Day-and-a-half "Executive" workshop to get you acquainted with your Digital SLR and its basic functions.
A class intended for those that just recently upgraded to a digital SLR from a point-and-shoot camera. Basic concepts of photography and the optics involved, as well as the effect on the image are revisited. Students are led and encouraged to explore further from the "Full Auto" mode in regularly progressing steps. Class is delivered by lead instructor Huba Rostonics a Photographer and Blogger with decades of experience making images as well as teaching.
The class consists of Q&A on each particular camera, lecture on a subject and critique of student's photographs.
There is a class assignment and the most and least desirable outcomes of each student -picked by the student- are analyzed.
| Day I Overview o Focal Lenght, effect on perspective o Different types of lenses o The "Normal" Lens o Telephoto o Wide Angle o What is "Macro" o Focal Lenght Defined o Zoom-in vs. "Walk-in" Aperture Priority Mode. o What is Aperture? o The Diaphragm o Depth of field o Yeah, but what happens to the light? o What does "Aperture Priority" mean? o Composition |
Day II Shutter Speed Priority Mode. o Measuring light o Incident light o How dows "TTL" work? o The "Mid-Gray" Gray? o The zone system o Full Manual, when to use it Field Assignment Putting it all together o Be conscious o What's next? o Print o Edit o Put them on-line |
March 10-11
