Mastering Your Digital SLR Camera Jan 18 9-12 pm or Jan 19 6-9 pm
Kim Ashley, Instructor The Artistic Image, Robert Laetare, Host & Location
Purpose. Understanding your equipment is key to becoming a creative photographer. This workshop not only helps you gain mastery over your camera and lens system, it also introduces you to the accessory equipment that professionals use to achieve their creative results. A practical, hands-on workshop helping you master your DSLR camera's special features, dials, and menus. This workshop is designed especially for beginning photographers.
Content. Equipment overview, including camera body and lenses. How to set-up your camera like the pros do, including color space, image format, menu settings. How to choose a shooting mode, including the two creative modes the pros use the most. How to choose a metering mode depending on different lighting conditions. How to choose an autofocus mode in order to get sharp images. Additional topics include understanding the histogram, white balance, and depth-of-field.
Workshop Outline
Equipment & Accessories
- Camera Body--sensor, battery, memory cards, viewfinder, LCD, dials, buttons, features
- Lenses--fixed, zoom, wide-angle, telephoto, image stabilizers, filters, extenders
- Flash--built-in flash, external flash,
Setting up Your Camera - Pro Tips
- White Balance--auto, sunny, cloudy, indoors, etc
- File Formats--JPEG, RAW
- Color Space--sRGB, Adobe RGB
- General Set-up Options--review times, file numbering
- Formatting your memory cards
Camera Operations - Pro Tips
- How to Focus--manual, auto-focus, autofocus points
- How to Get a Good Exposure--ISO, aperture, shutter speed, metering modes, histogram
- Choosing a Drive Mode--single, continuous, self-timer
- Choosing a Shooting Mode--automatic, basic, creative
- Aperture Priority--Pro's choice for landscapes and portraits
- Shutter Priority--Pro's choice for action
Details. Bring your digital SLR camera and manual. The workshop is illustrated with the Canon Rebel XTi. The instructor is also familiar with the Nikon D3100. It is highly recommended that you read your manual before attending the workshop.
- Skill level: For beginning photographers
- Class size: 5 minimum. 10 maximum.
- Cost: $29 ($25 for ELCC members)
- Duration: 3 hours.
- Dates: Jan 15 (Sat) 9-12 pm or Jan 18 (T) 9-12 pm or Jan 19 (W) 6-9 pm. Additional dates TBA.
- Location: The Artistic Image, 312 Adams St, SE(Nob Hill). Two blocks south of Central; one block east of Washington. Phone: 505.554.2706. Bob Laetare, Owner.
- Registration: Register by calling Kim Ashley at 505.922.6251 or by emailing Kim at .
About the Instructor. Kim Ashley is an award-winning photographer who retired from teaching after a twenty-year career. He is the author of the popular book, Photographing Albuquerque, and a member of the Albuquerque Photographers Gallery in OldTown. Please visit his website at kimashleyphotos.com.