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104: Manual Exposure

Learn how to read the light and set expo­sures man­u­al­ly to achieve cre­ative results.

$1051$89.25 when pur­chased as part of the 4‑course bun­dle. • 3‑hour course • Small class­es • Pro instruc­tor

Learn to interpret your camera’s exposure meter and combine it with your knowledge of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO to take manually exposed photographs.

In this cul­mi­na­tion of my intro­duc­to­ry cours­es, you’ll learn how to apply the knowl­edge from the pre­vi­ous class­es towards mak­ing accu­rate man­u­al expo­sures and ensur­ing that your sub­ject is cor­rect­ly focused.

Work­shop 104: Man­u­al Expo­sure & Focus

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Take control of your exposures.

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What you’ll learn:

  • The dif­fer­ent meter­ing modes avail­able on your cam­eras and how they mea­sure light
  • How to main­tain a con­sis­tent expo­sure across sev­er­al pho­tos
  • How to take pic­tures in tricky light­ing con­di­tions, such as back­lit sub­jects
  • The three com­mon aut­o­fo­cus modes (AF‑S, AF‑C, and AF‑A) and when to use them2Advanced mir­ror­less cam­eras may have sophis­ti­cat­ed aut­o­fo­cus sys­tems with face and eye recog­ni­tion, sub­ject track­ing, and more. I won’t cov­er these func­tions in this work­shop to make sure all par­tic­i­pants can fol­low along. If you’re inter­est­ed in learn­ing about your cam­er­a’s aut­o­fo­cus capa­bil­i­ties, I’m hap­py to offer pri­vate instruc­tion.
  • How to keep mov­ing sub­jects in focus

In-depth

Con­trary to the pop­u­lar belief of many novice pho­tog­ra­phers, using man­u­al expo­sure is both straight­for­ward in its sim­plic­i­ty and works with the aut­o­fo­cus sys­tem.

This work­shop will unwrap the mys­tique sur­round­ing man­u­al expo­sure pho­tog­ra­phy. You’ll dis­cov­er how cam­eras mea­sure light to deter­mine expo­sure and how to use that infor­ma­tion to cre­ate con­sis­tent man­u­al­ly exposed pho­tos. This work­shop will instruct you on the sig­nif­i­cance of mid­dle grey tones to meter­ing light and how this ties into your camera’s meter­ing modes. Last­ly, I’ll teach you how to accu­rate­ly read and under­stand the infor­ma­tion pro­vid­ed by the expo­sure lev­el indi­ca­tor. In the sec­ond of half of the pho­tog­ra­phy les­son, I’ll show you how to use your camera’s built-in aut­o­fo­cus fea­tures cor­rect­ly, select aut­o­fo­cus points, increase your camera’s focus accu­ra­cy, and keep mov­ing sub­jects in con­stant focus. 

Dur­ing the work­ing por­tion of the work­shop, I’ll demon­strate how you can apply the con­cepts learned in the for­mer half of the les­son to real-world pho­tog­ra­phy by prac­tic­ing man­u­al expo­sure and engag­ing in sev­er­al aut­o­fo­cus exer­cis­es.

Important Details

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

Enrol in 104: Man­u­al Expo­sure as part of my begin­ner pho­tog­ra­phy 4‑course pack­age and save.

Course 104 is also avail­able as a pri­vate pho­tog­ra­phy course for 1–2 peo­ple.

Meeting Locations:

One of two loca­tions depend­ing on the time of year and weath­er.

April – Novem­ber: In front of The Roy­al Con­ser­va­to­ry of Music:

Decem­ber – March: The Allen Lam­bert Gal­le­ria inside Brook­field Place, just by the RBC Domin­ion Secu­ri­ties facade:

Accepted cameras:

  • All cam­eras capa­ble of man­u­al mode.
  • All brands of dig­i­tal cam­eras.
  • Con­tact me if you’re unsure about your camera’s suit­abil­i­ty for this course.

What to bring:

  • Cam­era and lens
  • Bat­tery (ful­ly charged)3If you’re par­tic­i­pat­ing in more than one work­shop, please bring your bat­tery charg­er or a sec­ond bat­tery to ensure you can oper­ate your cam­era through­out the day.
  • Mem­o­ry card (emp­tied)
  • Cam­era man­u­al
  • Notepad and pen
  • Ques­tions and a thirst for knowl­edge!

Recommended prerequisites

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Work­shop 104: Meter­ing Light & Focus

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The scope of our photography lessons

At Expo­sure Ther­a­py’s pho­tog­ra­phy cours­es, I focus on build­ing a strong foun­da­tion in pho­tog­ra­phy that will work well with most cam­eras. How­ev­er, to ensure a con­sis­tent and pos­i­tive expe­ri­ence for all par­tic­i­pants, I can­not cov­er every fea­ture of every cam­era. If you have an advanced cam­era and would like to learn more, I’d be hap­py to offer pri­vate pho­tog­ra­phy lessons that explore those fea­tures in more depth.

What to wear

This is an out­door pho­tog­ra­phy work­shop, so it’s essen­tial to check the weath­er fore­cast and dress appro­pri­ate­ly for the con­di­tions on the day of the work­shop. This is espe­cial­ly impor­tant on wet days, so bring weath­er-appro­pri­ate cloth­ing to stay com­fort­able and pro­tect your equip­ment.4To ensure the best per­for­mance of your cam­era dur­ing the work­shop, I rec­om­mend bring­ing two or more ful­ly charged bat­ter­ies.

Meeting point and workshop location

My work­shops are held out­side and involve walk­ing to dif­fer­ent loca­tions. Please note that some places we vis­it may not be ful­ly acces­si­ble.

In the event of bad weath­er, I may need to change the meet­ing loca­tion for the work­shop. I’ll inform you in advance if this hap­pens and will ensure the new loca­tion is easy to get to by pub­lic trans­porta­tion.

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, refunds, and rescheduling

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

  • All sales are final, and no refunds are giv­en if you can­cel.
  • If unex­pect­ed issues occur, you can resched­ule up to 24 hours before your group pho­tog­ra­phy work­shop is sched­uled to start.