Whether you want to photograph your friends, your family or just want to capture the beauty around you, this course will teach you in small groups the skills you need in order to make your wish come true

1.Basic Photographic Techniques

This lesson is designed for participants who want to acquire the basic technical background to lead them to shoot creative photographs.

Description of the lesson:

  • Camera technical specifications
  • Camera Programs
  • Shutter speed
  • Different lenses and how to use them
  • Diaphragm and Depth of field
  • Light metering
  • How to frame your images

2.Composition & Aesthetics in Photography

This lesson is designed to teach the basic rules and principles of photographic composition and aesthetics along with examples of each of them. We will begin with the most basic and we will conclude with some of the most advanced synthesis techniques that we will implement in practice. Participants will develop their sensitivity to their surroundings, concentrating on lines, shapes, light, color, and people.

3.Lightroom Classic 2023

In this lesson we will focus on the module Library and the module Develop that are the most basic tools of the program.

Lightroom is equally dedicated to professionals and amateurs and through its beautiful and friendly environment, it covers in a very efficient way all the work that the current photographer needs to do.

Import

  • Acquaintance with the Lightroom philosophy.
  • The work environment

Library

  • Manage the existing photo archive.
  • Import  photos, evaluate and categorize based on Keywords.
  • Quick search techniques.
  • Create Collections and Portfolios

Develop

  • Color and tonal corrections
  • Cropping, straightening the horizon
  • Explanation of the Histogram and corrections based on it.
  • Color Enhancement Techniques.
  • Disposal of unwanted objects (dust, rubbish, etc.)
  • Tackling the problem of “red eye”
  • Techniques to convert to black and white
  • Apply Split toning
  • Noise Reduction
  • Sharpening Techniques
  • Correction of perspective.
  • Local editing tools.
  • White Balance Corrections
  • Construction of panoramic photos
  • Implementation and manufacture of presets

Export and Back up

  • Export processed photos for any use
  • Manage galleries in social media through Lightroom
  • Backup techniques

4.Introduction to Basic Portrait Lightning Techniques

In this lesson, participants will learn the basics of portrait photography. We will start with the technical vocabulary of portrait photography, the necessary settings of your camera and we will continue with the basic lighting techniques.

5.Photographing People

People are everywhere, at work, at home, on the street, at school, and so on. The approach, (the greatest secret of the photographer) is a skill acquired with expanded knowledge of human behavior. Participants will take a lot of shootings  (indoors and outdoors) to familiarize themselves with the techniques and the different approaches to photographing people.

Program starts: Oct 21, 2024

Program duration: 100 hours

Program Cost: 700  euro

Classes: 18:00 to 21:30 – every Monday and Wednesday

Instructors: Dimitris Papadakos, Manos Lykakis

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