What you'll learn
- Instructions on how to hold your camera correctly, which will help you to get sharp photographs.
- Sound advice on how to choose the right camera lens for each situation.
- The necessary confidence to change the most important camera settings correctly at the right time, which will allow you to get perfect photos every time.
- The ability to compose photos that are well balanced and very pleasing to the eye.
- The skill to spot creative photographic opportunities that will make your photos stand out from the rest.
- The ability to take stunning photographs that tell stories of your vacations, adventures and functions, capturing memories in the process.
Time to Complete
6 WEEKS
Requirements
- You need a Canon or Nikon DSLR camera (the kind that has interchangable lenses) – any model will do.
- You don’t need any prior photographic experience
THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL LEARN FROM THIS COURSE:
How to use your Camera Equipment:
How to hold your camera correctly, which helps you to get sharp photos every time.
Which lenses to use for which photos, so that you can best capture a specific subject or scene.
How to change lenses correctly in order to prevent irritating dust spots from forming on each photograph.
What your DSLR camera’s limitations are and how to compensate for them when you’re photographing scenes with high contrast.
Why and when you should support your camera on tripods and bean bags.
How and when to change Camera Settings:
Different Shooting modes (which allows you to be more creative).
File size and format (ensuring that you take the best possible quality shots).
White balance and Metering mode (which allows you to influence the ‘warmth’ or ‘coolness’ of your photos and the way that the camera exposes what it sees.
Drive mode (which allows you to shoot like a pistol or like a machine gun).
Auto focus mode (which tells the camera whether you’re photographing something standing still or something that is moving).
Auto focus point selection (which allows you to focus on either the whole subject or scene, or on a very specific part of it).
ISO (which allows you to take sharp photos in low light conditions)
Exposure compensation (which allows you to quickly make a photo lighter or darker).
How to influence the depth of field in your photos in Aperture Priority.
How to freeze action or capture movement in Shutter Priority.
How to use the little pictures, or Scene selections, on your camera’s Shooting mode dial.
How Light influences your photos:
How to take colourful, representative images in front light.
How to highlight detail and texture in side light.
How to capture dramatic back light images that contain silhouettes and golden rim light.
How to take photos in diffused light on overcast days.
How to use your camera’s built-in flash effectively.
What perfect Composition is:
When to change the camera orientation from horizontal to vertical.
How to blur the background of a perfect portrait photos in 4 easy steps.
How to apply the Rule of thirds to ensure beautifully balanced photos.
Where to leave the correct amount of space in your photos.
How to draw your viewers’ eyes into your photos with the help of leading lines.
How to compose striking images by changing your angle.
5 simple steps to perfect composition!
How to become a more Creative photographer:
How to use reflections in your photos.
What a natural frame is and how to find and use it in your images.
How to incorporate different complimentary colours in your photos.
How to use repetition effectively in your photos.
How to highlight the size of something by incorporating and element of scale, and finally,
How to tell a story with your photos.