• Optional: Preliminary meeting – Wednesday, April 5, 7:00 p.m.
• Optional: Print Share and Critique – Wednesday, April 12, 7:00 p.m.

Spring in the Santa Ynez Valley is a photographer’s heaven. To assist participants in producing award-wining photos, the Wildling Art Museum sponsored a two-day workshop, April 8-9, taught by Allan Hancock instructor, Joseph A. Dickerson.

The workshop was open to photographers of all levels, beginner to advanced, and students worked with digital or film equipment. The class, limited to ten adults (or sophisticated teens), included a preliminary lecture session the evening of April 5, and field sessions the following weekend at scenic locations in the Valley.

The preliminary lecture covered such topics as lenses, close-up equipment and techniques, film selection, lighting with daylight and flash, photographic composition and camera support systems. Students got advice on the equipment and supplies needed for the field trip.

An optional post-workshop session was planned for the evening of April 12 at which time, students shared the images produced during the previous weekend and participate in a group critique.

Joseph Dickerson has been a professional photographer and photographic educator for over 30 years. He has worked in various aspects of commercial photography, has contributed articles for various photography magazines, and illustrated books dealing with San Luis Obispo County. In 1982 Dickerson was selected as the California Department of Fish and Game’s Photographer of the Year. He also-co-authored a book on the Canon lens system with noted nature photographer George Lepp. Dickerson is currently teaching commercial photography, portrait photography, color photography, zone system and photojournalism at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, and continues to write feature articles for Shutterbug Magazine.