I'm getting geared up to begin offering a series of classes about photography. I beginning with a class on how to use the manual settings on you DSLR. I was thinking about the old back handed compliment when some tells you you're a really good photographer but then implies(not knowing really what they're saying) that its because you have a good camera.
I smile at this depending on my mood will say yesI guess i do!
But having a good camera isn't what makes the pictures good or bad. Its understanding your equipment and understanding the principles of what good photography is. The truly good photographers produce good photographs consistently and this is only because they know how to approach their subject and navigate the situation(light, weather, pony of view etc…)
Know how to set your camera is a big thing. Now its not storytelling, but if you don't set your camera correctly you will potentially diminish your story telling capabilities!
I'm by no means a technical photographer and find myself making rookie mistakes(hopefully long before I've lost the ability to correct them!) I am never wondering why a picture didn't turn out the way i wanted it too, I know exactly why it didn't and even better, know what to do to correct it.
Todays cameras are marvels. They really are. The Automatic exposure settings are very good in comparison especially to the old old models. But they are still just a mechanism that can't think about what you want, you have to tell it what you want and work it through.
The wonderful thing is you can look at the picture you just took and make adjustments to get you where you want to be.
In this first class we're going to go over what ISO means and what situations you will use the different setting, We will go over shutter speeds and what they do to help you make your pictures clear and we will go over the aperture or F/stops to know what it does and how you use it to give your pictures a certain look and depth. Most importantly we'll learn how you use all three in combination every time you make pictures because these three things you can control and use to make pictures in any situation(we'll briefly discuss when a flash is needed--though admittedly I avoid them in virtually all photography if i can!
I will be gathering my images over the next few weeks to show as examples in this class and also putting together a couple other classes on studio lighting and how to think about your images as stories that all part of the picture work to tell. This might be a fun winter!
I smile at this depending on my mood will say yesI guess i do!
But having a good camera isn't what makes the pictures good or bad. Its understanding your equipment and understanding the principles of what good photography is. The truly good photographers produce good photographs consistently and this is only because they know how to approach their subject and navigate the situation(light, weather, pony of view etc…)
Know how to set your camera is a big thing. Now its not storytelling, but if you don't set your camera correctly you will potentially diminish your story telling capabilities!
I'm by no means a technical photographer and find myself making rookie mistakes(hopefully long before I've lost the ability to correct them!) I am never wondering why a picture didn't turn out the way i wanted it too, I know exactly why it didn't and even better, know what to do to correct it.
Todays cameras are marvels. They really are. The Automatic exposure settings are very good in comparison especially to the old old models. But they are still just a mechanism that can't think about what you want, you have to tell it what you want and work it through.
The wonderful thing is you can look at the picture you just took and make adjustments to get you where you want to be.
In this first class we're going to go over what ISO means and what situations you will use the different setting, We will go over shutter speeds and what they do to help you make your pictures clear and we will go over the aperture or F/stops to know what it does and how you use it to give your pictures a certain look and depth. Most importantly we'll learn how you use all three in combination every time you make pictures because these three things you can control and use to make pictures in any situation(we'll briefly discuss when a flash is needed--though admittedly I avoid them in virtually all photography if i can!
I will be gathering my images over the next few weeks to show as examples in this class and also putting together a couple other classes on studio lighting and how to think about your images as stories that all part of the picture work to tell. This might be a fun winter!