For Immediate Release
February 18, 2009

Expand your professional skills and perfect your style in UCR Extension's digital wedding photography class

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Expand your digital photography career and take your camera skills and artistic creativity to the next level in UCR Extension's class, Digital Wedding Photography. Learn how to find your own style and capture those magic moments in weddings both large and small from an experienced professional photographer. The class meets 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday beginning Feb. 28 and ending March 21, 2009 at UCR Extension, 1200 University Ave.

Instructor Peter Phun, who snapped pictures for 18 years with The Press-Enterprise, is experienced in using unique photographic techniques including: black and white photography, highlighting and colorizing photos, and implementing distinct lighting methods. Learn how to market yourself, select camera equipment, and organize workflow for the digital environment.

Some prior computer and digital photography experience is preferred but not required. Please bring a digital SLR camera with you on the first day of class.

The class fee is $185 per person.

For more information, call (951) 827-5801 or e-mail arts@ucx.ucr.edu. To register for classes, visit www.extension.ucr.edu or call (951) 827-4105. To receive a free UCR Extension catalog, which includes a complete listing of all our current courses and certificate programs, call (951) 827-3806.

UCR Extension is the continuing education division of the University of California, Riverside. Extension offers more than 1,800 courses and certificate programs in a variety of academic programs, including agriculture and landscape, arts and humanities, business and management, education, teacher's credentialing, English, environmental management, geospatial analysis and technology, health services and behavioral sciences, information technology, languages, law and public policy, Native American studies, natural sciences, forensic investigations and public safety, and yoga.