ACC Beginners' Photography Workshop (over 5 Wednesday evenings 7pm-9.30pm)

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About this event:

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The Aspley Camera Club will be holding a BEGINNERS’ COURSE  on the following dates: Wednesday evenings 2nd June,  9th June,  23rd June,  30th June and the last one will be on the 7th July. These will be held in the meeting room in the Bracken Ridge library from  7pm to 9.30pm.

  • Please note – no class on Wed 16th June is meeting room is booked for another activity.

Any members or friends of members, who wish to come along bring your camera gear & manual if you have one, a pen and notepad.

There will be membership forms available for anyone wishing to join. If wishing to take part in these lessons or make enquiries, please rsvp by emailing Daryl Fisher dj.fotoworx@gmail.com or via the ACC Website Events Calendar.

Participants:

All welcome but the depth of the course is limited and aimed at encouraging participants to explore other options offered by their camera other than setting the camera on Auto.

It is expected that the participant has a digital camera which permits manual adjustment of speed and aperture.

Cost:

The lessons are offered free of charge.  However participants will be required to have paid the annual club membership at the commencement of the course date.

The Aims of the course:

To provide participants with an understanding of:

  • the main elements of a digital camera
  • selecting camera settings relevant to a task.
  • composition considerations

Week  1 June 2: (Presenter: Owen Marks )

Introduction

Explore the camera

                Set Up, Handling, Changing lenses, cleaning

                Switches and Buttons

                Focus – Autofocus

                Auto vs Manual Settings

Weeks 2 June 9: (Presenters: Dianne Hodge and Jim Psaltis)

Exposure

                                ISO vs Speed vs Aperture

Depth of Field

                                Aperture Priority

Speed

                                Speed Priority

Week 3 June 23: John Stein – Intro to Photoshop) TBC

Software: Introduction to Photoshop

(Presenter will also be demonstrating how to prepare photos for monthly competition – format requirements et al for Print & Projection.) 

Week  4 June 30: (Presenters: Lyndall & Robbie Lazar)

Composition

Week Five  July 7: (Presenter: Peter Law)

Software: Introduction to Lightroom

 

        

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