Pricing & Details: $149 includes lunch.
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All-Day Workshop Descriptions
DSLR Boot Camp
May 11, 2012 (Friday) - 9:00am-4:30pm Hampton Inn, Matthews (Special Weekday Session)
May 19, 2012 (Saturday) - 9:00am-4:30pm Spring Hill Suites, Ballantyne
June 2, 2012 (Saturday) – 9:00am-4:30pm Courtyard Marriott, Huntersville
June 9, 2012 (Saturday) - 9:00am-4:30pm Spring Hill Suites, Ballantyne
July 14, 2012 (Saturday) – 9:00am-4:30pm Courtyard Marriott, Huntersville
July 28, 2012 (Saturday) - 9:00am-4:30pm Spring Hill Suites, Ballantyne
This Saturday all day workshop is one of our most popular workshops. It combines both the of Basic & Intermediate DSLR photography classes in one day with lunch and actual photography practice times. Be sure to bring your cameras!
Basic DSLR in the Morning Session -
Whether you have a brand new digital SLR or have had one for awhile, this class will help you learn the controls that are common to all brands of these popular cameras. You will also learn more about general photography as it applies to exposure, flash use, lenses, etc. Don’t miss this foundational class that will give you the knowledge you need to explore specific areas of photography with your camera.
Intermediate Digital SLR after lunch -
If you have a good basic understanding of photography but want to know how to use all the features and options of the camera in various real-life shooting situations, this class is for you. We will review the basics and then explore how to get the most out of your DSLR camera. We will also cover lenses, flashes, and other important accessories that you might want to plan for your camera system.
Next Level: Part 1
June 23, 2012 (Saturday) - 9:00am-4:30pm Spring Hill Suites, Ballantyne
This workshop is designed to give photographers a complete understanding of digital photography. It is a hands on workshop so bring your camera. The morning session will cover the capturing of images correctly on a DSLR. The afternoon session will be image editing on the computer. You are encouraged to bring a laptop computer so you can work along with us. However, we will also have the images on a projection screen so that you can see each step involved.
In this workshop you will learn:
· How to capture better digital exposures including lighting techniques and really understanding the histogram
· How to control white balance
· The differences between RAW and JPEG and how to make RAW work for you.
· Why consistency is so important
· How to use an image editing software to obtain the best image adjustment in the least period of time
· How to best sharpen your images
· To develop your own workflow
. . . and get your questions answered!
Next Level: Part 2
May 12, 2012 (Saturday) - 9:00am-4:30pm Spring Hill Suites, Ballantyne
July 21, 2012 (Saturday) – 9:00am-4:30pm Courtyard Marriott, Huntersville
This workshop will expand both your shooting skills and help you get the most out of your computer processing.
In this workshop you will learn:
· Advanced camera techniques for consistent exposure and color
· How the new features on today’s latest cameras can make your photography
· better and easier
· All about RAW shooting and post-processing RAW images
· Retouching skills on the computer
· Batch processing a group of images
· Intermediate color and exposure correction techniques for image processing
· Working in layers
· Noise reduction, sharpening, B/W conversion and general workflow tricks
· Learn how to think like a professional when needing to make decisions on the spot.
. . . and get your questions answered!
Next Level: Part 3 (Formerly known as Boot Camp 2)
In DSLR Boot Camp, we took photographers of all levels and gave them a solid foundation with their cameras. In this workshop, Next Level: Part 3, we will help you to understand more of your camera’s functions and provide exercises for you to really know how to create the images you want, based on applying the techniques you learn. This class is meant to be taken after DSLR Boot Camp and Next Level: Part 1 have been completed.
Morning Session -
Now that you are out of Green Mode and becoming more familiar with your camera, we will explore camera functions we have not mentioned like: bracketing, flash compensation, RAW, metering modes, advanced focusing systems and more. Before lunch, we will have hands-on exercises that will help you to use these functions and practice them. Of course we will review the basics as well but Next Level: Part 3 is designed primarily for those who have taken our Boot Camp 1 or the Basic and Intermediate DSLR classes.
Afternoon Session -
After lunch, we will talk in more detail about camera equipment we have not covered like tripods, traveling with your gear and more. We will also discuss the perspective created with various focal length lenses. Remember the Killer Checklist? We will help you to fill these settings out for common situations like portraits, sports, landscapes, flash pictures, etc. Finally, we will end the afternoon with another hands-on time where you will be able to shoot different compositions, focusing drills, fill flash exercise and practice changing your exposure compensation.
