Beginners Photography

Subject areas covered

Part 1: Introduction to camera components, overview of camera controls, finding the controls that will matter to the pictures you take. This first week will concentrate on two main subject areas poraiture and landscape. Set assignments

Part 2: Why you camera has ISO, aperture controls, and shutter controls. How these affect how the camera works and the way they control the sport and macro functions as well as some of the other scene modes . Review previous assignment and set new

Part 3: An introduction to composition, how looking at what you plan to photograph can improve your results. A further look at the scene modes your camera has and how and when to use these. Review previous assignment and set new

Part 4: Using flash, auto flash, red eye, fill in flash. Downloading, browsers, file management, backup, printing, photo books. Review previous assignment

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