In the days before mirrors, baseball players would collect their own baseball cards so that they'd always know what they looked like, regardless of slugging percentage. Learn about the preservative nature of photographs with today's Groupon: for $25, you get one digital-photography class (up to a $50 value) from the skilled teachers at Berger Bros Camera. Choose between the store’s two locations, in Syosset or Amityville. You can also use your Groupon toward the cost of a more expensive class.

Berger Bros has been selling photography equipment to Long Island locals for more than 57 years, while always keeping pace with the latest technologies, programs, and trends. In addition to running a retail store, the alliterative proprietors offer a bevy of classes on digital cameras and digital-photography software (most $50 classes last around two hours). Learn the basics of pointing and shooting with a largely unexplored digital camera, or put a bulky DSLR manual to the side and discover in a hands-on environment that the acronym doesn’t stand for “Deliberate Sloths Love Roosters,” which is probably what’s been causing all the trouble. Classes also exist for specific cameras, such as Olympus models and the Canon Powershot series. Alternatively, use your Groupon toward the cost of a more expensive series, such as the four-week Photoshop CS course ($140), and finally learn how to ’shop yourself into every single Winston Churchill portrait.

If after your single class, you feel like you might need some brushing-up, just call Berger Bros and you can repeat the class once for free. A single guest is also welcome to join you during class for no extra charge, so you and your assistant will be fully equipped to handle the camera duties on an upcoming safari across the lush Antarctic plains or when doing wildlife photography at the office.

Please bring a camera, pen, and paper.

Reviews

Berger Bros of Amityville was voted Best Camera Store on Long Island 2010 by Long Island Press readers.