How to use your Camera and the Basic Principles of Photography

11/9/2016

Our most popular beginner's course for teaching How to use your Camera and the basic principles of Photography.

Within this session we will use your camera's semi automatic and manual modes to take photos with sharp backgrounds, blurred backgrounds, to get fun light trail photos, to show movement and to get crisp, 'frozen' photos of moving subjects.

We will also cover the following points which are so important for creative control when practising in Photography:

Shutter Speed
Aperture
ISO
White Balance
Lens Markings
Camera Buttons and Functions
Depth of Field
Capturing Movement (frozen and blurred)
How Auto Mode Limits Creativity
Exposure Basics

The session duration is 3 hours. We can either learn in my Honiton studio or I can come to your home.

Studio (classroom) sessions are £139

Home visits are £169 additional fuel costs may be incurred if outside of Honiton.

All sessions include worksheets and homework tasks to support your learning and a range of memorable practical and theory based activities.

Continuing support is available via email or through our popular Facebook training group where we hold free weekly lives, competitions, share our work and socialise with other photography students.

Fill in your details below to enquire about this session:

Image Credit: Gemma Varney
Above set up: Fuji XT-1 With Lens Mount Adapter and Helios lens

All you need to bring is a camera with a charged battery and clear memory card, notebook and pen.

Tutor Gemma Varney

Enquire about the How to use your Camera and Basic Principles of Photography Workshop.

We will call you back as soon as possible to discuss your session. Thanks.

4 Comments

Courtney Neville

15/7/2019 12:03:57

Hello,

I'm interested in the How to Use Your Camera one to one 3 hour course. I have recently purchased a Sony a7iii with a Tamron 28-75mm/f2.8 lens. I am a total beginner! I am currently watching lots of youtube tutorials but I would love a pro to help explain things face to face.

It's very short notice, but I will be in Devon 24 - 28th. Are you available for this session on these dates?

Kind regards,
Courtney

Michelle

8/10/2020 13:04:45

hello Gemma, I would like to enquire about one to one, for beginners. would it be one to one in our house? My daughter is 13 and taking photography at school (this term, so very new)...It would be fantastic if she could have some training outside school, which will help her no end! She has a brand new camera (digital.) Thank you!

Paul Bennett

18/1/2021 18:47:37

Hi Gemma, we have purchased one of your 3 hour photography beginners course for our daughter for her 13th birthday. We are hoping to obtain a decent(ish) second hand camera from a friend of ours and it would be good to get her up and running and confident with how to use it!!

many thanks
Paul

Tina

8/6/2022 22:05:22

Are you still running course please