Digital Photography Introduction | Training Course
Course Facts
- 1 day course
- Our Trainers are Authorised Professionals
- Live Online or Classroom-based
- Certificate of completion
- Maximum class size of 6 for scheduled courses
- Unlimited support after your course
- Courses at all levels: Introduction, Intermediate, Advanced and Masterclasses
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Image Formats
- In-Camera Image Storage Devices
- How Photos Are Stored in your Camera and Computer
- Transferring Images
- Storing Images - On Your System
- Storing Images - On the Road
- Organising Your Photo Files
We can tailor this course to you
If you have specific requirements, talk to us about customising this course to meet your exact needs.
Enquire NowWe offer Digital Photography Introduction as a private course, which means the course content can be fully customised to your exact learning requirements and run on your preferred dates.
Digital Photography Private One-to-One Training
One-to-one tuition tailored to your exact requirements. Your choice of duration, dates and content.
Enquire NowDigital Photography Team Training for Companies
Group bookings provide you with the most cost-effective way to train your team.
Enquire NowDigital Photography Introduction — Team Training and Bespoke Sessions
Booking a private training session allows you to focus on your exact needs on dates that work best for you or your team.
- Sessions can be run online or in person, on your site or at our London training centre.
- We manage training for many of the UK’s largest companies, taking care of all the admin, working with you to ensure the perfect course.
- Our expert trainers will first understand your requirements and then tailor each session to your exact specification.
- We offer a free consultation service to work out every detail of your course.
Prices for bespoke sessions with our expert trainers start at £595 + VAT, depending on the course and number of people.
Costs include all preparation time to customise the course to your exact requirements.
Overview of Digital Photography Introduction
Course Outline for the Digital Photography Introduction Training Course
Introduction
- Capturing Photographs
- Storing and Organising Photographs
- Editing Photographs
- Sharing Photographs
Image Formats
- Formats
- File Compression
- Colour Depth
- Choosing a Format
In-Camera Image Storage Devices
- SD cards
- Memory sticks
- SmartMedia cards
How Photos Are Stored in your Camera and Computer
- Drives
- Folders
- File Names
- Trees
- Paths
Transferring Images
- Card Readers and Slots
- Cable connections
- Wireless connections
Storing Images - On Your System
- Hard drives
- Optical discs
- CD/DVD burning software
- Labelling CD/DVD discs
Storing Images - On the Road
- Micro SD cards
- External hard disks, portable drives and flash drives
- Saving to the cloud
Organising Your Photo Files
- Libraries
- Tracking
- Watched folders
- Sorting
- Ranking
- Keywording
- Filters
- Metadata
- Previews
- Collections
- Stacks
- Light Table
- Exporting
- XMP
- Archiving
- Using all of the features - the workflow
Evaluating Your Images - Basics
- Evaluating image size and orientation
- Evaluating the tonal range
- Evaluating colours
- Evaluating details
- Evaluating sharpness
- Evaluating noise
- Global vs local editing
Evaluating Your Images - Histograms
- Evaluating Histograms
- Highlight Warning
- Clipped pixels
- Sample Histograms
Photo-editing - Global Editing
- The anatomy of Lightroom
- The Library Module
- The Develop Module
- Developing Images
- Other Modules
- Exporting
- Automation
Photo-editing - Local Editing
- Selection techniques
- Compositing
- Healing and cloning
- Dodging and burning
- Layers and Masks
Colour Management - Colour Models and Colour Spaces
- Colour Models
- Colour Spaces
Colour Management - The Workflow
- Creating profiles for colour management
- Using Profiles in Photoshop
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SEE COURSESUseful Links
- What is digital photography? – BBC Maestro article to how explore how digital photography is different to film photography
- Wikipedia page for Digital Photography – History and capabilities of digital photography
- Great tutorials from Cambridge in Colour – Learn how to take and edit digital photographs
- What does digital photography mean? – Understanding the process of using electronic and computing appliances to capture, create, edit and share digital images
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