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, you will receive worksheets to reinforce your learning and we will learn at your pace. This session is taught as a one to one session but can be modified for a group if you have friends who would like to attend also.

The session fee is £95 and includes:

all pre-planning tailored to your needs and camera
worksheets
the session itself
any communications before and after the session,
6 months email support for everything we cover on the session
an invitation to join our training group on facebook.

Sessions can be held at your home or at my space in Honiton, we just need a quiet space to work in.

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.

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.

3 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