1 to 1 training | suggested sessions
If you are interested in booking some 1 to 1 training at Photofusion, here are a few suggested 2 hour sessions. A two hour session starts at £130 (inc. VAT).
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PROCESSING BLACK & WHITE FILM
- How to process any black & white 35mm or 120 roll film
- How to load the film onto spirals
- How to mix the chemicals correctly
- How to process, wash and dry the film
- How to make a properly exposed contact sheet from your negatives
FILM / ANALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY
- How to use any 35mm or medium format film camera correctly
- How to load and unload the film
- How to operate the camera’s light meter, if it has one (if it hasn’t you will learn how to use a hand held light meter)
- How to operate all of the camera’s functions
LIGHTROOM
- Introduction to the modules and the interface
- Importing images
- Backing up of images
- File naming
- Format options
- Basic key-wording
- Rating and filtering images
- Differences between catalogues, folders and collections
- Optimising exposure, colour balance and tone
- Localised adjustments
- Cropping
- Lens correction
- Batch processing
- Exporting files for various purposes
STUDIO LIGHTING
- How to use the equipment correctly – all controls & functions (studio flash monoblocs/packs)
- How to construct the lighting from Key light to fill light to effect light
- How to light backgrounds correctly
- How to meter with a handheld light meter
- High-key & low-key lighting
- Halos and hair lights
- Use of soft boxes, brollies, ring-flash etc.
LOCATION LIGHTING
- Understanding equipment how to control all functions on generator packs
- Understanding how focal plane & leaf shutters work how with flash and ambient light
- How to over power daylight and under-expose the sky/background via F-stops
- How to under-expose sky/background via shutter speeds
- Balancing flash to ambient light, fill-flash, using two flash heads in ambient light
FLASHGUNS (Canon)
- How to correctly use E-TTL mode
- How to use flash exposure compensation
- How to use FEC with Camera Exposure Compensation
- How to use the Manual Flash
- Rear curtain flash
- HSS-high-speed sync mode
- Bouncing flash
- On/off camera flash control
- Fill flash
- Over powering dayligh
DIGITAL CAMERA
- Understanding all camera controls and menu functions
- How the camera’s light meter works
- All camera metering modes (Evaluative/Matrix, Centre-Weighted, Partial/Spot)
- How to read histograms
- Understanding exposure relationship F-stop, shutter speed, ISO
- Using Depth of Field
- Composition and lenses (zoom & prime)
- Understanding how the focal plane shutter works