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Workshop 101: Camera Basics

Learn to oper­ate your camera’s basic set­tings and over­come the dull results of auto-mode.

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$84 • 3-hour work­shop • Lim­it­ed to 5 stu­dents • Pro instruc­tor

Automatic mode letting you down? Feeling intimidated by all the settings and buttons? Join us to discover your camera’s essential basic settings with the guidance of a professional photographer.

Expo­sure Ther­a­py will kick­start your jour­ney towards tak­ing full con­trol of your cam­era and tak­ing bet­ter pic­tures. This begin­ner work­shop intro­duces you to the essen­tial basic set­tings found on most dig­i­tal cam­eras.

 

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Description

What you’ll learn

  • Choos­ing the right expo­sure modes
  • JPEG vs raw: when to use the prop­er image for­mat
  • How to adjust the white bal­ance
  • Intro­duc­tion to expo­sure and ISO speed
  • How to read the his­togram
  • How to cor­rect the expo­sure

In-depth

This intro­duc­to­ry les­son will acquaint you with the main pic­ture-tak­ing fea­tures found on DSLR, mir­ror­less, and enthu­si­ast com­pact cam­eras. Our les­son will dis­cuss the expo­sure mode dial and its pri­ma­ry func­tions. You’ll be intro­duced to set­ting dif­fer­ent image for­mats, adjust­ing pic­ture res­o­lu­tion and qual­i­ty, and select­ing the most appro­pri­ate colour style for your sub­ject. We’ll also dis­cuss the con­cept of white bal­ance and its impor­tance to elim­i­nat­ing colour casts. There will be a brief overview of expo­sure, ISO speed, and their effect on pic­ture bright­ness. The the­o­ret­i­cal part of the course will con­clude with an expla­na­tion of how to read the his­togram to assess your expo­sures and how to quick­ly trou­bleshoot auto expo­sures and com­pen­sate for mis­takes before they occur.

Dur­ing the prac­ti­cal por­tion of the work­shop, we’ll explore how you can apply the con­cepts learned in the first half of the les­son to real-world pho­tog­ra­phy.

Important Details

This is part one of four in our series of pho­tog­ra­phy cours­es for begin­ners. You’re wel­come to take one, some, or all of the class­es at your leisure; how­ev­er, we rec­om­mend tak­ing mul­ti­ple class­es in their cor­rect order. 

Work­shop 101 is also avail­able as a pri­vate pho­tog­ra­phy course for 1–2 peo­ple. 

Meeting Location:

In front of The Roy­al Con­ser­va­to­ry of Music.

Accepted cameras:

  • We accept all cam­eras capa­ble of man­u­al mode.
  • We accept all brands of dig­i­tal cam­eras.
  • Con­tact us if you’re unsure about your camera’s suit­abil­i­ty for this course.

What to bring:

  • Cam­era and lens
  • Bat­tery (ful­ly charged)1If you’re par­tic­i­pat­ing in more than one work­shop, please bring either your bat­tery charg­er or a sec­ond bat­tery to ensure you can oper­ate your cam­era through­out the day.
  • Mem­o­ry card (emp­tied)
  • Cam­era man­u­al
  • Note­book and pen
  • Ques­tions and thirst for knowl­edge!

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Work­shop 101: Cam­era Basics

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What to wear

Most of our pho­tog­ra­phy work­shops fea­ture out­door exer­cis­es to apply the the­o­ret­i­cal con­cepts into prac­tice. Mon­i­tor the weath­er fore­cast and ensure you dress appro­pri­ate­ly for the conditions—especially on cold days.2Please note that the lithi­um bat­ter­ies pow­er­ing your cam­era may exhib­it dimin­ished pow­er out­put in cold con­di­tions. When sub­ze­ro air tem­per­a­tures are fore­cast for the day of your work­shop, we rec­om­mend bring­ing two or more cam­era bat­ter­ies.

Meeting point and workshop location

Our class­room-free work­shops take place out­doors, involve walk­ing and fea­ture loca­tions that may not be ful­ly acces­si­ble. Cur­rent­ly, we meet in front of The Roy­al Con­ser­va­to­ry of Music (273 Bloor St W, Toron­to, ON M5S 1W2).

We reserve the right to change the meet­ing loca­tion and will noti­fy you at least 48 hours in advance of such changes. A mod­i­fied meet­ing loca­tion will always be with­in 500m of a TTC sub­way sta­tion.

Cancellation and refunds

Satisfaction guarantee

We want to ensure that you ful­ly under­stand the mate­ri­als cov­ered in our pho­tog­ra­phy cours­es. If you aren’t com­plete­ly sat­is­fied with your learn­ing expe­ri­ence, please let your instruc­tor know imme­di­ate­ly after your work­shop con­cludes. We’re more than hap­py to address any points of con­fu­sion on the spot or to offer you the oppor­tu­ni­ty to repeat the same work­shop on a future date (pend­ing avail­abil­i­ty).

Cancellations

Our full can­cel­la­tion and refund pol­i­cy is found in the Terms of Sale. The fol­low­ing sum­ma­ry is for your con­ve­nience:

  • We accept can­cel­la­tions for a full refund up to four (4) weeks in advance of your ini­tial­ly-sched­uled course.
  • We accept sched­ule mod­i­fi­ca­tions up to sev­en (7) days in advance of your ini­tial­ly-sched­uled course.