Please note before you read this advertisement. This Ad is not for making money; it’s for sharing my knowledge with the one who like to learn seriously professional digital photography. My passion is photography. I’m a hobbyist and Professional photographer. I offer digital photography classes at R. T Nagar Bangalore. From basic to advance digital photography, very reasonable fees. Note: Every Lesson will have practical. DSLR camera will be provided for those who don’t have one.*

Topics Covered

LESSON #1 ‘Basic Photography’ Know Your Camera • Types of cameras • How does a DSLR work? • How do compacts Work? Getting Ready to Take a Photo: • Basic Controls Taking a Photo: • Avoiding Camera Shake: • Reviewing Photos Composition – Top 10 Tips LESSON #2 ‘Exposure’ Basic Exposure Theory • Collecting the ‘right amount’ of light • Contrast limitations on cameras • Aperture / Shutter speed balance • P ‘Program’ Mode • Calculating Exposure. • Auto Metering / Evaluative Metering: • Tricky Exposure Situations • Overcoming Tricky Exposures. Exposure Compensation: • Pre-Lighten or Darken Exposures. • Correcting Poor Exposure. • Creative Exposures. Histograms reading and understanding LESSON #3 ‘Aperture & Depth of Field’ Aperture & Depth of Field • What is aperture? • What is f/#? • Effect of Aperture = Depth of Field: • Shallow D.o.F : • Deep D.o.F: • Handy hint to remember D.o.F • Distribution of D.o.F. • Maximizing Depth of Field. • Av (Aperture Value / Aperture Priority) LESSON #4 ‘Shutter Speed and Movement’ Shutter Speed & Movement • What is shutter speed? • Fast Shutter Speed Effects: • Slow shutter speed effects: • Painting with light. • Long exposures. • Timers and Remotes. • Dive modes. • Tv (Time Value / Shutter Priority) • Cool tricks with slow shutter speeds LESSON #5 ‘ISO & The Exposure Triangle’ ISO • What is ISO? • Advantages of Fast ISO: • Disadvantages of Fast ISO: • Noise. • Advantages of Slow ISO: The Exposure Triangle: • Aperture, Shutter speed & ISO are your 3 creative tools. Advanced Camera Modes • M (Manual) • A-DEP • Bulb LESSON #6 ‘Lighting’ Lighting • Lighting is everything. • Morning / evenings. • Harsh midday lighting. • Flat / soft / indirect light / shade. • Low Light. • Front light • Side light • Back light Flash • More than just for dark scenes! • Fill-in flash. • Highlighting rain or snow. • Add ‘Catch-light’ glint to eyes. • Varying flash intensity. • Inbuilt vs External Flash. • Bounce Flash. White Balance • What is White Balance? • Not all white light is white. • Camera vs our eyes detecting white. • What is Auto White Balance (AWB) • Changing White Balance. • Changing White Balance later. Filters: • Polarizing Filters • UV & Skylight Filters • Watch out for Vignetting LESSON #7 ‘Lenses’ Lenses • Standard Lenses • Wide-Angle Lenses • Telephoto Lenses • Other Lenses: • What is Focal Length? • Focal Length & Depth of Field. • Zoom Lenses. • Prime Lenses. • What is Lens Speed? • Understanding Lens Naming. • Image Stabilization. • What Lenses do I Need? • Full frame Vs smaller sensor • Using manual focus • Quick tip for water proof cameras LESSON #8 ‘Practical Photography’ The Digital Advantage: • Check & Try Again • Take Lots, Cull Later Bracketing • What is Bracketing? • Auto Exposure Bracketing. Photographing Wildlife • Getting close. • Stalking successfully • When you’ve been seen. • Getting the photos. Photographing People • When to include people. • Portrait Photography. • Candid Photography Camera Care • Dirty sensors. • Cleaning dirty sensors. • Self-cleaning. • Manual cleaning. • Avoiding dirty sensors. Digital Files • Advanced file properties. JPG vs RAW • The debate. • The differences. • In Summary. LESSON #9 Post Production Adobe Photoshop for Photographers* • Understanding Pixels and Resolution in Photoshop • Understanding Color Spectrum in Photoshop • Understanding Adobe Bridge for Photoshop • Understanding Photoshop Image Layers • Working with RAW files in Photoshop • Retouching Images in Photoshop • Examples creating Coffee Table Albums • Optimizing Images for Social media and Printing Adobe Lightroom for Photographers* • Understanding Lightroom Catalogs • Understanding Lightroom Photo Management • Understanding Lightroom Libraries • Understanding Lightroom Develop module • Working with RAW files in LightRoom • Retouching Raw Images in LightRoom • Publishing Images using LightRoom LESSON #10 Practical • Shooting Portraits in Studio & natural lighting • Shooting Portfolios for models • Shooting Landscape/Birds/Animals • Shooting Candid images • Shooting Macro

Who should attend

The Photography Workshop is designed for photographers of all levels.

Pre-requisites

Nothing, even total Zero Knowledge person can join

What you need to bring

Point n Shoot Camera or DSLR or else we will provide camera to those who don't have one*

Key Takeaways

Master Exposure, Composition, Maximizing the Digital Potential, Equipment & Lenses, Mastering Manual Capturing images, Master Getting Best from Post processing images