Practical Digital Photography for Everyone
Office, school, and home users learn to take and process digital images for Powerpoint presentations, proposals and reports, Web pages and email attachments, and, of course, traditional album prints. Discussions include shooting under different light sources, with flash and without flash, and composing a wide variety of photos from family snapshots, corporate coverages, events, and performances. A critical part of the workshop is learning to create simple, searchable image databases capable of being ported across computer platforms and protected against software obsolescence. The lessons and software are compatible with Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
Ideal Participants
- photographers taking the first steps in digital photography
- laymen who wish to lay the groundwork for a future career in photography
- businessmen and office employees
- students
- homemakers
- public relations and advertising people
- publication staff
Venue & Package
- Three and a half consecutive Saturdays
- at the FPPF Computer Room, 3/F Femii Building, Aduana, Intramuros, Manila [see locator map]
- P2,500 fee
- CD containing program used in the workshop
- Use of computer workstation (running the Microsoft Windows operating system).
- Workshop I.D. that entitles the participant to a discount on photofinishing at Fuji-Image Photolabs for three months
Requirements
Registration
- Pre-register at the FPPF office or online
- Make your payment in person or by bank deposit
Workshop sessions
- Digital camera. Cell phone cameras are acceptable, but discouraged.
- Familiarity with basic Microsoft Windows operations such as file navigation, opening programs.
- Mac OS and Linux users welcome, as the computer lessons and program are compatible with all operating systems.
Lecturers
Ador Pamintuan, photographer/lecturer
Vic Sison, photographer/lecturer
Ed Yap, copywriter/graphic designer/lecturer
Course Outline
- Camera Parts & Controls
- Exposure controls,
program icons, photo situation icons,
file formats & file sizes, JPEG & RAW,
viewing & deleting, memory cards
- Correct Exposure
- Exposing indoors & outdoors
Natural and artificial light- Early morning/late afternoon, noon (10 to 3)
Indoor light—office, home, mall
Stadium, stage
- Early morning/late afternoon, noon (10 to 3)
- Understanding white balance
- Flash Photography
- Figuring distance
Fill in flash, slow sync flash
Night photography
- Composition
- Identifying the focal point
Proper placement of the focal subject
Compositional “rules” (rule of thirds, leading lines, curves, framing the subject)
- Taking Pictures
- People—children, adults, posed and candid portraits
Places/Nature—landscapes, plants/flowers, trees
Events—corporate/school/family events, stage presentations
Public events (festivals, parades)
- Editing & File Management
- Sorting and renaming
Creating simple searchable archives
Basic editing—- color cast removal, darkening/lightening, cropping, rotating, removing red eye, converting to grayscale
- Resizing
- for Web pages
for emailing
for Powerpoint presentations
for desktop printers
for commercial digital labs
- for Web pages
- Creating simple layouts/projects
Creating/distributing slide shows
Creating contact prints
MAXIMUM of 16 PARTICIPANTS
(3-1/2 Saturdays)
September 16, 23, 30, October 7
P2,500 workshop fee.
Register @ http://www.photoworldmanila.com/form_wksp_reg.html
