ll get 10 valuable tips that you can apply immediately to take your people photography to the next level.
Learn Night Photography and Light Painting
From camera settings and gear needed, to how to find good subjects – all aspects of night photography are covered with special attention on how to do light painting.
How to Take Sharper Photos
Designed for beginners, this class will help you get sharper results through the proper camera settings, as well as things you can do to ensure sharp images. Some post-processing tips are included.
Learn How to Review or Critique Images
In this lively, interactive class members will learn 10 criteria to use to assess and critique images objectively. Then examples will be given and discussed in a debate-style format that is a lot of fun for everyone.
Street Photography Tips From a Pro
There are certain nuances and tricks to doing good street photography. Learn how you can master them, about the etiquette involved in photographing strangers, and how to be ready for anything.
Travel portrait photograhy tips
Prepare to be inspired and motivated after this 90-minute presentation on travel people photography. See some great examples, learn about lighting, planning, and other logistics of making great travel portraits.
Choose From Our List of Presentations
Or Create a Custom One For Your Club
The selection of presentations above is only a small portion of our offerings. Once you touch base with me, I can provide the full list of presentations, topics or create a custom designed one specifically for your camera club.
Pre Determined Presentations
I have a selection of presentations or talks I’ve done before on multiple topics. A full list is provided once you reach out. Topics range from 60 minutes and up to 2 hours or longer.
Custom Presentations
Depending on the needs of your camera club, a custom presentation could be designed to address specific club member sticking points, or some other custom topic.
Live Editing Demonstration
A public or private live photo editing demonstration for club members showing editing techniques, how to approach the photo, first steps in editing, designing an editing workflow or more.
Feedback From Previous Camera Clubs
Some feedback about our workshops, presentations and camera club speaking events from members of other clubs from around the globe.
Darlene spent a whole session editing photos submitted by members of the Seaford Camera Club in South Australia as part of her free YouTube live sessions “Learn How to Edit Photos.” A number of our members hadn’t done much editing of photos in the past and they were stimulated to do more because they had their eyes opened as to what could be achieved. Even the more experienced in the group learnt some handy tips. Darlene has a gentle encouraging approach to teaching, even if there are problems with the photo.
Lynton Stacey
Seaford Camera Club, AustraliaI would highly recommend Darlene as she is well versed and knowledgeable in all aspects of photography. It doesn’t seem to matter what the questions may be, she always answers in a respectfully manner. Darlene is a pleasant person to deal with.
Barry Ryziuk
St. Albert Photography ClubDarlene Hildebrandt has been very generous with our club members, sharing her knowledge and skillsets by making presentations on a variety of topics, doing critiques of images submitted by our members to our competitions, and delivering various workshops. She is a high energy person with a very upbeat and positive attitude toward her craft, and appears to really enjoy teaching and watching her students grow in their skills. Everything she has done for our club has been extremely well received by our members.
Gary Ford
Images Alberta Camera Club
Not Limited by Geography
With the current state of technology we are no longer limited by geographical locations. Camera club presentations can be done with clubs anywhere in the world through Zoom meetings.
Time zones are irrelevant. With a few weeks notice, a presentation for your club can be held at nearly any time. We’re eager to arrange to host a speaking event for your members.
Camera Club Resources
Below are some hand picked photography resources for your camera club. Feel free to link to any of these pages if you find they’re of value to your club.
Photography Terms
A great resource for camera clubs to link to from their websites. This comprehensive list of photography terms, definitions and jargon.
Using Back Button Focus
What is back button focus, how do you do it, and how using back button focus can help you get sharper images in really tricky shooting situations.
How to Use White Balance
Learn how to use camera white balance, color temperature and how to adjust your settings to your advantage, and get better photos.
Contact Darlene to discuss!
Darlene Hildebrandt has been a professional photographer for over 33 years. She’s photographed everything from weddings to food. While specializing in portrait and travel photography, Darlene’s skillset and presentation style lead to exceptional learning opportunities.
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