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Portrait Photography


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James Stevens
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Purchase for $17 (NZD) or enter access code

Portraits are photographs of a person or group of people that capture the personality of the subject by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses.


Whether you want to be a photographer or just love taking pictures, learn what you need to know through the How to use your DSLR class that will teach you how to use your camera to tell a story, how to play with light and exposure, and more. Get tips on photo editing, studio photography, using backgrounds, and composition basics as well.

 

    The How to use your DSLR course offers you a course of extraordinary detail, care and expertise, plus the chance to unleash your creativity, boost your enjoyment of life and your appreciation of the world around you. Each module in this course has been carefully crafted by the expert team of master photographers of our academy and designed to help and inspire you to want to learn as much as possible and just fall in love with photography from the very first shoot. Our expert photographers will be there for you, at all times, and they will help create the time, motivation, and structure for you to become a successful photographer, whether you do it for pleasure or profit.

     Whatever your age, background or current ability is in photography, we will take you by the hand and give you all the guidance and intensive, in-depth help that you need to take dazzling photos, from how to choose the right camera for you, understand shutter speed and aperture, composition basics, light and exposure, and more. Everything is covered in this advanced course. You can learn at your own pace, safe in the knowledge that all of your learning materials are stored on our site and can be accessed at all time. 

 

Here is the class outline:

1. Camera maintenance

In this lesson we will learn how to maintain our camera in a good condition.

Cleaning the camera lens
Camera cleaning

2. Choosing the right lens

On this lesson, we will learn how to choose the right lens in different situations.

How to find the lens you need
Which lens do you prefer?

3. Final test

The final assignment for passing the class will be a quiz about all the settings learned.

Final test

4. Frames as Technique

In this lesson students will learn how to use frames as a technique in photography. We will talk about types of frames, focus on some of the most used types of frames, and what are the camera settings when using frames.

Framing
Framing

Completion

The following certificates are awarded when the class is completed:

Completion certificate
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