Advanced Digital Workshop
Ballarat YMCA Camera Group is running an Advanced Digital Photography workshop on Sunday April 19th from 10.00 am till 5.00 pm. Cost is $30 – BYO lunch and camera. Numbers are limited to 16 attendees.
Venue: Kohinoor Community Centre. Corner Errard and Sebastopol Streets Ballarat.
The workshop is being run by Adrian Cooke and will cover:
- How light affects the Visual Elements (Shape, Texture, Form and Colour) in a photograph.
- Understanding ‘Hyperfocal Distance’ to help control ‘Depth of Field’.
- Controlling ‘Perspective’ by changing lens focal lengths and the camera to subject distance.
- Creating a greater ‘Colour Space’ (and more accurate colours) by using Adobe RGB
- Using ‘Raw’ files to control the exposure range of digital images.
- Composition and the Personal Viewpoint.
- Developing the ‘Photographic Eye’ and learning to see ‘Pictorially’.
There will also be two practical exercises: “The Professional Portrait” and “Texture – Pattern – Shape – Repetition”.
Note – this is not a course for beginners. Participants will need to know how to operate their camera in manual mode.
Anyone wishing to attend should let us know by March 31via email info@coriobaycameraclub.org.au and we will forward your details to the organisers
Useful Link
Members may be interested in checking out the Digital Photography School Website
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The link has also been placed on our Links page
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