Digital Photography 200

Digital Photography 200 is for novice and intermediate photographers equipped with DSLR cameras or other camera formats suitable for advanced photography techniques. This 6-week course is held on consecutive Wednesday evenings with start dates in January, March and May. Also included are 2 two-hour personalized instruction sessions (giving you opportunities to work on your own specific needs one-to-one with the insturctor).

This indoor course provides students plenty of time to practice what they learn and thoroughly understand one concept before moving on to new work. Each week’s class concludes with an assignment designed to reinforce the week’s learning objective and there will be one-on-one time to review the assignment and compare results the following week.

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Our curriculum is as follows:

Week 1:

Glossary of photographic terms
Review of camera settings for picture quality, white balance and more.
Review of camera settings for correct exposure: aperture, shutter speed and ISO

Week 2:

Review of Week 1 assignment, questions and answers
Metering modes and manual metering
Hands-on work and evaluation of different metering strategies

Week 3:

Review of Week 2 assignment, questions and answers
Auto Focus, AF Points, Manual focus
Correcting focus problems
Strategies for photographing birds in flight

Week 4:

Review of Week 3 assignment, questions and answers
Shooting in low light, light painting, high dynamic range images
Hands-on experimentation with light painting

Week 5:

Review of Week 4 assignment, questions and answers
Portraiture and flash photography
Hands-on portraiture work with natural light, flashes and studio lights

Week 6:

Review of Week 5 assignment, questions and answers
Class’s choice of subject (macro, Lightroom, Photoshop, others)
Awards for great assignment photographs
Final assignment (to be completed in class time)

This class is currently scheduled for Wednesday evenings, additional sessions may be added, based on demand.

Cost of the class is $295 (which includes two personalized instruction sessions). Holders of SwarmJam vouchers may apply their coupons to the cost and pay only the additional amount. Registered CTI Friends* will receive a $45 discount.