Photography: Become A Better Photographer

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Location
Online
Dates
Can be taken anytime
Course Type
Professional Training Course
Accreditation
-
Language
English
Price
$39 $24 only

Course Overview

If you’re a an aspiring professional photographer, or a serious hobbyist; this course will give you the hints, tips and tricks to improve your photography. Suitable for learning with either DSLR or compact cameras, it is a comprehensive, easy to understand guide, to help you become a better photographer

Professional photographer, Bernie Raffe, will teach you how to get your camera settings right, control your depth of field, work with natural light and help you avoid some of the pitfalls that might be holding you back.

Course content includes online tutorials, and supported documents to help your practice.

Who should take this course

Beginner or Intermediate amateur photographers

Course content

Part 1 – Introduction

  • Use The Exposure Triangle To Understand Exposure

  • The ISO Setting: what is is and what does it does

  • Exposure Compensation: why you sometimes need to darken or lighten your images

  • Lens Apertures: learn about one of the most important camera settings

  • How To Turn Your Flash On /Off And Why You Should Know

Part 2 – More Advanced Camera Settings

  • 5 Tips For Tack Sharp Focusing

  • Choose The Right Shutter Speeds To Avoid Camera Shake

  • Use Your Histogram To Nail The Exposure For Those Important Images

  • Aperture And Depth Of Field (DSLRs)

  • Scene Modes And Depth Of Field (Compact Cameras)

Part 3 – Improve Your Images With Natural Lighting

  • Top Shade: the professional’s portrait lighting secret

  • Dealing With The Sun When Taking A Portrait

  • Direction Of Light And The Effect It Has On Your Photos

  • Get Nice Blue Skies In Your Photos And Avoid White Skies

  • How To Retain The Ambient Light Of A Nicely Lit Room

  • Better Indoor Portraits Using Window light: part 1

  • Better Indoor Portraits Using Window light: part 2

  • Create A Great Look Using Backlighting

  • How To Improve Your Natural Light Portraits Using A Reflector

Part 4 – Improve Your Images Using Better Composition

  • Use The Rule Of Thirds For Improved Composition

  • Better Composition Using Diagonal Lines

  • Use ‘Leading Lines’ To Create More Dramatic Images

  • Improve Your Composition Using The Frame Within A Frame Trick

  • Blur The Background For More Impact (DSLRs)

  • Blur The Background to isolate your subject (Compact Cameras)

  • Don’t Let Cluttered Backgrounds Ruin Your Portraits

  • Improve Your Portraits Using Unusual Backgrounds

  • Improve Your Portraits Using Unusual Backgrounds

  • Improve Your Portraits Using Nature’s Own Abstract Backgrounds

Part 5 – Tips On Posing For Portraits

  • Flatter your individual subject with these full length posing tips

  • Family or small group poses: part 1, standing poses

  • Family or small group poses: part 2, seated poses

  • Individual natural and relaxed female poses

  • Ideas For Photographing Children: 4-6 months old

  • Ideas For Photographing Children: 9-12 months old

Part 6 – Landscapes and scenery

  • Landscape Photography Tips: walkthrough

  • How to take better photos in the snow

Part 7 – Flash photography

  • Better results using an external flashgun: part1,bouncing the flash

  • Better flash portraits using an external flashgun: part 2, bouncing the flash

  • Better results using your camera’s built-in flash: part 1, soften the shadows

  • Better results using your camera’s built-in flash: part 2, get a more pleasing background

Part 8 – Information And Tips On Using Lenses

  • General Tips On Camera Lenses: variable/fixed apertures, fast/slow, prime lenses

  • Lens Focal Length: part 1 – perspective

  • Lens Focal Length: part 2 – field of view

  • Lens Focal Length: part 3 depth of field

Part 9 – Other General Techniques

  • How the ‘half press of the shutter’ technique can improve your picture taking

  • How to easily create a stunning online slideshow in minutes

  • How to take photos of fireworks

  • Use The Fashion Photographer’s Perspective Trick For Longer Legs

  • A Neat Idea For A Fun, Dramatic, Portrait

Part 10 – How To Take A Really Flattering Profile Or PR Photo

  • Take A More Flattering PR or Profile Photo: basic technique using ‘top shade’

  • Take A More Flattering Profile Or PR Photo: refining the basic profile or PR image

Part 11 – Which Digital Camera To Buy Next: megapixels is not the answer

  • The Myth Of Megapixels

  • Course Overview

About Course Provider

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