Fundamentals of Creative Digital Photography

Camera Craft | Duration: 8 weeks | Session: Now enrolling for: 19 March - 17 May 2008 Session

This is an intensive 8-week introductory course designed to leave you talking like a pro and shooting with confidence. The coursework will deliver challenging and enjoyable amounts of both theory and practice, delivering you to a new plateau of photographic understanding and instilling a solid foundation from which to explore new creative horizons.

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Designed for Intermediate skill levels.
Come to know and use your digital camera as an extension of your senses.
Acquire all the knowledge you need to take your adventure in digital photography, further still.

Toolbox Needs

Digital SLR or "point-and-shoot" camera with manual capability.
Computer access and photo-processing software.
Willingness to explore and exercise your innate creativity.

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Course Outline

Week 1: Getting to know your camera.
Learning the "Dashboard" of your camera. Exit emulsions - enter sensors. RAW, TIFF, JPEG & more.

Week 2: Making the trio of aperture, shutter and "film" speed work for you.
The ins-and-outs of focus. Freezing and blurring. Finding the light you need.

Week 3: Let the camera teach you how - shooting modes and manual.
Your camera as "Advisor". Taking stock of your choices. Going it all alone.

Week 4: Setting depth-of-field for creative digital effects.
"F-Stops" - what's that all about? Sharp from near to far. "Spotlighting" your subject.

Week 5: Gauge light and handle it effectively.
Developing a feel for light. Making rays work for you. Adding what you need - in a flash!

Week 6: Exposure workshop, the histogram and transferring and storing files.
Quality of light? - The choice is yours. What's in a histogram? Picture files - their transport & storage.

Week 7: Image-editing software - exposure, contrast, colour balance, saturation & cropping.
A walk in the digital "darkroom". Work-flow matters. Tweaking your way to stunning pictures.

Week 8: Edit & output - photo presentation with maximum impact.
Selecting your best - the criteria. Debuting your work. Reaching for "memorable".