Running Time: 3 hrs

Knowledge Tier: Intermediate

Once you’ve understood the basics, it’s time to delve a little deeper into your camera to unlock its full potential. In this workshop we’ll take off the training wheels and start to take more control of our camera settings. You’ll learn how to shoot in full manual (and the pro’s and con’s of doing so) as well as how to control your camera's focus more precisely.

What you will learn:

• How to calculate manual exposure

• How to balance manual exposure for different effects

• When and when not to use manual exposure

• How and why to adjust autofocus modes and focus area

• How to manually focus with absolute precision

• How to read a histogram and evaluate correct exposure

• How to use focal length to compress or stretch a scene

• Shooting in raw and the benefits of doing so

• More complex composition techniques and how to make unique images

What to bring:

• A digital camera and lens 

• A charged camera battery (with a spare one recommended)

• A blank memory card

What is provided:

• Props to photograph

• Class notes