Classroom Session:
You will learn to completely reset your camera and set it for the best settings to shoot in Full Manual Exposure mode. 

• Understand the cameras' models categorization of your favorite camera brands (Group A, B and C).
• Know the importance of the camera's output File Size and Quality.
• Understand the difference between File Size vs Quality.
• Learn the difference between Manual Exposure and Exposure Compensation.
• Understanding what are Focusing Modes & how they work (AF-S, AF-A & AF-C and also One Shot, AI Focus, AI Servo).
• Understanding what are Focusing Areas (Single, Dynamic, Auto-Area and Single or Auto-Area).
• Understand the difference between Focusing Modes vs Focusing Areas and what Mode and Area best to be used.
• Learn the technique of Focus, Lock & Recompose like how professional photographers do.
• Aperture, and effectively understand its relationship to sharpness, blurriness, depth of field and its contribution to the Exposure Mix.
• Shutter, and effectively understanding its relationship to speed, motion and it's contribution to the Exposure Mix.
• ISO, and effectively understand its relationship to sensor sensitivity, image definition and image noise.
• Learn the 5 most important Compositional rules that will make your photos STUNNING immediately.
• Learn to avoid making the same mistakes what most beginners do in terms of camera settings and shooting style.
  
  Practical Sessions:
  The practical session will ensure that participants get the following hands on:
• Practise on how to read your cameras' Meter Exposure under comprehend what the scales mean.
• Practise and mastering the right way to focus with Auto Focus & Single Area (One Shot & Single Focus Point)
• Learn to differentiate between Exposure Metering & Focusing and the right sequences of performing them.
• Learn to Focus, Lock & Recompose to achieve faster shooting styles.
• Learn to create distinct Layers in each scene, thus creating photos with depth and contrast.
• Learn the concept of Depth Of Field, participants will be guided on how to create blurry background or sharp background layers.
• Learn to predict when the camera's Exposure Meter will become inaccurate and the limitations of shooting with natural light.
• Learn to trick the camera's Exposure Metering by knowing precisely when to increase exposure or reduce exposure.
• Practise various Compositional techniques (such as Tilts, Rule of Thirds, Perspective, Cube, etc).
• Learn to shoot in dark locations and very dark locations.
• Practise on bright locations and very bright locations.
• You will also be exposed to shooting indoor and also outdoor.
• You will be guided to seek and identify nice locations for shoots.
• Practise to shoot FASTER in full Manual Mode, comprising scene selection, exposure metering and finally focus-locking and recomposing.
  
  
  
  
   

  
   Class Details:

• Full-day class from 10am to 5pm.
• Lunch is excluded.  You can have your own lunch at the restaurants nearby the academy.
• Certificate of Completion is awarded upon your completion of this class.
• Class is divided into 2 sections throughout the day: Theory Session and Practical Session.
• We maintain a low student-to-model ratio allowing for better shooting opportunities and experimentation with various camera settings.
• Professional models are hired to allow participants to practise their newly learned skills on shooting.
• Class notes will be provided when you sign up via our online system; these include videos, cheat-sheets and also summary notes, which you can watch or print at your own convenience.
• There is a minimum number of 5 participants for this class. If this minimum number is not achieved, we have no alternative but to reschedule this class or refund accordingly.