Students Learn Photography from the Downers Grove Public Library

Submitted by the Downers Grove Public Library.

Lights, camera, action! A group of teens recently started classes for the Downers Grove Public Library View From Behind the Lens photography program.

Structured after last fall’s View from the Director’s Chair documentary filmmaking course, View from Behind the Lens is an eight-week workshop for teens in grades 7 - 12. Participants will learn camera basics, engage in walking tours around town, and edit their photographs using Lightroom software. In honor of Halloween, students took the tripods and cameras to the Main Street cemetery on October 28. There they practiced night photography (harder to do well than it sounds!)

Classes run weekly through December 16 and are taught by College of DuPage photography professor Michael Taylor. Students’ work will debut at a Downers Grove Public Library art gallery exhibit in February. Follow their progress throughout the curriculum at www.dglibrary.org/teens/behindlens.
Contact Lynette at lpitrak@dglibrary.org with questions.