Class Syllabus (Note: This is a general guideline and may change without notice)
Week 1. (What’s all these dials do on my camera?)
* How a camera works.
* Image Sensors
* The Camera Controls – Taking your camera off auto.
* Evaluating Images – Histogram.
* Composition.
* Understanding Apertures, Shutter, ISO. (The three things that make an exposure)
* Holding Your Camera.
* Open Discussion.
Homework Assignment. – Take 3 photos using manual controls of your camera.
Week 2. (Hold that shot)
* Camera Exposure Controls. When to use what setting.
* Controlling Exposure.
* Understanding ISO
* Controlling Depth of Field.
* Controlling the light.
* Controlling Grain.
* Controlling Sharpness.
* Open Discussion.
Homework Assignment. – Take one photo that demonstrates Depth of Field.
Week 3. (Lenses the long and short of it)
* Color Balance.
* White Balance.
* Sunrise and Sunset (The Sweet Time)
* Photographing at Night or Low Light.
* Understanding Lenses.
* Long Focus, Short Focus.
* Open Discussion.
Homework Assignment. – Take a Night Shot Photo and one Sunrise or Sunset Photo.
Week 4. (See the light)
* Using The Flash.
* Sources of Light.
* Natural Light with Flash.
* Mixing Light sources.
* Red Eye.
* Using an External Flash.
* Open Discussion.
Homework Assignment. – One Mixed Light Photo.
Class 5. (Geeting Seen)
* Composition, Subject, & Impact (The Perfect Photo)
* Using Photo Editing Software. (Digital Darkroom)
* Digital Workflow
* Photo Editing Software
* Photo Editing Tools. – The Mouse vs. The Graphics Tablet.
* Printing Photos.
* Photographers Rights.
* Open Discussion.
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