Amateur photography often leads to sinister red eyes, cropped faces, and strongly worded cease-and-desist letters from Bigfoot's attorneys. Capture visual mysteries with today's Groupon: for $50, you get a four-hour DSLR Photo Essentials class at Balanced Exposure in Schaumburg (a $225 value). Balanced Exposure is located on the 14th floor of Zurich Towers, next to Woodfield Mall.
At Balanced Exposure, professional shutterbug Russell Lowe and his staff illuminate the finer points of digital-camera performance and operation. During the comprehensive DSLR Photo Essentials class, teachers with more than 20 years of experience guide beginning photogs through the workings of DSLR or hybrid digital cameras, acquainting them with the settings, flash, and time-freezing capabilities of their own cameras. Novices learn how and when to tweak shutter speed, aperture, and white balance to capture the best possible photo in every situation, from low light to stroboscopic discotheques. For this class, snap-happy pupils must bring their own camera, memory card, instruction manual, photo ID, and pirate lens patch. Students can check the schedule for class dates and times.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Family-Portrait Backgrounds
Having good family photos on hand is the only way to entertain guests at parties. Guarantee that family portraits turn out well by using these popular backgrounds:
• A couch in the woods
• Autumn leaves so your children will be able to show their children what leaves look like
• Scenic barn (no gross animals)
• Trapper Keeper–style gridscape with floating cone
• A good car
• Public-domain tableaus from popular nursery rhymes
• Computer-generated photos of what family will look like in 20 years
• Graves of your rival family
• Beautiful view of the ocean with the word "someday"
• Family's last name spelled out in the Google logo
• Mansion of your rival family
• Denim
• Sunset to remind us of mortality
• Fancy McDonald's with Ronaldize Us Filter™
• Tropical Christmas
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