Basic Digital SLR Photography Class
by Tim Bischoff
When: Normally every month on the first Wednesday or Thursday(Call or email to Confirm)
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: The Green Dog Gallery
Cost: $199.00 per student
What to bring:
1. Your Camera.
2. Any images you are having trouble taking or that you enjoy taking.
Get truly stunning photos from your SLR digital camera. Do you sometimes feel a bit overwhelmed with all the terms and choices - JPEG vs. RAW, flash cards, histograms, white balance, etc? Feel confident when it comes to using exposure controls such as ISO, shutter speed, and aperture? Better understand your computer software for output to email, the web and for prints.
This 4-week class meets on Wednesdays or Thursdays from 6:30pm to 9pm at the Gallery. Assignments for each lesson are given and reviewed at the next meeting. Make & Model of your camera is required when you enroll.
Lesson 1: Getting to Know Your Digital Camera Understanding your camera controls and functions. Checklist of what your camera can and cannot do. How to get the most out of your digital camera. The biggest advantages of shooting digital
Lesson 2: File Formats RAW vs. JPEG. Various file formats - advantages and disadvantages. Storage and memory issues - doing digital photography on the road. Getting bigger files after the fact.
Lesson 3: Introduction to Exposure Aperture and shutter speed for the non-photography major. Practicing with different f-stops to get different degrees of depth of field. Alternate ways to control aperture and shutter speed.
Lesson 4: ISO/ASA & Low-Light Digital Photography ISO Equivalents - changing ISO on the fly. Avoiding noise. Shooting at night - with and without a tripod.
Lesson 5: Adjusting Exposure/White Balance Why and when you need to go off the automatic Program mode. Exposure lock and where to meter. Exposure compensation vs. true exposure control. Understanding the histogram and using it to determine best exposure. The color of light for the non-physics major. Understanding the white balance options. The easy way to getting the correct white balance.
Lesson 6: Camera to Computer –Your Software Now that you are shooting great photos its time to learn how to get them from your camera to your computer. Color correct, manipulate, resize and printing.
Lesson 7: Composition and Lens Choice Principles of design. The EZ way to understand the Golden Rectangle. Putting the Rule of Thirds to good use. Shooting vertical as well as horizontal. Understanding lens focal lengths. Wide angle options with SLR lens magnification factors.
Lesson 8: Getting Creative and Having Fun! Having fun with some of the more unusual, creative features found in many digital cameras and their accompanying software. For example, using the panoramic mode or photo stitching functions - fixing and holding exposure across multiple shots. Shooting black and white and sepia tone in the camera. Shooting in the macro mode.
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Here to Pay & Enroll for Class
Payable online by Visa, MasterCard or PayPal. Must be paid in full before the start of class.
Classes are non refundable.
Call (913.558.2958) or Email to reserve your space today.
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