Digital Photography 1 with Shelley Wood

Do you have a digital camera and find it confusing? Discover how to take better pictures by understanding the elements of manual exposure and recognizing different qualities of light. The goal of this class is to understand your camera through different assignments: Intro to Navigating Manual Exposure (aperture, ISO and shutter); Natural Light, Framing (frame your subject with content within the cameras view finder); how to work with motion (blurring and freezing); introduction to flash learning to control the ambient light with the shutter, and flash with the aperture. The final assignment is light painting and using the self-timer or remote cable release to paint with a flashlight. Weather permitting, downtown Austin will serve as the backdrop. One component to this class is group discussion of manual exposure while viewing student's images. We will touch on other important digital topics such as organization of your images, safe handling of your camera and more. Digital SLR cameras preferred however a digital camera with manual controls of the aperture, shutter and ISO are fine for this class.