Digital Photography Fundamentals Series I:

Digital Photography Fundamentals – Series I – Session I:

In this session we will:

  • Get you familiar with Digital SLR cameras, lenses, memory cards, external flash units, tripods, and other photography essentials.
  • Explain how terms like Mega Pixel, Full Frame, APS, Macro, Prime, Telephoto, ND, Polarizer, MB/s, etc are important for you to understand, and how you can use that knowledge to your advantage in choosing the best equipment and getting the best results out of them.
  • Reveal the different functions and abilities of your equipment, such as TV (or S) and AV (or A) modes on your camera
  • Introduce “exposure”
   

Digital Photography Fundamentals – Series I – Session 2:

In this session we will:

  • Revisit and discuss “exposure”
  • Introduce Aperture (f-stop), Shutter Speed, and ISO
  • Use our cameras to get familiar with how to use aperture, shutter speed, and ISO settings.
  • Show how you can use ISO to get the right exposure
  • Describe exposure compensation
  • Explore camera behavior in all different modes of your camera, such as P, CA, A, AV, S, TV, M, B, etc.
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Digital Photography Fundamentals – Series I – Session 3:

In this session we will:

  • Revisit Aperture (f-stop), Shutter Speed, and ISO
  • Go in depth in discussing how you can get creative effects by using different apertures, and shutter speeds
  • We will take a hands on approach in covering how to blur the background, different methods in taking images of moving objects.
  • Show how you can use ISO to get the right exposure and creative effect at the desired apertures and shutter speeds.
  • Learn to distinguish different kinds of blur in images, and how to avoid unwanted blur.
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Digital Photography Fundamentals – Series I – Session 4:

In this session we will discuss:

  • Different metering techniques
  • Different focusing options both in manual and auto focusing modes
  • Basic rules of Composition
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Digital Photography Fundamentals Series II:

Digital Photography Fundamentals – Series II – Session 1: In this session we will discuss:

  • Shooting in RAW Vs JPEG format.
  • How to use the Histogram to your advantage
  • The meaning and differences between Clarity, Sharpness, Brightness, Contrast, Exposure, Saturation, Vibrance, etc.
  • White balance and color temperature
  • Noise and it’s relation to camera equipment and ISO.
  • Chromatic Aberration.
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Color Space
  • Picture Style
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Digital Photography Fundamentals – Series II – Session 2 – Flash:

In this session we will:

  • Revisit Aperture (f-stop), Shutter Speed, and ISO
  • Go over different kinds of flash such as on-board camera flash, external flash accessories, and studio strobes.
  • Cover how to use your flash accessory in manual mode to manipulate the output, etc.
  • Cover how to freeze moving subjects in the most optimal way.
  • Explore different interesting modes on your accessory flash to create artistic effects.
  • Cover why it’s essential to use camera flash in outdoor settings for best results.
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Digital Photography Fundamentals – Series II – Session 3 – Indoor/Outdoor Lighting:

In this session we will cover:

  • Different types of studio lights
  • Soft Vs hard light
  • Angle of light sources on the subject(s)
  • Different light modifiers and why you would want to use them
  • Posing in different light setups
  • Skin tones in different lights
  • Choosing the right lighting patterns based on background and subject colors
  • How to make your own in-expensive versions of some light modifiers
  • We will also shoot with a professional model in a studio environment and practically experience photography lighting theories.
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Digital Photography Fundamentals – Series II – Session 4 – Advanced Composition: Posing/Composition:

In this session we will:

  • Discuss how to pose groups of people best
  • Discuss how to pose couples
  • Discuss how to lead individuals to accentuate the best feature, and to make them look skinny :)
  • Go over more advanced composition ideas and practice them in class
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By the end of these hands-on intensive workshops, photographers will be well on their way to achieving successful digital capture, and high-end processing of their images. General All-Series Pricing and Logistics: Regular Investment for each series: $349.00 (+Optional Book: $25 per series) Experience: None required. Equipment: Any camera. (Not required) Maximum Class Size: 20 Schedule: Mondays 6:30 – 8:00 PM. Recommended: Bring your camera (if you have one), pen, paper, and thirst for knowledge!

  

 

 

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