Photography: Beginners Intensive Workshop

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Join this one-day intensive photography course designed for beginners. Dive into the world of photography, focusing on Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) and mirrorless cameras with interchangeable lenses. This workshop covers every aspect of photography, from wide-angle to telephoto and macro. Explore the art of composition, learn how to visualize the final photo before pressing the shutter button, and get hands-on experience in composing, shooting, and digitally processing your images for class discussion.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this photography workshop, you should be able to:
- Set up your camera menu
- Move away from Auto and use advanced camera settings
- Use different lenses and other attachments for specific outcomes
- Understand and apply the depth of field
- Understand colour temperatures and white balance and apply appropriate settings
- Apply principles of composition, including Rule of Thirds
- Understand basic digital photo editing principles and techniques
Course content
What will be covered in this one-day photography workshop?
Mastering Camera Settings:
- Choosing the right shooting mode
- File format, size, and quality
- White balance and metering modes
- Drive mode – single shot v. multiple shots
- Manual and autofocus modes – which to use when
- Focus points – selecting only one or using them all
- ISO – how to use it to maximum effect and best quality
- Exposure compensation, bracketing, and HDR (high dynamic range)
Aperture and Shutter Speed:
- Understanding depth of field
- Controlling depth of field in aperture priority
- Controlling movement in shutter priority
- Using Auto, Program, and scene selections
Light:
- What is light? Colour temperature and intensity and how to control it
- Front light – taking well-lit and colourful pictures
- Sidelight – highlighting texture and emphasising 3D
- Back light-capturing silhouettes and rim-lit subjects
- Diffused light – exploit overcast conditions
- Artificial light – tungsten and flash (both on and off-camera). Synching more than one flash
Composition:
- Principles of composition – rule of thirds
- Use leading lines to direct the eye
- Portrait or landscape format
- Cropping in-camera – leave enough space around your subject
- Portraits that wow – blur the background
- Different angles and focal lengths – distorting reality
Creativity:
- Use natural frames
- Look for reflections
- Play with colour and contrast
- Use repetition
- The power of scale
- Let your picture tell a story
Intended audience
Who is this photography workshop for?
This workshop is designed for beginners who want to learn to use their DSLR or mirrorless camera
Course venue
2A Gordon Street, Rozelle NSW 2039 (corner of Gordon Street & Victoria Road)
Course materials
What to bring to class
- DSLR Camera
- Laptop with Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom loaded (free trial versions available from Adobe's website)
- Camera Manual
- Fully charged batteries
- Writing materials, paper, etc.
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Course testimonials:
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Samantha said: I really enjoyed Nic's course. He was extremely helpful with each of us, making sure that when he asked us to select a camera setting, we were all getting it right. (With lots of different cameras in the room, that was no easy task.) He also did a great job of answering our many questions. It was a privilege to be instructed by someone of his level of expertise.
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Agatha said: This course was excellent, Nic was very experienced and had a wealth of knowledge to share with beginners. He’s a great teacher.
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Eliza said: The whole day was great - the option for an intensive course worked best with my schedule and I learned alot. Nic is a wonderful teacher with a lot of knowledge and expertise. I’d like to do another one of his courses in the future to continue learning from him.