Whether your goal is to capture treasured family moments, photograph exciting game-winning action, or preserve the magnificent beauty of your travels, this beginner photography fundamentals class provides the essential tools combined with practical hands-on training.
Learn how you, not your camera's settings, can direct the visual appearance and mood of an image by selecting appropriate camera controls and techniques. Understand which specific tools allow you to freeze or blur motion effectively, and discover methods to create a beautifully blurred background that makes your subject stand out prominently.
This class is created for photographers who desire to develop stronger foundational knowledge and graduate comfortably from automatic mode to manual control settings.
Topics Covered Include:
- Camera controls: Learn the most critical settings affecting photograph exposure
- ISO settings and their impact on image quality
- Shutter speeds: Control motion to create visual emphasis
- Aperture Settings: Affecting the depth of field and what appears sharp or blurred
- Manual shooting modes and full camera control
- Focus settings: Techniques for achieving sharp focus throughout images
- Resolution and Compression: Optimizing your camera to capture the highest quality images
- White balance: capturing accurate and vibrant colors
- Fill flash techniques and fill lighting
- Lens selection and characteristics: understanding your lens options
- Composition principles: Techniques for creating visually captivating photographs
Participants are encouraged to bring their own cameras. As we discuss camera features and menu settings throughout the workshop, you can follow along and practice adjusting your camera's controls. Bringing an extra battery, an additional memory card, and your camera instruction manual is also highly beneficial for the class experience.
This class is specifically designed for DSLR and mirrorless cameras with manual exposure controls available.
School Notes: Mailing address:PO Box 855 Alexandria, VA 22313
