• DARTS FARM PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE SPRING 2020

    DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK MY COURSE WILL BE RESCHEDULED TO THE AUTUMN.
     
    ALL BOOKINGS ARE SAFE AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WILL BE CONTACTED WITH NEW DATES.
     
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
     
     
    Digital Photography course Spring 2020. 
     
    The course is arranged and will start on Monday 20th April until Monday 25th May
     
    Where. The Estuary Room, Darts Farm
     
    When. Monday evenings from 6.30pm - 9.00pm
     
    Book your place on Darts Farms website HERE
     
    Length of course. Six weeks .
     
    Over this 6 week course, I will take you on a wonderful photographic voyage, teaching you the basics, from learning about the different settings on your camera, through to shooting landscapes, people and animals and post-processing.
     
    COURSE ITINERARY
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    Week 1: Introduction to digital photography
    Example images
    Your cameras: Familiarity, settings and modes
    Building a stable working foundation
    Correct handholding technique
    Avoiding camera shake
    Focusing  and recomposing
    Post processing tuition using Adobe Elements and CS6
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    Week 2: How to take a great photo
    Locating a great shot
    Focussing
    Composition and balance
    Rule of thirds
    Layers, space and light as subject
    Using light correctly
    Depth of field and apertures
    Symmetry
    Lead in, eye-line and perspective
    Foreground interest
    Avoiding cliché
    Post processing tuition using Adobe Elements and CS6
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    Week 3: Understanding the limits of your camera
    Exposure compensation
    Bracketing
    Dynamic range limitations explained and integration through post processing
    Colour harmony
    Using filters
    Shooting in low light
    The magic hours
    Post processing tuition using Adobe Elements and CS6
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    Week 4:Landscapes and Panoramas
    Panoramics
    Mastering live view
    Using the ‘Manual Mode’
    Tripod use
    Long exposures and the effects of shutter speeds
    Reflections
    Understanding RAW
    Post processing tuition using Adobe Elements and CS6
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    Week 5: Outdoor practical landscape session 
    Photographing people.
    Post processing tuition using Adobe Elements and CS6
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    Week 6: Course refresher and post processing tuition
    Outdoor session
    Question and answer session
    Kit buying advice
    Post processing tuition session using Adobe Elements and CS6
    Photographers are invited to bring a laptop (Adobe Elements or Photoshop needed)
    Bringing a laptop is not compulsory.
     
    Book your place on Dart Farms website HERE