Week 1
Introduction
- Photography in the 21st Century
- Choosing a SLR camera
- Film types and speeds-ISO equivalent in digital cameras
- Cleaning and care of lenses
- Camera shakes
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Week 2
Manual Focusing
- Where and why to use manual focusing
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Week 3
Aperture-Priority Mode
- Using your camera in the aperture-priority mode
- Depth of field studies
- Importance of using aperture-priority mode
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Week 4
Shutter-Priority Mode-Composition Pt I
- Using your camera in the shutter-priority mode
- Motion techniques
- Importance of using shutter-priority mode
- Composition
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Week 5
Macro Photography and Composition Pt II
- Taking close up pictures in the macro mode
- Composition
- Photographing structures
- One third rule
- Filters and their effects
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Week 6
Electronic flash
- Using electronic flash for outdoor fill in
- Using electronic flash for studio type pictures
- Tonal contrasts
- Visual Anchors
- Country landscapes-old buildings and machinery
- Perspective ideas
- Window lighting
- People at work and hobbies
and more
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