Introduction
You just bought your first digital camera and don’t know the ins and outs of all those buttons. If that isn’t daunting enough, the user’s manual is pages thick and intimidating. Well, you’ve come to the right place.
Owning a great digital camera is no guarantee you will take great pictures. Over the years digital SLRs, and other digital cameras, have become affordable, more powerful and much more complicated. This Digital Photography course is designed to give you a comprehensive overview of digital camera designs and capabilities, and the series of steps to take great photographs. You’ll learn about lenses, when to use them and how to select the right lens for your pictures. We take the mystery out of pixels, megapixels, filters, flashes, exposure meters and much more.
This Digital Photography course also teaches you ways to house your special memories forever. Should it be a family reunion, wedding, new baby or that special vacation, you’ll learn how to incorporate camera tools to photograph stunning water reflections and mesmerizing sky images. Imagine creating professional looking imagery using your digital camera, the help of your PC and this online class.
Difficulty Level (1-Easiest, 10-Most Difficult)
1-3
Course Fee
• RM250 minimum 5 to start, maximum 10 per class.
Location
• Lightroom Studio & Academy
Prerequisite
• Must have a digital camera (prosumer or digital SLR)
Objective
This is a starter course for those who are new to photography. It covers all the basic on how to use the camera, how to take good photos. We’ll cover all the basics of camera design and use. We’ll talk about the ‘exposure triangle’: shutter speed, aperture and ISO. We’ll talk about focus, depth of field and sharpness, as well as how lenses work, what focal lengths mean and how they put light on the sensor. We’ll also look at the camera itself, how it works, what all the options mean and how they will affect your photos.
Duration
9.30pm – 1.30pm on Saturdays. Commencing Sept 2011. Please call to enquire.
Course Content
- Understanding your camera & other essential equipment
- Basic Understanding of Exposure
- What is P, S, A, M on my camera?
- What is White Balance?
- Getting the FOCUS right!
- Understanding Focal Length
- Guide to better composition
- How to organize your photos in your computer?
- Enhancing your images in post processing!
- How to share your photos on the Internet (Flickr/Google Picasa & Facebook)