8 WEEK DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE / TECHNIQUES:

Up-to-date specifications of digital cameras at all cost levels

How to take pictures beyond ‘idiot mode' to the most advanced level of your camera

Application of lenses, white balance and shooting modes

Shooting and saving images in RAW, TIFF JPEG files

Shutter speeds, apertures and ISO speeds made simple

Portraits set ups: inside and out, posed and candid, with all lighting types

Still life set ups; adapting household light and materials for still life

'Painting with Light': multiple flash use, use of torches for illumination, mulitple flash, long exposures, abstracts, and night photography session

Understanding light: from available light to a complete range of flash and tungsten lighting. Balancing camera flash with ambient light in all settings

Downloading images for all file types and applications from portfolio to web and e-mails and inkjet prints

Ink jet printing: profiling your printer and monitor

Full software programs for Macs and PCs; storage and image retrieval options

Making powerpoint slideshows, e-mail JPEG marketing cards, and magazine & CD covers

Marketing and promotion tools for getting your images known

Presentation of your work for portfolio and display

Professional markets, reading lists, exhibition guides and future directions

Web sites, photo libraries, technical support and lists of photo market suppliers

On this workshop you are asked to take pictures in your own time and share them each week with the class. Given the opportunity to work on a project of your own, you will see the benefits of this intensive training in your digital images, and how you perceive photography in general. A mixed ability class means everyone working at their own pace without intimidation or pressure to perform to a particular standard. This course is a lot of fun, and you get results from it to the level of your interest and willingness to make a commitment to learning.