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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
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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

There are a great many decisions to make when you decide to get properly organised as a digital photographer. Shooting format, storage format, download method, storage location, backup routine, processing methods ... all these areas and more need to be handled the right way. Which is exactly where our course comes in. On our one day Digital Photography Introduction course, we cover all principle elements of today's digital photography workflow, from preparation to taking photographs, to storing, organising, managing and editing your images. For the practical sessions in image-editing, reference is made principally to market leader Adobe Photoshop. Topics covered include Introduction, Image formats, In-camera image storage devices, Storage methods, Transferring images, Organising your photo files, Evaluating your images, Photo-editing and Colour management (colour models, colour spaces and workflow).
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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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