Learn how to get the best pictures in - and out - of your new digital camera. In scenic Sagamore, a professional photographer teaches you how to harness technology to capture photos of unimaginable quality. Hands-on classes review the functions of digital cameras, basic photography skills and the new realities of digital processing. Master your digital camera's settings and combine basic skills such as composition and point of view to improve your photos. Discover how to easily transfer digital files onto your computer and optimize, print or e-mail them. Acres upon acres of Adirondack wilderness inspire creative expression, while guided tours of Sagamore's National Historic Landmark buildings offer unique architectural and structural shots.

Participants must bring digital camera with owner's manual and memory device for camera. Basic computer skills helpful but not required. Those interested in traditional photography are invited to bring non-digital equipment.

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Expect splendid foliage--a perfect subject for your photography.

Program in association with Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks.

Campus is one quarter mile, but most activities are within 700 feet. Stairs in most buildings and uneven terrain. Elevation 1,900 feet.

Raquette Lake

Raquette Lake’s pristine water and wooded lakeshores are located in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains. Great Camp Sagamore, founded by the Vanderbilt family in 1897 and now a National Historic Landmark, shares this wilderness area.