Fundamentals of Photography in English

Learn the basics of photography, and take the photos that you imagine.
16 hours
Content
Starting from light, the fundamental principles of photography, i.e., aperture, shutter speed, iso, white balance, metering, focusing, histogram, flash as well as transferring and archieving photos in the computer and basic workflow for post processing will be discussed.
Skills gained after the seminar
Controlling the light, focusing, color, motion blur and depth of field while taking photos.
Who should attend?
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Beginners
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Photographers who can't take photos as they imagine
- Light and Controlling Light
- Light
- Exposure
- Exposure Compensation
- Shutter speed
- Aperture
- ISO
- Buying a Camera
- Types of cameras
- General specifications
- How to compare
- Lenses
- Accessories
- Using the Camera
- Sensor Types (CCD, CMOS)
- Sensor Cleaning
- "Crop factor" or "Field of View"
- File Types (JPG, TIFF, RAW)
- EXIF
- Histogram
- AE bracketing
- White Balance
- "Custom white balance"
- WB bracketing
- Parameters
- Contrast
- Sharpness
- Brightness
- Color tone
- Saturation
- Curves
- Color Space
- sRGB
- AdobeRGB
- Metering Modes
- Matrix (Evaluative, Pattern)
- Center Weighted
- Partial
- Spot
- Using Flash
- Types
- Metering modes
- Using "diffuser" or "bouncer"
- Focusing Modes
- One shot
- AI Focus
- Servo (Continuous)
- Focus Bracketing
- Focus points
- Focus Lock
- Shooting modes (P, full auto, portrait, landscapes, sports etc.)
- Digital Dark Room
- Monitor Calibration
- Software solutions
- Hardware solutions
- Post processing software
- Photoshop
- Picasa
- Faststone
- Archieving
- Monitor Calibration
- Presenting Your Photos
- "Digital Slide Shows"
- Windows Movie Maker