Summer School - Photography for Young People - Putney School of Art and Design

Summer School – Photography for Young People

On this course participants will learn to use a digital camera in a fun and creative way.

What The Course is About:

On this one-day course, the basics of taking digital pictures will be explored with demonstrations by the tutor along with some class based teaching and plenty of practical sessions to practice using a digital camera. We will look at genres of photography such as taking pictures of people, street photography and well-known photographers work. This will help deepen the understanding of photography and how a camera works.

The fundamentals in photography will be covered: including understanding relationship between ISO, F-stops & shutter speeds to composition and depth of field. We will compare different camera settings to understand best practice and look at how to deal with different light sources outdoors and indoors.

How to enhance and improve images using photographic software.

Materials Required:

You‘ll need to have a digital camera, which could be a DSLR, bridge or mirror less camera. The quality of camera isn’t important.

Previous Experience:

All Levels

End of course:

By the end of the course you will have gained some of the necessary skills to create interesting creative pictures and learn how to fully operate your digital camera and use the manual setting to get the correct exposure.