BASICS OF PHOTOGRAPHY

In this fundamental course, students will identify basic photographic tools. What is photography? Different types of Photography, including the proper use of various camera systems and light meters, Basic colors or primary colors. Physics of camera i.e. how camera works and different types of camera, Camera handling, Physics of optics and its nature how lenses work and different types of Lense. What is shutter and its speed? What is aperture and how does it work?, What is ISO and metering, How do they work? White balance, Focusing points, File Format RAW or JPEG, Focusing mode,Depth of field, Exposure,Multiple exposure - Getting the nuts and bolts of the most important session of all, Perspective and Composition, Different types of shots/ Angle, Impact of weather conditions, Light and its nature, fall off of light and different sources and types of lights.......etc.

DIGITAL WORKFLOW

Digital Camera Expert Class, know Your Camera thoroughly.

EXPOSURE

What Is Exposure? Understanding How Exposure Affects Your Photographs

What Is different types of Exposure?

How Do You Determine the Correct Exposure?

How to play with different kind of Exposure

What Is Exposure Compensation?

PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Composition Techniques That Will Improve Your Photos

How and where to place you subject

Use of pattern and shapes in Photography

Use of Colours and colour contrast

USE OF FLASH

Understanding sync speed and flash power

Getting started with your equipment off camera

Ambient light and flash blended

Natural light vs. flash

Flash as the sole source of illumination

Using your flash to simulate(same as natural light) natural light

HOW TO USE EXTERNAL FLASH FOR PORTRAITS

Concept of Portrait photography and requirement

Select a flash mode(Auto and Manual)

Select a shooting mode with Flash

Select a shutter synchronization mode

HOW TO USE EXTERNAL FLASH FOR PORTRAITS

What are the different qualities of light?

Diffuse light

Side light or window light

How much light do you have to work with?

What is the quality and direction of light?

USE OF TRIPOD

Ability to photograph in low light

Ability to photograph long exposures

Better stability

Sharper images

Photographing Landscape

For self Portraits

For night photography

UNDERSTANDING LENS FILTERS

What are filters

Types of Filters and how and where to use it

How Filters That Can Enhance Your Photography

Benefits and drawbacks of using filter

PHOTOSHOP INTRODUCTION

Toolbar, Menu Bar, Options Bar, Opening an Existing File, Creating a New

Document, Saving Files, Reverting Files, Closing Files and Quitting Photoshop.Editing

Images, Rotating an Image, Cropping an Image, working with Selection Tools,

Marquee Tools, Lasso Tools, Magic Wand Tool, , Adding and Subtracting from a

Selection, Inverse Selection.Paint Bucket Tool, Brush Tool, Healing Brush Tool, Patch

Tool, Clone Stamp Tool, Dodge & Burn Tool, …etc

BASIC REQUIREMENT

● D-SLR Camera

● Wide angle Lens and Zoom Lens

● Tripod

● Flash

● Trigger

● Shutter Release

● Spirit Level….etc