Saturday 23 March: 10-3pm with follow-up session Saturday 6 April, 10-1pm. For those who would like to learn how to use their camera gear more confidently

Overview
Day One allows participants to discover and become familiar with all the controls on their camera. Learn how to use your camera, the situation and the lighting to take the most from the shot.
The Follow-up Session is a review of participant’s images and how to move forward to improve
Each session has a balanced mix of theory and practical experiences that allow the participant to learn specific techniques and then apply the knowledge in practice throughout the days.
Topic: Take Control of Your Digital Camera
- Review of participants cameras
- Types of lenses and their impact on photographs
- Setting up your camera: Image file types/ colour spaces
- Camera controls: getting off auto
- Taking Images out of the Camera
- Practical
- Question and Answers
Topic: Light and How to use it Effectively - Seeing the light:
- Understanding exposure: ‘correct’ exposure, under and overexposure, exposure compensation
- Natural Light Photography: what lighting for what use
- Practical
- Question and Answers
Topic: Composition and getting creative with your shots - Rules of composition
- Creating the best composition
- Breaking the rules
- Finding inspiration
- Practical
- Question and Answers
- ‘Homework’ Tasks
Follow up session: Types of photography and an Introduction to Post Processing - Review of Homework tasks: what worked and why and how to improve the shot
- Introduction to Software programs and post processing
- Saving Images for print, digital display and the web: sizing and other issues