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Hunt’s Photo Nifty Fifty Workshop: Olde Sturbridge Village

October 24, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

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Class Summary

Date & Time:

October 24, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Featuring:
Photographing in low light environments; environmental portraits all with a 50mm lens
Instructor:
Don Toothaker
Class size:
8 attendees
What to Bring:
  • Make sure to dress accordingly with the most current weather report.
  • A prime lens, or anything with a low aperture, will suit you well for this walk.
  • You will likely NOT need a tripod for this walk, but feel free to bring one if you’d like to carry it.
  • Feel free to bring snacks and water, and a flashlight will likely help as well.
  • Bring an extra camera battery and memory cards.
  • As always, bring your enthusiasm and creative thoughts!
Recommended Prerequisites:
Basic Knowledge of your Camera
Misc:

As always, if you are sick or feeling unwell, STAY HOME! We will gladly give you a credit towards a future walk.

Policies:
Refund / Cancellation Policy

Refund Policy – Classes / Walks / Workshops

For classes, walks, & workshops, cancellations and postponement can be made up to 48-hours prior to the scheduled time. Refunds cannot be granted for cancellations placed less than 72-hours/3-days before a class or walk, but you can receive a 75% credit toward a future class, walk, or workshop.

For all cancellations, you must contact classes@huntsphoto.com prior to the event. If you register for a class and do not show up, your payment will be forfeited..

About the Nifty Fifty Workshops
Every photographer at one point or another has the internal struggle before going to photograph: What lenses should I bring with me today? The common answer is as many as I can without being too uncomfortable. And so we pack up our wide, standard, telephoto, prime, and macro lenses and head out into the field, forcing ourselves to endure limitless choices while sacrificing simplicity.
Our Nifty Fifty workshops flip the script and force you to only carry one lens: A 50mm lens, nostalgically referred to as a “nifty fifty”. With limitations, what can you achieve?

Workshop Description
Located an hour west of Boston, Sturbridge Village is a proud replication of an 18th century New England town. Sturbridge Village is a living history museum that features many authentic period buildings and homes to explore and enjoy. The village is also inhabited by re-enactors who provide colorful insight to life in New England during the 18th century. Sturbridge Village is a wonderful destination for a multitude of photographic opportunities as well as a glimpse into a bygone era.

Olde Sturbridge Village is perhaps one of the best places to have both a Photo Walk and a class. There’s a little bit of everything at this living history museum, from macro and closeup with fine details to architecture, from portraits to landscapes. On this workshop, we will photograph both indoors and outdoors, in regular light as well as very low light. We will focus our energies and use only a 50mm lens to create our photographs, which will be both limiting and expressive!

Image Review

We will follow this workshop up with an image review. We ask that you submit three images for review.

Join us for a great experience!

*Question: Are other prime lenses acceptable? Olympus/Panasonic users may use a 25mm lens, since it gives the same look as a 50mm and other primes can be used as an alternative, but we ask that you try to keep it at one prime in as close to that range as possible. Remember- this is a “nifty fifty” workshop, not a “mighty ninety” workshop. (And does that even really rhyme?)

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