5-Days Photography Course Content

 

Day 1 (5 hours per day)

 

What is a photo?

Brief history of photography

Photography as art and culture

The journey from the first photograph to the present

 

Camera types and features

Features to consider when buying a camera

DSLR or Mirrorless camera?

Differences between Full Frame and Crop machine

 

Lens types and features

 

Other elements and features of the camera (memory card, tripod, filters, reflector, diffuser)

 

What are aperture, shutter speed, ISO settings?

What are the effects on photography?

 

What is white balance? How should it be used?

RAW or Jpeg? 

What is Dual pixel? 

What is RAW?

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Day 2 (5 hours per day)

 

What is the correct exposure and what are the effects on the photo?

 

What is AF operation? 

 

What are AF-S, AF-C, AF-A, One Shot, Al Servo and Al Focus? 

Which one is used according to the type of scene to be shot? 

What is AF Management?

 

Pan Zoom In - What are the Zoom Out techniques?

 

Understanding ISO, aperture and shutter speed settings through photo analysis

Technical photo reading techniques

 

Playing with light:

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Brightness, contrast, color temperature, high and low light (high key/low key)

Solutions and possibilities for the scarcity and abundance of light

Using flash

The cycle and basic properties of natural light

What is the golden hour and how to shoot at these hours?

What is backlight, how is it used in photography?

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Day 3 (5 hours per day)

 

What are the compositional elements in photography?

How should the technique, form, content and expression be?

What are the composition secrets of famous photographers?

 

1/3 rule and its application in photography

How to use horizontal and vertical framing?

How to create a frame in a photo?

 

Colors of a strong composition? Black and white or colour?

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What is street photography?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of being on the street?

How is light used?

What are the rules and techniques to consider when taking portraits on the street?

 

Dance of shadow and light in the street:

 

How to create contrast in composition?

What are the techniques to consider when shooting still objects and buildings?

Using natural and artificial light in street photography

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Day 4-5 (5 hours per day)

 

Application and evaluation of the techniques and rules we learned theoretically with two-day street photography trips in Balat streets.

Daily street photography workshop in Balat

 

After meeting and getting to know each other,

• A short briefing will provide information about street photography and street lighting.

• Your camera or phone settings will be checked and corrected if there is any mistake.

• Afterwards, practical shots of street photography will start.

• Finally, your photos will be evaluated by our trainer.

 

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

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Topics to be covered during the workshop:

• What is Street Photography?

• How to take effective street photos?

• What is the significance of the critical moment?

• Composition and natural framing techniques in street photography

• How should the camera settings be?

• What should be considered when taking street photos?

• The process of communicating while shooting on the streets

 

WHAT WILL YOU BE SHOOTING?

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During this workshop, you will take practical street photos in Balat. Moreover, you will add more beautiful street photos to your portfolio.

 

EQUIPMENT

 

• DSLR or Mirrorless Camera

• Zoom Lens

• Mobile phone

 

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10:00 - 12:00 Theoretical Hours:

Street photography, composition and light technique 

12:00 - 17:00 Practice Hours:

Applied street photography in the streets of Balat

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(Coffee and lunch break will be provided with the view of Balat.)