Ken Kipnis
795 Prairie lane
Evans, GA 30809

kkipnis@knology.net

706-869-8424

Ken Kipnis has been a Commercial Photographer for over 70 years. A graduate of the New York Institute of Photography since 1934.

Ken ran a very successful commercial photography business on Miami Beach, FL for over twenty-five years, and was also well known in the Public Relations Field. He opened the first Color Lab in the Bahamas in 1965 and spent 10 years there doing all types of commercial photography, from climbing smokestacks to photograph progress pictures of an oil refinery being built, photographing super tankers at sea transferring oil to smaller vessels for delivery in the U.S. to photographing groups in conventions and the products they were promoting. He also taught a weekly photography course for several years at the YMCA in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. In the normal course of operating a commercial photographic business, he had many occasions to photograph items to be used in ads in newspapers and magazines. Many of the things were also used in brochures to promote the business. Macro photography was the only way to be able to complete the assignment.

In 1975, Ken moved back to the U.S. and settled in Atlanta, GA where he opened one of the first one hour color labs in the city while continuing his work in the commercial field for his new customers.

His extensive experience in all facets of photography will be put to good us in his instructions on building and using items needed to display your lapidary work to good advantage in this Film/Digital Camera course.

This course covers:

You and your camera. How much do you know?

Lighting. The most important part of a photograph

The meaning of Shutter or Aperture priority

Why use Manual Exposure when there is automatic?

Setting on the Camera

The use of the Photo Tent (supplied) and lights

Supplies you need to bring to class:

Digital camera with macro capability
or 35mm camera with macro lens and print film.

Sturdy Tripod

A hammer and pair of shears

Jewelry and other articles to photograph (mineral specimens)

White plastic gallon milk or water bottle

For further information, contact Ken Kipnis at kkipnis@knology.net

Lab fee: $75.00 includes 2-9 inch aluminum clamp-on reflectors, 2-100 watt daylite fluorescent bulbs and a 16-inch square photographic tent with floating background. The only other expense the student might incur is the cost of materials used in printing about 40 pictures during class which amounts to about $10.00. Those who use film cameras will have to have film processed on the outside (Walmart in Spruce Pine).

Maximum No. of Students: 8

Pre-requisite: A digital camera