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Our digital camera courses are aimed at beginners, or those looking for help in making the transition from film to digital photography. With the exception of the FOCUS ON courses, our digital SLR courses are very similar in terms of hours and learning outcomes and include an introduction to Photoshop / Lightroom.
All of our camera courses are designed for D-SLR cameras that can be
operated manually, support both RAW & jpeg and have interchangeable
lenses.
The courses are run by experienced tutors, who have all worked as professional photographers. In order to maintain a high standard of tuition, there are never more than 10 places available for any of our camera courses.
If the course you are interested is full and you wish to be put on the reserve list, please call us on 020 7738 5774.
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| FOCUS ON: Canon 2 PLACES LEFT |
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Date: 4 September
Day: Saturday
Times: 10:30 - 17:30
Tutor: Adrian Wood
Fee: £95
Places: 10
Requirements: All participants must have a Canon digital SLR camera. |
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| Maximise your Canon DSLR camera knowledge in one day. For those of you that can’t or don’t want to take a full DSLR course Focus On: Canon will teach you all the fundamentals of your Canon camera, exposure control, lenses & built in flash in a one day workshop. This workshop starts inside the classroom but then moves outside as you make photographs accompanied by the tutor.
Course content...
Basic camera layout
Memory cards & formatting
Setting up the camera
LCD panel use
Quality settings - RAW & jpeg
Camera menus & modes
Moving away from the programme mode
Aperture, shutter priority & manual
Exposure understanding & control
ISO, shutter speeds & F-stops
Reading histograms
Depth of field
Lenses for composition & framing
Built in flash
Top tips for great photos
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FOCUS ON: Nikon 5 PLACES LEFT |
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Date: 11 September
Day: Saturday
Times: 10:30 - 17:30
Tutor: Richard Wills
Fee: £95
Places: 10
Requirements: All participants must have a Nikon digital SLR camera. |
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| Maximise your Nikon DSLR camera knowledge in one day. For those of you that can’t or don’t want to take a full DSLR course Focus On: Nikon will teach you all the fundamentals of your Nikon camera, exposure control, lenses & built in flash in a one day workshop. This workshop starts inside the classroom but then moves outside as you make photographs accompanied by the tutor.
Course content...
Basic camera layout
Memory cards & formatting
Setting up the camera
LCD panel use
Quality settings - RAW & jpeg
Camera menus & modes
Moving away from the programme mode
Aperture, shutter priority & manual
Exposure understanding & control
ISO, shutter speeds & F-stops
Reading histograms
Depth of field
Lenses for composition & framing
Built in flash
Top tips for great photos
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| Starting Digital Photography 3 PLACES LEFT |
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Date: 14, 15 & 16 September
Day: Tues, Wed & Thurs
Time: 10.30 - 17.30
Tutor: Mikael Eliasson
Fee: £245
Places: 10
Requirements: D-SLR camera with manual mode capable of RAW capture
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| For beginners, but much more in-depth, this course aims to demystify your digital camera and the basics of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom by concentrating on practical, real world problems, enabling you to shoot more and worry less. Two picture taking sessions are included.
The first two days will concentrate on the camera, aiming to give you the confidence that you are getting the most from it. Day three is an introduction to Lightroom / Photoshop as used by photographers to produce digital files and prints to a professional level. It will also be a good grounding if you want to move on to a dedicated Lightroom / Photoshop course.
Course content...
DAY 1
Camera and functions
Shooting modes
RAW vs JPG
Exposure
Histograms
Intro to aperture shutterspeed and iso
DAY 2
Morning
Practical session on location
Afternoon
Relationship between aperture, shutter speed iso
Creative use of aperture and shutter speed
White balance
DAY 3
Lenses
Lightroom
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Take Control of Your Digital SLR 6 PLACES LEFT
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Date: 21, 23, 28 & 30 September
Duration: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time: 18.45 - 21.45
Tutor: Adrian Wood
Fee: £245.00
Places: 10
Requirements: On booking each participant must be able to tell us the exact model of digital SLR camera they will be using.
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This course is designed for those who own a digital SLR camera and want to maximise its potential. Aimed at beginners and photographers who are moving from film to digital.
Each participant will learn how to fully operate their digital SLR as well as understand the fundamentals of photography such as how to make correct exposures and understand the relationship between F-Stop, shutter speed
and ISO/Noise. The course will also cover composition and lenses, colour temperature and white balance, understanding light ‘etc’.
Course content...
WEEK 1: The Camera
Buttons, functions, menus, settings etc.
Operating the camera manually and in semi-automatic
Optimising the camera settings
Light meter
Do's and don'ts with ISO
Depth of field
Practical shutter / aperture exercises
Focus modes
WEEK 2: Inside the camera, how to care for it and histograms
Slideshow Composition / Slideshow of photographs analysing the use of aperture and shutterspeed
Metering modes
Focal length, angle of view, perspective
How the aperture and shutter speed affect the image
Lens impact on depth of field
Histograms – an introduction
Practical test to prove how wrong the camera can be in AUTO and how to correct for it using exposure compensation and MANUAL
Practical exercise with histograms to find the correct exposure
WEEK 3: Outside taking photographs. Exposure, apertures, shutter speeds, ISO and composition
Practical exercise exploring the aperture
Practical composition exercise
Practical shutter practice
Practical ISO practice (if weather is bad: studio session, playing with light and selective metering
WEEK 4: Lens use, colour temperature (white balance) and RAW
Technical recap
Sensor size and lens magnification
Colour theory
The sensor, sensor sizes and covering area
Advantages of shooting RAW
Slideshow illustrating how much a lens can change an image as well as analysing lens use in photographs
Student slideshow and feedback
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| Discovering Digital Photography NEW DATES |
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Date: 9, 16, 23 & 30 October
Day: Saturdays
Times: 11:00 - 16:00
Tutor: David Axelbank
Fee: £245 (£195 if booked on or before 2 October)
Requirements: On booking each participant must be able to tell us the exact model of digital SLR camera they will be using. |
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What better time to learn photography than in the summer light...
Aimed at those wishing to get the most out of their DSLR, this course covers all the fundamental aspects of digital photography from operating your camera through to processing your images and editing them in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
This course is for beginners or photographers who are moving from film to digital.
Course content...
Session 1:
Fundamentals of operating a DSLR
CCD/CMOS digital sensors & focal length conversions
Basics – RAW, JPEG & TIFF files
EXPOSURE – F-stops, Shutter Speeds, IS0/Noise
Depth of Field, Reflected/Incident readings
Interpreting histograms
White balance
Downloading images to computer
Session 2:
Location shoot
Review of exposure and camera operation
Working with ISO ‘in the field’ to achieve the best image results
Fine tuning your exposure to suit circumstances
Explanation of colour spaces
RAW processing
Lenses & Composition
Session 3:
Advanced camera settings
Fine tuning exposure
Aperture and Shutter Priority modes
RAW processing (cont’d.)
Workflow with Adobe Bridge
Session 4:
Workflow options within Adobe Bridge
Intro to Photoshop
Sharpening, colour adjustment, and tonal adjustments (basic adjustments techniques to improve the quality of your images)
Printing images
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| Starting Digital Photography NEW DATES |
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Date: 19, 21 & 22 October
Day: Tues, Wed & Thurs
Time: 10.30 - 17.30
Tutor: Mikael Eliasson
Fee: £245 (£195 if booked on or before 5 October)
Places: 10
Requirements: D-SLR camera with manual mode capable of RAW capture
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| For beginners, but much more in-depth, this course aims to demystify your digital camera and the basics of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom by concentrating on practical, real world problems, enabling you to shoot more and worry less. Two picture taking sessions are included.
The first two days will concentrate on the camera, aiming to give you the confidence that you are getting the most from it. Day three is an introduction to Lightroom / Photoshop as used by photographers to produce digital files and prints to a professional level. It will also be a good grounding if you want to move on to a dedicated Lightroom / Photoshop course.
Course content...
DAY 1
Camera and functions
Shooting modes
RAW vs JPG
Exposure
Histograms
Intro to aperture shutterspeed and iso
DAY 2
Morning
Practical session on location
Afternoon
Relationship between aperture, shutter speed iso
Creative use of aperture and shutter speed
White balance
DAY 3
Lenses
Lightroom
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