Before cameras, people seeking to leave a legacy could only hope to secure their place in future textbooks by poisoning the emperor. Avoid being a mere footnote with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

• $39 for a 3.5-hour Getting the Most From Your Digital Camera workshop for one on Monday, September 10, from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Montgomery (a $189 value)
• $75 for the above workshop for two (a $378 value)<p>

A classroom-style seminar with plenty of opportunities for hands-on help, the workshop immerses beginning and intermediate photographers in the inner workings of their digital cameras, showing them how to manipulate menu settings, f-stops, and shutter speed. The lessons also cultivate artistic development by spending time on what makes good composition and laying out strategies for when to use a flash. Before class, students download a seminar e-book and online movie about the function of each camera button.

Photographic Workshops America

Experienced photo gurus Doug Box and Randy Kerr impart practical photo skills to curious shutterbugs during engaging seminars that have appeared across the States and in eight countries abroad. Doug Box, author of myriad photography-technique books, is one of 13 Kodak mentors and sits on the board for Professional Photographers of America. His coteacher, Randy Kerr, heads World Photographic, which uses photography as a vehicle for illuminating humanitarian and environmental topics. Both men have been teaching photography classes for years and help amateurs take photos that capture piercing looks, toothy smiles, and elusive dodo sightings.