Birmingham School of Photography

Weekend Workshop on
Introduction to Digital Photography

If you have bought a digital camera, and you are confused about the world of digital photography, this two day course is for you. Come to our two day workshop and let us
help you make the most of your images.

The timeline for this course will be as follows:

Saturday

9:00- Meet at the school and begin with instruction on how to use your camera in manual mode. You will learn about your cameras manual functions, such as ISO, F-stops, and shutter speeds and how to change them in manual mode. You will also learn about the different shooting modes on your camera. You will learn the difference of Normal Exposure vs. Correct Exposure and how your camera views everything as an 18% gray tone. We will also discuss white balance on your camera and how to change it. We will discuss photographing outdoor subjects and outdoor portrait lighting techniques using reflectors and diffusers. This will also cover how to compose your subjects, what backgrounds to avoid, and  how to select the best light for your subject. You will also learn how to use the gray card or incident light meters for perfectly exposed digital images. We will also discuss using high and low depth of field in your images and how to freeze action. 
12:00-1:00 Lunch break
2:00-5:00  We will then come back to the school and upload your images from your digital camera that you did in the morning discussion and begin to discuss them. We will use your images to learn about basic photo editing, resizing, and enhancement techniques using Photoshop. Also learn about how to set the correct image resolution for different degrees of enlargement for your image.

Sunday

12:00-5:00 We will begin the day with a general review of Saturday. We will also discuss any general questions you may have about your camera that were not covered on Saturday. We will then go out on loction and work with the different techniques for photographing you learned on Saturday.  There will be a continuation of Photoshop 7.0 and how and where you can have your images printed.  

Supplies Needed:
1) Digital Cameras (Manual exposure is preferred)
2) Bring your camera's installation CD( if shooting in Raw Mode)
3) Connections for transferring your images from your camera to the computer

Prerequisite:
Basic Knowledge of Camera Operation and Basic Computer Keyboard and Mouse Skills

Instructor: Parastoo "Paris" Farzad 

June 2008 Class

1 weekend
June 21 and 22
Saturday, 9-5 p.m. (lunch break from 12:00-1:00) and Sunday, 12-5 p.m. 

Course fee: $ 130 (cash or check accepted at time of class-You can also Pay with Credit Card on Paypal at Gifts@bsph.com)

We will also have a permanent collection of student images deemed to be of an outstanding level of excellence.

Birmingham School of Photography
3440 Independence Drive (Hwy 31)
Nationwide Insurance Building
Birmingham, Alabama 35209

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