New Group Classes begin January 6th 2015-16
Beginner Classes - Five Classes in one month.
Beginner Class starts on the first Tuesday of each month and will run for four weeks in a row on
Tuesday nights, your fifth class will be on the last Saturday of the month where you will be out in the field taking your new found knowledge and applying it. The classes will run from 6:00pm to 8:00pm and the last class on Sautrday will start at 10:00am -12:00pm.
Total cost for all five classes - $125.00
Intermediate Classes - Five Classes in one month.
Intermediate Classes start on the first Wednesday of each month and will run for four weeks in a row on Wednesday nights. Your fifth class will be on the last Saturday of the month where there will be a group field trip to a local area in Lane County where your new found photography skills will be applied. The classes will go from 6:00pm to 8:00pm and the last class on Saturday will start at 2:00pm and go to 4:00pm. It is recommended for the intermediate class that you have use of Digital SLR camera.
Total cost for all five classes - $175.00
Advanced Classes - Five Classes in one month.
Advanced classes start on the first Thursday of each month and will run for four weeks in a row on Thursday nights. Your fifth class will be on the last Sunday of the month. This class includes two group field trips. The classes will go from 6:00pm to 8:00pm and the last class on Sunday will start at 10:00am to 12:00pm. It is required that you have a Digital SLR Camera, and a computer preferably a laptop with photoshop installed.
Total cost for all five classes - $225.00
All Information covered above can be done in a One on One class available on Sundays from 1:00pm-6:00pm in one hour increments.
$65.00 per hour.
I will cover anything you wish to learn in a one hour session whether it’s back to basics or advanced editing in Photoshop.
Overview of Photography Classes
Main Topics of Digital single Lens Reflex Camera Operation
1) Levers and Dials
- Focusing
- Aperture Priority
- ISO Settings
- Shooting Modes
- 3-Step Ritual
- Shutter Priority
- Advanced Program Modes
- Quality of Image
- White Balance
- Viewfinder Display
- Depth of Field
- How Fast is Fast
2) Composition
- Lens Selection
- Image Information
- Custom Settings
- Photography Project
- AE and AF Locking
- Exposure Compensation
- Flash Photography
- Function Settings
- Metering
- Manual Modes
- Shooting Menus
- The Rule of Thirds
- Showing the 3rd Dimension
- Flash
3) Camera Operation
- Evaluating the Lighting
- Custom Settings
- Bank Selection
- Menu Resetings
- Auto Focusing
- Metering Exposures
- Auto Exposures
- Auto Focus Locking
- Shooting Display
- Bracketing Flash
- Exposure Values & ISO Step Values
- Exposure Compensation
- Center Weightier Metering
- Fine Tuning Exposures
- Maximum Sensitivity
- Auto Sensitivity
- Balancing ISO shutter speeds and aperture
- Shutter changes, aperture changes & ISO
4) Understanding Files
- Size of files, formatting and compression
- Quality of image and size file
- 1 bit of imformation for every 4 bits in the sensors
- File Sizes: small files, large files
- Photography in raw and why?
- JPEG images and data loss
- Carmera compression image
- Correct corrections with software
- Re-compression and saving files
5) Light and Images
- Kelvin Temperature
- Ultraviolet = short waves
- Infrared = long waves
- Fluorescent
- Direct Light
- Flash
- Cloudy
- Shade - values between banks of light
All tuition payments must be made prior to start of class and are final.
Make up classes will be available.
Call Walt at Walt’s Photography to sign up for your class today.
541-686-1050
walt@waltsphotography.net