Introduction to Digital Photograpy

Service Description

Who is this class for? Anyone with a camera, who wants to learn more about their equipment and what it can do. The class covers how a camera operates, and the fundamentals of photography. Here's what you will learn: What do all those knobs and buttons do, and what the heck is an F-stop? Choosing the right focus modes for still or moving subjects -Control depth of field (and get that nice background blur) - Control motion blur and camera shake - Choosing the best ISO -Why and how to read your histogram - Should you shoot RAW or JPEG and why? -10 quick tips to improve your photography - The secret to getting tack sharp photos -Tripod, Flashes, and Lenses...Oh my! -Photographing Flowers and landscapes -Photographing Kids -Photographing Sports (hint...it ain't cheap) -Making people look their best What should you bring? -Your camera (bet you didn't see that one coming!) -Flashes and tripods are welcomed and encouraged -Questions -A sense of humor, because we are gonna have some fun -Your camera manual. Although cameras all function on the same basic principles, menus, and button locations are different from model to model. Pre-Class Assignment...At a minimum please practice setting your shutter speed, aperture, and ISO before class. ​ What's included? Workbook with the class materials