Introduction to DSLR Cameras

Essential camera controls & photographic techniques enabling you to get the best possible images from your camera. You’ll leave inspired, confident and excited about using your newly acquired skills to produce your own great images.

We will cover

• What each of the main camera settings does
• Basic photographic and camera principles including shutter speed, aperture, exposure
• Use of different shooting modes (e.g. shutter & aperture priority)
• How to freeze or blur motion
• How to control depth of field and blur the background
• How to compose good photos and how to take better pictures
• Shooting in low light using high ISO
• Image quality settings - jpeg & raw
• Understanding the difference between full frame, crop sensors and micro 4/3 cameras

Modern SLR digital cameras can appear so complex, that you can spend more time worrying about the various settings and options, than the actual image you are trying to capture. So through frustration you end up leaving your camera on ‘Automatic’ setting and just hope for the best.

So having spent many hundreds of pounds on your camera, why not spend much less learning how to get the best out of your equipment and start taking wonderful photographs by simply attending this short course? This introduction to digital photography course & workshop is ideal for the beginner.