Beginning Digital Workshop

Join a small group of people passionate about photography and learn the basics of your camera in one Saturday hands-on session

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When & Where

  • Coming Soon
    10:00AM to 6:00PM


    The Cedars Union
    An incubator for the arts adjacent to Old City Park

  • 1219 S Ervay St, Dallas, TX 75215

    Free Parking in the lot on North Side of Building

What to Bring:

  • Camera with controls: Mirrorless or DSLR and
    one or more lenses

  • Fully charged battery

  • Memory card

  • A method of note taking

Registration:

  • Registration is $240.00 - includes lunch.

  • Advanced registration and payment required

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What you Learn:

Gain knowledge and experience to confidently use the creative controls the camera offers to produce beautiful photographs. Say good by to the auto setting.

  • The Basics: A tour of your camera and an overview of the fundamentals of exposure, F Stop/Shutter Speed/ISO.

  • Exposure Modes:
    Leave the green auto setting behind and get creative control

  • Buttons and Dials:
    Locate and understand the controls on your camera

  • Important menus & settings:
    File size, quality, file formats (JPG, RAW) white balance and ISO

  • Understanding what a digital image is:
    An easy to understand illuminating view under the technical hood

  • Exposure:
    A simple and thorough explanation of Shutter Speeds, F-stops, and their relationship to ISO and Light

  • Depth of field:
    Understand creative focus controls using selective focus for portraits and universal focus for landscapes

  • Motion blur or Frozen in Time:
    How and when to use different shutter speeds

  • Auto focus modes:
    An overview of auto focus and consideration of technical and creative control.

  • Put it all together:
    Practice what you have learned in a supervised model shoot with a slide show reviewing the participant’s images

  • Introduction to post production:
    The basics of Adobe LightRoom.

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What to expect:

A small class purposely designed for instructor, teaching assistant and participant hands-on interaction taught in The Cedars Union, an incubator for the arts adjacent to Old City Park.

Maximum number of students is 12.
Minimum number to make a class is 6.

Workshop Includes:

  • Lunch, soft drinks and water included

  • Classroom lectures and hands on shooting

  • The instructor will tether a camera to the computer for demonstrations and be available with a knowledgable assistant to answer questions

  • Shooting exercises with your camera in a safe learning environment

  • A photo session with models is scheduled in the afternoon to practice all you have learned.

  • Model fees for the afternoon shoot are included

  • Introduction to Post Production in Adobe Lightroom

  • A slide show of the participants images created in the model shoot

FAQs

Q: If I am attending the workshop with my friend/spouse/sibling, do we each have to register for the class, even if we only have one camera?

A: Yes, each person attending the workshop must register for a seat.

Q: What if I have to reschedule or cancel?

A: Reschedule & Cancellation Policies:

  • Reschedule up to 7 days prior to scheduled class: no charge for changes

  • Reschedule less than 7 days to scheduled class:
    $25.00 administration fee

  • Cancellation up to 7 days prior to scheduled class: 50% refund minus $25 administrative fee.

  • Cancellation less that 4 days to scheduled class: no refund

Q: What kind of camera is best for these workshops?

A: The classes are geared toward Digital Single Lens Reflex or Mirrorless cameras with controls for exposure and focus similar to cameras below:

  • Canon DSLR EOS 1DX, 5D series, 6D, 60D, 70D, 7D 90D, Rebel T2, T3, T4, T5, series

  • Canon Mirrorless R5, R3, R6, R7, R8, R10, RP

  • Fuji GFX, X-42, X-Pro, X-T5, X-T4, X-S20, X-510, XT-30, X-E4

  • Leica M Series, V-Lux, D-Lux, SL2, Q2

  • Nikon DSLR D3000, D5000, D7000, D600, D6, D780, D850, D7500, D5600, D3500, D5, D5500, D750, D7200, D5300 D700, D800, DF, D810 or the D4 series.

  • Nikon Mirrorless Z9, Z8, Z7, Zf, Z6ll, Z6, Z5, Zf6, Z50, Z30

  • Panasonic Lumix S5, S1, G9, G95, G100

  • Pentax 645Z, K-1 Series, K-3 Series

  • Sony Alpha Series, A9 Series, A7 Series, A1 Series, A6000 Series

  • More cameras are appropriate to the course if they have controls for exposure and autofocus, Click here for info

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