Digital Camera Fundamentals Photography Class

(Formerly DSLR Fundamentals)

Our Digital Camera Fundamentals Photography Class is offered in either a two-day weekend or four-weekday evening format.  This class is aimed at photographers who have just started using a Digital Camera (with manual controls) and who would like to learn more about their camera and its features and functions.

If you have been taking photographs with your Digital Camera on the automatic setting, and want to gain greater control over your camera and the photographs you create, then this class is for you.  To get the most out of the investment you’ve made in your new Digital Camera you need to get your camera off of the automatic setting.  By completing this course, you will gain the confidence you need to best utilize your camera and make the creative photographs you desire.

The Edmonton Digital Camera Fundamentals Photography Class is all about the fundamentals of digital camera operation and is completely hands-on.  We’ll do a numerous practical exercises throughout the course that will allow you to put the concepts covered in class into practice for yourself.

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About Your Instructors for the Edmonton Digital Camera Fundamentals Photography Class

Your instructor for the Digital Camera Fundamentals class will either be BSOP owner Paul Burwell or Darlene Hildebrandt.

Paul Burwell – In addition to being the owner of the BSOP, Paul Burwell is a professional photographer, writer, educator and enthusiastic naturalist with over twenty years experience working with and educating adults. He is a contributing editor and regular columnist with Outdoor Photography Canada Magazine. Paul has been a finalist in the Veolia ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ worldwide competition both in 2009 and 2010 and was named a ‘Top Wildlife Shooter’ by Popular Photography Magazine in 2010.

Darlene Hildebrandt - Darlene brings over 24 years of professional photography experience and was a highly honoured and awarded member of the Professional Photographers of Canada where she won Photographic Artist of the Year for Alberta in 2006. She has worked professionally in the areas of commercial photography (product, food, editorial and event photography), portrait and wedding photography and most recently travel and fine art photography. Darlene is a regular contributor to the Digital Photography School web site and leads photography tours in Alberta and exotic locations. Her View Photography is the name of Darlene’s photography business.

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What You Will Learn During the Edmonton Digital Camera Fundamentals Photography Class

Introduction to Digital Cameras

• Adjusting the clarity of your viewfinder using the diopter
• Tips, tricks and techniques for making sharper images
• Guidelines to selecting and using interchangeable lenses
• Using the different auto-focus and drive modes on your camera
• Using image stabilisation and mirror lock-up functions (where applicable)
• Using manual hyper-focus techniques and the depth of field preview

Aperture and Shutter Priority Modes (Creative Exposure Modes)

• How to use aperture priority to control the depth-of-field of a scene
• Using shutter priority to control movement of objects in the frame
• Reading and interpreting the exposure histogram

Manual Exposure Modes and Useful Custom Settings

• Working the Manual (M) and Bulb (B) exposure modes on your digital camera
• Using manual white balance for mixed lighting situations
• Useful custom settings and user-defined shooting modes
• Performing camera firmware updates
• Techniques for cleaning your digital sensor

Using your Electronic Flash

• Using flash synchronisation (slow sync, first-curtain sync and second-curtain sync)
• Using dedicated external flash – features and functions
• Using flash exposure compensation (FEC)
• Useful bounce-flash techniques
• Creating balanced exposures

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What to Expect

• 12 hours of classroom instruction
• personalized instruction by professional photographer Paul Burwell
• Digital Camera Fundamentals course book
• Certificate of Completion
• Delicious snacks during coffee breaks
• Weekend classes include a full hot lunch on both days including soup, salad, choice of main course, side dishes and dessert
• Small group size, limited to 12 participants

Prerequisites for the Edmonton Digital Camera Fundamentals Photography Class

• As a prerequisite for the Edmonton Digital Camera Fundamentals Photography Class, you should have a good familiarity with using your camera in automatic mode.

Equipment Required

At a minimum, you’ll want to have…

• A Digital Camera that supports Aperture Priority Mode, Shutter Priority Mode and Manual Mode
  • If you are not sure if your camera is suitable for this class, please contact us and let us know the make and model of your camera and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible
• your camera instruction manual

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Class Location

• Providence Renewal Centre - 3005 119 Street, Edmonton, Alberta

Cost

• $225 Canadian Dollars (plus tax) for the weekend course which includes lunch on both days

• $200 Canadian Dollars (plus tax) for the weekday course.
  • Current currency exchange information between the Canadian dollar and your local currency is available here.

More Information

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For additional information, please contact us at:
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Phone 780-669-1261 or toll-free at 1-877-778-1745

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