2009 SYLLABUS - BASIC TO INTERMEDIATE

BASIC TO INTERMEDIATE
Outdoor Session
( 9am - 6pm)
Lunch and Refreshments Provided
Notes will be provided.


1. Camera Menus Explained
  • Optimal settings for different situations
  • Understand and utilize features in your camera

2. Exposure
  • Manual settings for optimal control
  • When to use Aperture priority and Shutter priority effectively
  • Meter reading - how to meter a scene
  • Depth of Field - To Bokeh or Not to Bokeh? You decide!
  • Understanding Light: Intensity, Direction and Color. What it does and how to control it.
  • White Balance Issues
  • Understanding Histogram

3. Composition and Focusing - Create Impact on your Photos!
  • Making Composition Rules work for You
  • Elements of Composition
  • The Right Lens for the Right Job
  • Focusing Techniques - How the Pro's do it
  • Selective Focusing
  • How to "blind shoot" and get sharp photos!

4. Understand how LIGHT affects your photos!
  • Learn to read shadows
  • Strong/Harsh Light, Diffused Light and Soft Light
  • Front, Side and Back Lighting

5. Flash - Master Your Flash!
  • How to use your flash effectively
  • TTL, TTL-BL, Fill-in, Manual Settings
  • "Bounce" effectively; To bounce left, right, top or back? We'll tell you how!
  • Flash Compensation : EV +/- ; Get that light right!

5. Posing Techniques
  • A " How To" Guide ; 20 Great Tips You Must Know!

6. Practicals + Live Model and Photo Review Sessions