GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHY TRAINING
- Learn to shoot like a Pro
What you'll learn
- Get the basic and fundamental knowledge of Photography
- Learn how to handle Camera, set up Studio lights and how they operate
- Learn how to take Creative Photographs
- Learn how to carry out basic retouch on a photograph
- Learn how to set up a Photography Business
Training pack
This course includes:
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Date: 12th August, 2024
- Time, Weekdays: 10:00am – 3:00pm (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays)
- Venue: 12, Osho Street, Opebi-Oregun Link Road, Ikeja, Lagos.
- Fee: N70,000
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Weekday Classes: 4 weeks (12 days) intensive, interactive and practical workshop
- Audience: General Public & Photo Enthusiasts
- Installment Payment: Acceptable
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For Enquires: +234 (0) 808-584-1009
[email protected]
Training Outline
1. Introduction to Photography
2. Types of Photography
3. The Camera
- Parts of Camera
- Components and accessories
- Parts of a Camera
- Shutter
- Lens
- Aperture
- Types of Lenses and their functions
- Focusing – Manual and Auto
- The Flash
- Types of Camera
4. Exposure
- How to combine Aperture, Shutter speed, ISO, White Balance, shooting modes and Flash to obtain an ideal image
- The Photographic Triangle
- The Hearth of the Triangle
- Correct Exposure vs. Creative Exposure
5. The Act of taking pictures (Recording)
- Briefs
- Understanding a brief
- Creating a brief
- Composition, framing, eye level, posing
- Photo Composition
- Rule of Thirds
- Golden Section Rule
- Diagonal Rule
- Framing your Shot
- Using Camera
- Using Photo-shop
- Watching out for hotspots
- How to control your backgrounds
- Unusual perspectives
- The eye/mind of a Photographer
- An eye for Details
- Types of shooting
- Posing
6. Communication
- General definition
- Types; Body language, sign, verbal
- Subject or object – Relational
- Working with an assistant
7. Lighting
- Sources – available and artificial
- Natural light
- Types of artificial light
- Tungsten
- Strobes – which are any type of triggering lighting i.e
- Studio flashes/light, built in, head on or dedicated flashes
- Properties of light
- Quality of light
- Hot or soft (in different wattages)
- Direction of light – at angle 45
- Creative light
- Main light
- Back light
- Head light
- Lighting effects
- Highlights, lights and shades
8. Editing
- Digital manipulation
- Use of various software
- Changing pictures from black to white
- Layout
- Colour effect
- Cropping
- Implanting
- Retouching
- Airbrushing
9. Packaging and Finishing
- Setting an album
- Setting a Frame
10. The Business of photography
- Getting Started:
- Equipment
- Studio Set-up
- Pricing
- Standardize your pricing package
- Develop a Contract/Agreement Form
- Get a sample Portfolio/Album/Photo-book
- Finance:
- How to Finance your Business?
- Marketing:
- Selling
- How to get clients
- How to sell (Creative selling process)
- Why clients buy
- How to Brand your Photography business
- Introduction to Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Selling
Ready to take the drive?
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