You’ve got your camera. You’ve got your lenses. You’ve got your editing software. You know how to use them all, basically or more so.  Still, there are photos you see - be it in your mind or in other photographers’ portfolios - that make you say, “Ok, now how do I get THAT?” As with any art form, photography is all about experience, experimentation, risk-taking and observation. In this class, we’ll look at everyone’s work and have positive but frank discussions on how to get to that photo you know is out there waiting for you to take. We will focus on specific disciplines, street photography, performance photography, action photograph, and portrait photography in order to get a better understanding of how the camera can be used best for each, and in turn, how that knowledge can be applied to any photographic approach. You will learn how a few basic bits of knowledge and technique can make that good photo a great photo and you will come away from this workshop knowing how to continue to expand your abilities and see photography as something with no ceiling on how beautifully and specifically you can create the images you want. This is a class that can benefit anyone who has a fair amount of prior experience with photography and photographic tools and/or a reasonable understanding of basic camera settings and techniques. It also will have plenty for the more advanced photographer.

Joe Navas is Cape Cod-based photographer and owner of Organic Photography in Orleans, MA. He currently serves on the Graphic Design Advisory Board at Cape Cod Community College. A life-long artist, Navas has shown his work in Provincetown, Orleans, New Orleans, Telluride and Wellfleet and it resides in private collections around the world.

Navas has been taking photographs since he was a teenager, professionally for 15 years, with the last 8 seeing it become his primary focus. His work, especially his most recent projects - centered on world class track and field athletes - has garnered him praise from around the photography world and will be the feature of an upcoming Boston showing.

His photography business, which he began seven years ago and co-owns with his wife Kristen, has become one of the most widely recognized and sought after wedding-photography outlets in New England. www.joenavasphoto.com