Evening class | 4 weeks |
May Course: Tues 1, 8, 15, 22 | 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Field Shoot: Sunday 20th | 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Limited to 8 places (min. 4 students required)
Tutor: Andrew Watson
Course Description:
This course is aimed at beginners wishing to take creative control of their digital SLR camera. It covers the fundamentals of digital SLR photography and camera functions. ISO, F-stops and shutter speed are all demystified and the various shooting modes explained. Focus, composition, shooting with natural light and flash are also covered, as well as a brief introduction to processing your images and editing them with Adobe Photoshop (Elements 10).
Evening classes consist of practical tuition, some theory and a review of assignment work – designed to help put everything learnt into practice. A field shoot conducted during the course, gives students practice outside the classroom, with tips and advice from a professional photographer.
Tea, coffee & light refreshments provided.
Course Content:
- Camera layout & functions
- Image quality settings – JPG & RAW
- Understanding camera white balance
- Lenses, equipment & accessories
- Exposure explained – ISO, F-stops and shutter speeds
- Practical exercises in exposure
- Creative uses of ‘Depth-of-Field’ and shutter speed
- Moving away from Programme mode
- Introduction to histograms
- Focus techniques
- Image composition & ‘Rule-of-Thirds’
- Use of natural light & flash
- Top tips for better images
- Downloading image & RAW processing
- Introduction to Photoshop Elements 10 *
- Saving images & file storage
Notes: * Students will be working with the free-trial version of
Photoshop Elements 10 and should bring a laptop to the Week 4
class to follow along, although not essential.