Beginning Photography

Service Description

Are you interested in photography but are struggling to use your camera as well as you would like? Are you tired of spending hours on YouTube looking for answers to questions? Just love taking beautiful images and want to do more with your camera? This 6-week 6-class, in-person photography workshop will get you out of auto mode and create beautiful images of whatever subject inspires you! This course is for anyone wanting to know more about photography and understand how their camera works. We will cover the exposure triangle, composition, editing, equipment choices, and more. Each class will focus on specific aspects of photography and using your equipment to create amazing images. After covering the new information, we will have the opportunity to try out our new skills with hands-on activities to provide a chance to get feedback and questions answered right away. Then each week we will have homework to continue working on our new skills, and a private online group to post images and ask questions of the instructor and peers throughout the week.  Session 1: Getting Started in Manual Mode  Session 2: Understanding Aperture and Depth of Field Session 3: The How and Why of Shutter Speed Session 4: Composing better images and telling a story  Session 5: Exploring Photography Styles Session 6: Post-Processing and Editing Starting: January 7th (No Class Feb. 4th) Equipment needed for this workshop: Any DSLR or Mirrorless camera with a Manual Mode option(if you are unsure, please email contact@firstcitycreatives.com with questions) Optional equipment: Additional lenses, tripod, computer for editing, editing software(These items are not required for the workshop, but are nice to have)