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Looking for any advice/recommendations for courses for amateur photographers.
Specifically looking for something which would allow me to get more out of my cameras ‘higher’ functions such as shutter speed and aperture.
Can anyone help?
Posted at 5:47AM, 7 May 2008 PDT
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I took a photography course at City Lit (search link currently broken- I might come back and check it works later) and I'd recommend the place. Mine wasn't at the same level as you're looking for, being instead a slightly specialised course on archicture, but I did find it reasonably priced and friendly. The location's central, too, which is good if you're doing an evening course and work in the City or West End.
One thing I do regret is that I took a weekend course, being two all-day sessions. I now think I'd have been much better served by a longer course, say ten weeks, with shorter evening lectures. The advantage with that is you get far more of an opportunity to go out, take photos, and bring them back to be critiqued. With a weekend course, you only really get one shot at this; with a multiple week evening course, in contrast, you get one chance per week for the duration.
Posted 2 months ago.
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Shutter speed, aperture, ISO, depth of field etc are the absolute basics. You can read all about them on the internet for free (start with Wikipedia). Why spend money and have the hassle of travelling to the venue to get simple information you can find in a thousand places on the web?
Spend your money instead on a decent second-hand SLR like a Canon 350D or a Nikon D50 and a 50mm lens, read a book on basic photography and get comfortable with your camera in manual mode, THEN take a more advanced course - artificial lighting, post=processing techniques, portraits, landscapes, wildlife, whatever floats your boat. My 2p :-)
Posted 2 months ago.
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Don't know how it works in the UK, but here in the states the big makers periodically sponsor workshops in the bigger cities -- so you'd be assured of getting an instructor who knows how your hardware works.
Friend of mine who teaches basic classes (framing, composition, exposure) says he's thinking of adding a short "know your camera" course because many people show up with unfamiliar equipment and need to learn the functions.
I kind of agree with "blech." All-day courses sort of overload me with information -- it's easier to absorb in shorter sessions. Or maybe I'm just getting old.
Posted 2 months ago.
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Hi Paul,
I did a beginners digital photography course two years ago and subsequently sort of got out of touch with my hobby and returned in full force after doing a bike trip last October. My SLR got trashed on the trip and bought a new 40D before xmas with an expensive lens as well. So not to waste alot of money on something just gathering dust aproached 2008 with a plan.
First thing I had to do is to learn all the basics again and this is how we went about it. I got two guys at work to join me once a week for an hour to go shooting after work. As it was winter and dark we got to play alot with shutter speed and apertures combined with using a tripod (where we could). The group grew from three of us to nearly 10 within two weeks and we still try and go out one evening a week. All of us amateurs but by creating "projects" or a theme for every week we learn so much from each other it is unbelievable and all free.
Looking back now I learnt more about not only my camera but photography in general which absolutely no course could teach me over a short period of time.
Things we covered so far
Shutter Speed
Aperture
2nd Curtain Flash
Panning
Composition
and the list goes on.
We normally go out on a Wednesday evening and pick a spot in the city to shoot. You will be amazed how many people are interested in learning the basics so ask your friends, colleages etc. Pack your camera, fresh battery and manual and get shooting. If you get stuck email me and we could arrange for you to meet up with us, the more the merrier.
Posted 2 months ago.
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If you do a search on courses in this group you'll find that Flickr member Cowfish pointed out a course at Richmond upon Thames College at Twickenham. I'm just coming to the end of that course, 1 hour a week for 30 weeks and it's been enjoyable and informative with excellent facilities, I can thoroughly recommend it. If you want any info feel free to Flickrmail me.
Originally posted 2 months ago.
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