Beginners Photography Course 1-Introducing Your Digital Camera

This class is ideal for new DSLR or mirrorless camera owners, as well as those who are returning to photography. This practical class has no boring lectures—less physics and more photography.

The Class Covers

• What button does what? What do the letters mean?
• Auto, Semi-auto, or Manual? Why don't we leave it in Auto?
• Different focus settings and areas

Understanding Aperture and Shutter Controls

• What is an aperture number, and how is it changed?
• Using aperture controls to change our photographs.
• How aperture changes with different lenses.
• Setting your camera for fast or slow speeds.
• When to use slow speeds and when to use fast ones.
• How shutter speeds can be affected by lens choice

Understanding Exposure, Flash, and Low Light Photography

• How your camera "reads" light/Problems with light and how to fix them.
• The fast, easy ways to fix exposure problems. Using your camera in very low light. When using your pop-up, flash is an advantage.
• Freezing water using your pop-up flash.
• Softening your flash when taking portraits.

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