DSLR Photography
This workshop is based on Digital SLR Photography For Dummies
by Mark Holmes
This workshop teaches you how to focus selectively on a subject for maximum effect, how to keep it in focus even when it is moving quickly, and how to set autofocus for different situations.
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Getting Fancy With Focus
- Learning how to use autofocus allows you to capture sharp portraits and fast-moving sports.
- Choosing an autofocus point means you can focus on a subject even if it is placed at the edge of the viewfinder.
- Using manual focus gives you the ability to focus even in low light.
- Controlling depth-of-field allows you to bring the foreground and background into focus on landscape subjects.
Until fairly recently, autofocus was a feature not found on professional cameras, being thought too slow and unreliable to cope with demanding shooting situations. This is no longer the case and autofocus is now the main way to focus any DSLR. Manufacturers have made autofocus lenses that are fast, silent, and accurate when focusing in most situations.
When you focus your camera, you can either do so manually by turning the focus ring on your camera lens until the subject looks sharply focused, or you can rely on the autofocus system. Whichever method you use, you need to consider where in the scene to put the focus and whether or not the subject is moving. The advances in autofocus now mean that you can choose where to set your focus in the viewfinder and whether or not you wish to track a subject with focus when it moves.
Subjects include:
- Focusing with auto focus point selection
- Choosing a single focus point
- Using expanded focus points
- Choosing an Autofocus Mode
- Focusing On a Stationary Subject
- Focusing on a Moving Subject
- Autofocus failure causes
- Focusing Manually
- Manipulating Depth-of-field
- Focusing at hyperfocal distance for landscapes
- Using a kit lens to take a portrait with a shallow-depth-of-field
- Back-button autofocus explained
Workshop format
This is a two-hour workshop. We will meet in fun locations around San Diego with a range of shooting subjects. Each workshop starts with an explanation of the lesson plan, in which we discuss what we are trying to achieve that day. We will then all work on a number of practical exercises with short breaks for explanation and summaries. At the end of the workshop we will come together to discuss what we have learned. The workshop is based on the contents of Digital SLR eLearning Kit For Dummies with additional exercises and information. Class sizes are small to enhance your learning experience.
Cost: $75 FIND DATE AND REGISTER
Individual workshops cost $75 each. Purchase a certificate for all eight classes at a substantial discount (8 x 2-hour classes) = $450 or four workshops (4 x 2 hour classes) for $250.
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