Beginner s Course 2017
8 Week Course Photography for Beginners / Improves course starts on Sep 28th 2017 from 7pm to 8pm in Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal (Secondary School) The course is intended to provide a general introduction to photography and is suitable for both absolute beginners and people with a little basic photographic knowledge. Each Class is Dedicated to a particular topic and runs over 8 weeks. It s open to Club Members only. It will be theory and practice so bring along your camera each night 1. The Basics 28 th Sep Getting to know your camera, what to do with your photographs 2. Composition 5 h Oct Composing a good photograph, Composition rules and how to break them 3. Exposure 8th Oct Getting the right light Exposure metering Explain how this works on the camera 3. Landscape 19th Oct How to move your shots from good to great Find out about fantastic local locations 4. Street Photography / Architecture 26th Oct Introducing people into photographs Learn about manually controlling aperture (F-stops) Trip to Cork City at weekend to Practice 5. Close Up and Macro Photography 2 nd Nov 7. Portraits / People 16 th Nov 8. Post-processing 23 rd Nov with software, Printing, Mounting, Competitions, 2
Welcome Who am I? What do I shoot with? Fuji / Olympus / Canon / GoPro What do I photograph? www.flickr.com/fergalocallaghan 3
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Welcome Who are you? What do you shoot with? What do you like to photograph? How good are you on a scale of 1-10? 5
8 Week Course Teach you how to drive your camera 6
8 Week Course More importantly take more exciting photographs that have good exposure, composition and interesting 7
8 Week Course This is for beginner s and improver s If your name is Ansel Adams this course might not be for you but you are quite welcome to stay. No matter how good you are there is room for improvement 8
Dropbox www.dropbox.com Dropbox lets you take your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Access any file you save to your Dropbox from all of your computers, phones, tablets, and on the web 9
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ 10
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We have a Group on Flickr
Some Basics Did you bring your camera? Did you charge your battery? Did you put in a memory card? Does it have space? Did you clean your lens? Have you turned your camera on? Did you take the lens cap off? Do you know which button to press?
Camera s Sensor Size 14
Holding your camera Camera Shake is one of your biggest enemies
First Decision when taking a photograph Portrait or Landscape?
Which is better?
Focus Does this happen to you?
Focusing Things we need to learn as we go A) What focus mode are you in? Manual, Continuously Focusing (Al Servo), One Shot, Automatic Autofocus B) What focusing point is active on your camera C) What type of Focus Point (Single Point Mode or Dynamic Area Mode
Other Items we will cover Exposure How much light we are letting in Composition How we are arranging the contents of our photos Shutter Speed The duration the light is getting onto our sensor. Fast shutter speed for freezing action, Slow shutter speed for making water smokey!
The Insides of your camera
Side View Olympus 2
Line Diagram Sensor
Mirrorless Camera 24
Aperture 25
Depth of Field 26
What to do with your photographs Print them Put them in the monthly league Display them on your phone Display them on the internet Facebook / Flickr www.flickr.com
We have a Group on Flickr
Critique
The IT Chicken and Egg Problem If you are not used to computers it can be difficult to get started in digital photography We will do our best to help to explain How to get a photo off your camera and onto a PC How to get it off a PC and onto a memory stick Put a photo on Facebook or Flickr How to set up an e-mail account and a Flickr account Don t be afraid to ask for help It can be difficult to show someone if they don t have a laptop with them We ll help as much as we can But remember it s a photography club we can t solve all IT problems A family member who can use a PC and can be at your PC might be even more helpful
Software Adobe Photoshop Elements Adobe Lightroom 6 Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 & Lightroom CC 2015 Online Subscription Other Free Software (GIMP etc) Other software - Nik Software, Corel Paintshop, Luminar (for Apple Currently), Capture 1
Tripod If you want to take great photographs it s an essential item It gives you the best control of light and the sharpest photographs Cheap Tripods are usually not very good They wear out quickly and are not very steady It s worth paying a little bit extra for something sturdy that would last you a lifetime Spending money is up to you. There is no limit to what you can spend on Photography
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