Photographs provide a more concrete way of recording recollections than sketching portraits in sand or dictating memoirs to an empty jam jar. Preserve precious memories with today's Groupon: for $45, you get a two-hour Vancouver photo-walk excursion and photography training (a $300 value) from Amanda Kerr Photography.

Amanda Kerr Photography captures fleeting moments and moveable memories with artistic shots. With today’s Groupon, buyers get a chance to learn the tricks of the trade from a friendly, professional photographer during a two-hour instructional photo walk. The first roll of 60 minutes is filled with instructional camera training to get customers fully acquainted with their digital point-and-shoot or DSLR. With the menu options mastered, participants take it to the streets with a 60-minute photo walk in either Gastown/Waterfront or Granville Island/False Creek. Along the flash-spotted stroll, a professional photographer will offer hands-on instruction to help craft creative shots. Each photo walk will have no more than five people, so while this means more individual attention, it also means that a six-person wheelbarrow race will never come to pass. Once all the shots are safely enmeshed within a digital cocoon, participants will receive access to a password-protected online gallery for image viewing and colour correcting. Check out the bounty of skills, terms, and techniques covered in class:

• Camera basics
• JPG vs. RAW file format
• Basics of aperture (depth of field)
• Basics of shutter speed
• Basics of natural-light photography
• Basics of composing your subject
• White balance
• ISO