Exciting news, Ully will be teaching classes out of the amazing Creation Station space at 5587 St Margaret’s Bay Road.
This location will be perfect for classroom style teaching as well as a launching point for field trips.
Starting in 2013 the primary focus with be a Digital SLR Photography course
Covering topics including:
- Learn what to consider when using a DSLR
- Discover features & controls to help you make better photos
- Expand your capabilities with lens, flash & accessories
- Understand file formats, memory cards & image management
- Get tips on camera handling & practise to improve your images
Make digital photography fun and enjoyable with in depth advice by a professional photographer
Ully Bleil is a contract stock photographer with Corbis and experienced instructor with HRM and the Digital Art School
Course Details
The Camera – Learn all about Cameras – Handling, Features & Functions
- The New SLR – Digital SLR benefits, Better photos than ever before. No cost pictures. High ISOs with less noise, more freedom to shoot, instant feedback, more connection to the subject, joy of photography. Digital cameras make better photographers…instant picture review…instant proofing ability. A learning tool…take as many pictures as you like. Digital is different; film vs. sensor…no film to carry. White balance control; flexible ISOs
- Digital SLR Features and Functions – Types of SLRs…Pro cameras; advanced amateur cameras; mass market cameras. What are you paying for? Format and Focal lengths; film formats; focal length equivalents; wide angle limitations; the sensor; colour capture; sensor types; mega-confusion; sensor cleaning; camera speed; boot up time; shutter lag time; drive speed; buffer capacity; memory card speed; autofocus & low light; metering; ISO settings; image quality; aperture settings; shutter speed; flash distance and settings; noise; noise abatement; noise & grain reduction software
- Get the most from your camera – Camera parameters, the LCD monitor; live view; check your LCD; edit as you go; exposure; film vs. digital; understanding meters; exposure compensation; exposure modes; auto exposure (P0); shutter priority (S or Tv); Aperture priority (A or Av); auto exposure bracketing (AEB); full auto & picture control modes; manual exposure (M). Why use manual exposure? Beyond good exposure; How to use the LCD & Histogram; How to Interpret what you see; Long digital exposures; combining exposure; white balance; the colour of light; what is white balance? Automatic white balance; getting the most from the presets; Custom or manual white balance; RAW & white balance; White balance& exposure; Metadata; How Can you use Metadata; Computer Access
Accessory Lenses & Flash – Learn all about lenses, Flash & other accessories
- Lenses – magnification factor; lens speed; wide angle lenses; telephoto lenses; zoom vs. single focus lenses; dedicated digital lenses; getting in close; add on lenses; close focus lenses; extension tubes; macro lenses; teleconverters; modern technology; special glass; aspherical lenses; diffractive optics; distance detection (D) lenses; high speed motors; image stabilization lenses; lens savvy; angle of view; prospective; depth of field; controlling depth of field; controlling depth of field; colour; experiment with your lenses; manufacturer’s or independent brand lenses.
- Protective filters; Dirt on the lens; maximizing image sharpness; proper hand holding technique; camera supports; tripods.
- Flash – the digital flash advantage; basic flash exposure; easy flash options; off camera flash; bounce flash; multiple flash; mixing flash & natural light; fill flash; slow sync; high speed sync.
Light, Composition & Design – Learn all about light, composition, design.
- Light Quantity…Quality…hard or soft; direction; front, back or side direction; colour – the colour wheel…warm or cool; how to evoke moods with colour; white balance; daylight; artificial light
- Composition – rule of thirds; golden section; centre of interest placement; leading lines; frame within a frame; fill the frame; point of view; using lenses
- Design – design principles; line, shape; form; texture; pattern; how to tell a story with your photo; how to shoot photo essays; how to travel with photo equipment; filters; polarizing filters; graduated neutral density filters; neutral density filters; image control; depth of field; f/stop; depth of field preview; distance; batteries; battery types; charging batteries
Digital workflow processes and considerations
- digital workflow: before you shoot, during shooting, transferring images, browse images, processing images, delivering images
- Types of memory cards; speed; memory size; downloading memory cards; downloading from the camera; card readers; taking your card to the lab; clearing the card; erasing the card; reformatting the card;
- field storage; downloading to your laptop; downloading to handheld storage & viewing devices, stand alone CD/DVD burners; protecting your images