Upcoming Workshops
Digital Photography Workshop – June 22nd and 29th, 2009
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 Birds at Sunset at Miami Beach |
Agenda
Day 1
- Getting familiar with your camera
- Lens, Shutter, Aperture, Sensor
- Flash, Viewfinder, Memory card, Battery
- Understanding exposure – how cameras capture images
- Shutter speed, Aperture and ISO
- Exploring camera features
- Focus Modes
- Exposure compensation
- Scenes and presets
- Red-eye reduction
- White balance
- Image stabilization
- ISO adjustments
- In-camera image editing
- Optical zoom vs. Digital zoom
- Taking better pictures
- When to use flash and more importantly, when NOT to use flash
- How to shoot night pictures
- How to shoot fast action photos (sports, airshows, etc.)
- How to shoot backlit photos
- How to handle extreme lighting conditions
(beaches, sunsets, fireworks, etc.) - Close-up / Macro photography
Day 2
- What’s wrong with my picture? A picture exhibition – contribute photos to show and discuss
- Editing, enhancing and fixing photographs
- Each attendee can contribute a photo for use during the demonstration
- On-line editing services – Demo of Photoshop Express, Piknik, etc.
- Photo editing software packages – Demo of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, GIMP (free), iPhoto and more
- On-line photo hosting/sharing services – Demo of Flickr, Smugmug, Facebook, Photobucket, etc
- Getting prints
- Printing at home
- Printing locally (Walmart, Walgreens, etc.)
- Printing via online services
- Specialty printing services
- What’s the big deal about SLR cameras?
- Picking your next camera
- Turning photography into a great hobby or even a profession
- Where to learn more
