Digital Photography

Evening Design Workshop

This class gives students a basic understanding of digital photography. Students will learn to understand ISO, aperture & time value; enabling them to use a fully manual setting on the camera.

Why you should study with us:

Together with leaning the camera manual settings, students will obtain a basic understanding of photography theory including perspective and movement as well as the difference between camera RAW and jpeg.

Knowledge of Lightroom and Photoshop will be obtained through metadata, archival and basic photo retouching

Please bring your own camera. All other film equipment will be provided by Pacific Design Academy. 

Course Length: 6 weeks: 36 hours

Materials Needed: A Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) or mirrorless camera  is required for this course

Next Program intake:  April 16, 2024

Course Hours: 5:30 – 8:30pm. Tuesdays & Thursdays

Fees: $595.00 plus $25 nonrefundable registration fee. Taxes included.

This program does not require approval by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training. As such, PTIB did not review this program.

Course Outline

Class 1: Know your camera; Camera Basics, Shooting in Manual mode, and Exposure Triangle.

Class 2: Exposure Triangle continued; Speed photography, and Visual effects with shutter speed.

Class 3: Theory; Perspective, and rule of thirds, and Photo Critique.

Class 4: Light control; Leading lines, Reflecting light, and visual effects with filters.

Class 5: Creative photography; Focus point, Painting with light.

Class 6: Light control; Camera Light metering, Painting with light as fine art, and introduction to camera flash.

Class 7: Light control; on/off camera flash.

Class 8: Lightroom; Library module, personalization, metadata.

Class 9: Lightroom; Develop module, intro to retouching.

Class 10: Lightroom; Develop module, masking, introduction to Photoshop.

Class 11: Lightroom and Photoshop; Putting it all together, class review.

Class 12: Quiz, Photoshoot, Editing, and Presentation to class.

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