Who is it for?
This course starts from scratch and is aimed at anyone who is new to photography, or who wants to learn more about the basic techniques without neglecting creativity.
Requirements and Equipment
To attend the course, you must have a camera that allows full manual control of the settings.
Info
Courses start: October 7, 2023, 10:00 a.m.
Lessons: 12
Hours: 24
Duration: 3 months
Frequency: once a week, 2 hours.
Maximum number of participants: 10
Cost: €340 + €30 annual membership fee.
(payable in two monthly installments).
Plan
The reflex system.
How a reflex camera is made, how it works.
Differences with mirrorless.Different sensors and ISO.
Comparison with analog.Shutter speeds.
The shutter, the shutter speed scale. How to avoid unwanted motion blur and use creative motion blur and panning.Aperture and depth of field.
Lenses (wide angles, 50mm, telephoto lenses). How a zoom lens works. Managing depth of field.Rules of composition.
Reading images, the rule of thirds, other composition methods, lines of force and structure, wings and frames.Exposure.
What types of exposure meters exist? Incident and reflected metering, middle gray. Evaluative, spot, partial, average-weighted, and center-weighted matrix modes. Backlighting.White balance, autofocus, semi-automatic modes
When and how to use autofocus lock (AFL), AF-s and AF-c modes, exposure lock (AEL), ISO, aperture and shutter priority.Digital Workflow Theory
The jpeg file and the Raw file, rudiments of post-production and color management, print formats.History and authors.
Advanced study of composition using images that have shaped the history of photography; introduction to the language and communication of images.Review. The results of the course are reviewed and discussed with the teacher.
Photography Course Base
Who is it for?
This course is the natural continuation of the basic photography course and aims to teach students how to manage different shooting situations.
The use of flash, portrait photography and the quality of light both in the studio and outdoors, urban and natural landscapes will be covered, and a module is entirely dedicated to creative photography techniques such as light painting and open flash.
Particular attention is paid to image selection, with a lesson dedicated to editing and building a visual story.
Requirements and Equipment
To attend the course, you must have attended a basic photography course or have the same knowledge.
You need to have a camera that allows full manual control of the settings and a flash.
Info
Courses start: October 2, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Lessons: 12
Hours: 24
Duration: 3 months
Frequency: once a week
Maximum number of participants: 10
Cost: €340 + €30 annual membership fee
(payable in two monthly installments).
Plan
Summary of basic knowledge
A review of all the techniques from the basic course, with plenty of time for questions.The flash
When and how to use hot shoe flash and bounce.Introduction to studio portraiture
Figure composition, lighting methods and the simplest schemes.Environmental portrait
Outdoor shots will be taken with flash and open-air lighting.Portrait editing
basic lighting
Introduction to the landscape
Landscape photography, composition, introduction to Ansel Adams' Zone System.The landscape
Landscape editing
Creative techniques
Effects such as light painting for still life or open flash for portraits and architecture, creative motion blur and the use of second-curtain flash.Creative techniques
Review. The results of the course are reviewed and discussed with the teacher.
Photography Course Intermediate
Who is it for?
This course is the natural continuation of the basic photography course and aims to teach students how to manage different shooting situations.
The use of flash, portrait photography and the quality of light both in the studio and outdoors, urban and natural landscapes will be covered, and a module is entirely dedicated to creative photography techniques such as light painting and open flash.
Particular attention is paid to image selection, with a lesson dedicated to editing and building a visual story.
Requirements and Equipment
To attend the course, you must have attended a basic photography course or have the same knowledge.
You need to have a camera that allows full manual control of the settings and a flash.
Info
Courses start: - - -
Lessons: 12
Hours: 24
Duration: 3 months
Frequency: once a week
Maximum number of participants: 10
Cost: €340 + €30 annual membership fee.
Plan
Summary of basic knowledge
A review of all the techniques from the basic course, with plenty of time for questions.The flash
When and how to use hot shoe flash and bounce.Introduction to studio portraiture
Figure composition, lighting methods and the simplest schemes.Environmental portrait
Outdoor shots will be taken with flash and open-air lighting.Portrait editing
basic lighting
Introduction to the landscape
Landscape photography, composition, introduction to Ansel Adams' Zone System.The landscape
Landscape editing
Creative techniques
Effects such as light painting for still life or open flash for portraits and architecture, creative motion blur and the use of second-curtain flash.Creative techniques
Review. The results of the course are reviewed and discussed with the teacher.
