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Basic Digital SLR Photography

Get truly stunning photos from your SLR digital camera. Do you sometimes feel a bit overwhelmed with all the terms and choices - JPEG vs. RAW, flash cards, histograms, white balance, etc? Feel confident when it comes to using exposure controls such as ISO, shutter speed, and aperture? Better understand your computer software for output to email, the web and for prints.

This 4-week class meets on Wednesday from 6pm to 9pm at our office which is located in Overland Park, KS. Assignments for each lesson are given and reviewed at the next meeting. Make & Model of your camera is required when you enroll.

Course Cost: $199.00

Call or email for current class dates.
Private tutored classes also available.

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Payable online by Visa, MasterCard or PayPal. Must be paid in full before the start of class.

Classes are limited to 10 students. Classes are held at 8500 W. 110th St. Suite #500 Overland Park, KS

Lesson 1: Getting to Know Your Digital Camera Understanding your camera controls and functions. Checklist of what your camera can and cannot do. How to get the most out of your digital camera. The biggest advantages of shooting digital

Lesson 2: File Formats RAW vs. JPEG. Various file formats - advantages and disadvantages. Storage and memory issues - doing digital photography on the road. Getting bigger files after the fact.

Lesson 3: Introduction to Exposure Aperture and shutter speed for the non-photography major. Practicing with different f-stops to get different degrees of depth of field. Alternate ways to control aperture and shutter speed.

Lesson 4: ISO/ASA & Low-Light Digital Photography ISO Equivalents - changing ISO on the fly. Avoiding noise. Shooting at night - with and without a tripod.

Lesson 5: Adjusting Exposure/White Balance Why and when you need to go off the automatic Program mode. Exposure lock and where to meter. Exposure compensation vs. true exposure control. Understanding the histogram and using it to determine best exposure. The color of light for the non-physics major. Understanding the white balance options. The easy way to getting the correct white balance.

Lesson 6: Camera to Computer –Your Software Now that you are shooting great photos its time to learn how to get them from your camera to your computer. Color correct, manipulate, resize and printing.

Lesson 7: Composition and Lens Choice Principles of design. The EZ way to understand the Golden Rectangle. Putting the Rule of Thirds to good use. Shooting vertical as well as horizontal. Understanding lens focal lengths. Wide angle options with SLR lens magnification factors.

Lesson 8: Getting Creative and Having Fun! Having fun with some of the more unusual, creative features found in many digital cameras and their accompanying software. For example, using the panoramic mode or photo stitching functions - fixing and holding exposure across multiple shots. Shooting black and white and sepia tone in the camera. Shooting in the macro mode.

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Beginning Photoshop for Photographers

Master the nuances of this powerful image-editing software. Do you find reading software manuals frustrating? Are you struggling to overcome the infamous learning curve that comes with Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements? This course will open the door to many of the most commonly used technics used to manipulate digital images. Student should own either Adobe Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3 or Photoshop Elements.

This 4-week class meets on Thursday from 6pm to  9pm at our office which is located in Overland Park, KS. Assignments for each lesson are given and reviewed at the next meeting. Make & Model of your camera is required when you enroll.

Course Cost: $199.00

Call or email for current class dates.
Private tutored classes also available.

Click Here to Pay & Enroll for Class

Payable online by Visa, MasterCard or PayPal. Must be paid in full before the start of class.

Classes are limited to 10 students. Classes are held at 8500 W. 110th St. Suite #500 Overland Park, KS

Lesson 1: Basic Setup, Workflow, and Fun with Filters Assignment: Calibrate monitor, set preferences, etc., and submit Before-and-After pairs of images showing the effects of using a Photoshop filter.

Lesson 2: Rotating and Cropping Assignment: Find or shoot some images to practice cropping. If you need to, go out and shoot some askew horizons so you have some material to use while practicing with the Crop tool.

Lesson 3: Layers and Levels Assignment: Work with images that need more contrast, and ones that need less contrast.

Lesson 4: Retouching with Cloning and the Healing Brush Assignment: Practice retouching or removing unwanted objects using the Clone tool, and at least one of the tools in the Spot Healing Brush drop-down menu.

Lesson 5: Curves, Color Balance, and Hue/Saturation Assignment: Submit Before-and-After pairs for adjusting contrast, adjusting color, and adjusting hue or saturation.

Lesson 6: Using Selection Tools Assignment: Look through your images and find several that would provide a good opportunity to use at least three of the tools and commands described in this lesson.

Lesson 7: Resolution, Image Sizing and Sharpening Assignment: Explore Photoshop's Image Size command. Take a favorite image and enlarge it as much as you possibly can, before you see those resolution problems begin to rear their ugly heads. Also, practice your cropping technique again and zoom in on one detail area of your enlarged photo.

Lesson 8: Using Text by Creating a Promo Piece Assignment: Add text to one of your favorite images, or use several images and text to make a promo piece - business card, inspirational poster or flyer for an event, or advertising/promotional piece.

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