Photography Course for Beginners
9 Week Photography Course for Beginners + Personal Mentoring

FREE OPTIONAL EXTRAS
Mentoring: At the commencement of the course participants will be divided in to small groups and will be allocated a mentor to guide and advise them during the course. Mentors usually provide two mentoring sessions. Participants can choose between outdoor walkabouts in Dublin or on-line mentoring.

Camera Essentials Workshop: This short workshop helps you understand the key buttons on your camera and aims to support you in changing the key setting on your camera.

Associate Membership: An additional benefit for participants is that they are given Associate Membership for the 9 weeks of the course allowing them to participate in all club meetings and workshops and activities.  Full membershio for a year is also available at half price, which commences on the first day of the course.

End of Course Exhibition: At the end of the course participants are encouraged to enter some photographs into the Course Showcase which will be shown on the last night and appear in the gallery on our website.

COURSE OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION TO CAMERAS AND EQUIPMENT
An introduction to the different types of cameras, lenses and accessories, with an explanation of their uses and applications.

EXPOSURE - PART 1
An explanation of the various exposure techniques which may be used in film and digital cameras, their uses, and the effects obtainable.

COMPOSING THE PHOTOGRAPH
Arranging the elements of the picture to produce the most pleasing effect; what to avoid and some of the rules which may be used to improve your pictures.

ESSENTIAL IMAGE EDITING
Transferring your images from camera to computer and using simple image editors to enhance images for greatest effect.

LANDSCAPE & TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY
How to capture memorable images whilst exploring nature and on holiday, handling typical challenges which may arise.

PEOPLE PHOTOGRAPHY
This module will introduce some of the techniques and approaches to taking individual portrait and group pictures (including street photography), together with an introduction to flash photography.

MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHY
An introduction to monochrome photography with all its beautiful particularities and challenges.

EXPOSURE – PART 2
Revisiting the basics of exposure and looking at some more advanced aspects.

COURSE SUM-UP & LAUNCH OF COURSE EXHIBITION
A summing up of some of the main points raised during the course and advice on what to do next. We will showcase some of the Students’ images in an exhibition at the end of the course and the selected images will be shown tonight.