- Do you own a Digital Camera but not sure how to use it?
- Are you interested in getting the most out of your camera?
- Not sure how to take photos of small and close up objects such as flowers, insects, jewellery and other objects which require macro mode?
- Do you want to receive one-on-one help in navigating the many functions and menus on your camera?
Then why not join me on a digital camera workshop?
About the Digital Camera workshop:
Workshops will generally run from morning till dusk on a weekend or public holiday however weekdays can be booked if required
Itinerary:
- Meet and greet, discuss the background of the group and what they wish to achieve in this workshop
- Share what type of camera each has
- discuss the important of setting the camera to the highest resolution file size possible
- explore whether the camera is capable of RAW files
- Discuss how a digital camera is different to a film camera (SLR camera with lens off, handout showing sensor size and resolution of digital vs film
Tutorial handouts covering
- Exposure
- Aperture
- Shutter speed
- ISO
- noise
- exposure variance
- Seeing the picture
- Rule of thirds
- Perspective
- Lines and patterns
- Art photography examples
Camera modes:
- P - Programmed Auto
- A - Aperture Priority
- S - Shutter Priority
- M - Manual
- Portrait
- Macro
- Landscape
- Sport
- Other modes, specific to camera model
Common mistakes:
- leaving the camera on custom setting
- leaving the custom white balance on
- over exposing the sky
- standing in the wrong position with regard to light
- more common mistakes
Composition:
Examples of photography from students and suggested crops or adjustments to make a good photo brilliant and suggestions on how to avoid problems such as colour temperature, incorrect ISO setting, finding the light and compositon
Practice:
- Taking photos in low light and how to adjust the aperture, noise and ISO to get the best results
- Taking photos in full sun and how to reduce glare and burned out highlights
- Diffusion of light and flash
- Using the Macro setting on your camera or learning how far away from an object your lens can get to focus on an image
- Manual focus - why use it and experience taking photos of a moving object
- Manual mode - what it is and how to get started
- Aperture priority - why it is popular with professionals and amateurs alike
- Fill flash on portraits in sunlight
- When not to use flash
- Taking photos at night or in dark environments
About me:
- I am passionate about photography and find taking photos and editing them to match the image in my minds eye one of the most creative, fulfilling things in life
- I have a Bachelor of Education with a specialisation in Information Technology for Education.
- I enjoy teaching and would love to do it full time. Unfortunately I have several disabilities which inhibit me from teaching full time in a classroom
- I love sharing my love of photography and technology and I am truly interested in helping you to learn how to use your camera and develop a portfolio of images that you can be proud of
- I have a knack with technology and understand that there are many people who do not and need a guiding hand in learning how to adjust the settings on their camera, how to hold it properly for stability and provide feedback
- I have been using Adobe Photoshop for over fifteen years
- I like to set myself challenges and take part in group competitions and challenges which helps improve my photography and creativity
- I have been creating websites since the early 90s and would love to travel the world taking photos and doing photography, image manipulation and web design workshop to pay my way
