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Tools of the Trade |
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Film versus Digital |
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24-Jun-2009 |
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The Camera |
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24-Jun-2009 |
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Types of Camera |
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24-Jun-2009 |
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Buying a Digital Camera |
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24-Jun-2009 |
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Taking the Picture |
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Taking the picture, holding the camera,
pressing the button |
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21-Jul-2009 |
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The key to sharp images |
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21-Jul-2009 |
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Camera Modes (part 1) |
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21-Jul-2009 |
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Basic Camera Settings : Quality, Resolution,
File format, ISO, Optical and Digital Zoom |
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21-Jul-2009 |
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The Technical Stuff |
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Exposure (part 1)
Shutter, Aperture, ISO |
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21-Jul-2009 |
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Exposure (part 2)
Stops/EV, Controlling exposure,
Equivalent exposures |
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15-Aug-2009 |
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Exposure (part 3)
Creative use of exposure, Striking a balance,
Aperture and sharpness, Does the camera
ever get it wrong? |
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15-Aug-2009 |
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Exposure (part 4)
Exposure values, Exposure compensation,
Exposure bracketing, Burnt highlights |
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15-Aug-2009 |
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Exposure Quiz! |
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15-Oct-2009 |
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Exposure Quiz (The Answers) |
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15-Oct-2009 |
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Camera Modes (part 2) - The Creative Zone
Auto, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority,
Manual Mode |
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15-Oct-2009 |
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Camera Metering |
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15-Oct-2009 |
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Lenses (part 1)
focal length, sensor size, crop factors |
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18-Oct-2009 |
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Lenses (part 2)
lens types and characteristics, what all the
letters in the lens description mean |
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18-Oct-2009 |
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Lenses (part 3)
Fast lenses, image sharpness, macro lenses,
tilt and shift lenses, image stabilisation,
secondary lenses (e.g. teleconvertors) |
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18-Oct-2009 |
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Focal Length and Perspective |
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25-Oct-2009 |
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Depth of Field (part 1)
Focus, What is DoF, Controlling DoF |
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25-Oct-2009 |
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Depth of Field (part 2)
Bokeh, Circle of Confusion, DoF on compact
cameras |
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25-Oct-2009 |
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Macro Photography
What is macro?, macro on compacts, macro on
DSLR, what you need, problems, illumination,
depth-of-field, why use manual focus? |
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25-Oct-2009 |
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Autofocus |
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14-Jul-2008 |
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White Balance |
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16-Jun-2008 |
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Flash Photography (part 1)
Intro, Built-in v External, Basics of Flash
Exposure, Sync Speed, Shutter Speed |
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26-Jun-2008 |
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Flash Photography (part 2)
Manual Flash, TTL Flash Metering, Balancing
Flash with Ambient Light |
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26-Jun-2008 |
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Flash Photography (part 3)
Making flash light more natural, bounce flash,
diffusers, off-camera flash, high speed sync,
slow sync, 2nd curtain sync, Studio flash |
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26-Jun-2008 |
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Camera Care / Sensor Cleaning |
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14-Jul-2008 |
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Photographic Composition |
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When is the best time of day to shoot? |
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24-Mar-2008 |
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Weather conditions |
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24-Mar-2008 |
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Styles of Photography |
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Styles of Photography - intro to this section |
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24-Mar-2008 |
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Portrait (individual) |
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25-Apr-2008 |
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Portrait (group) |
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25-Mar-2008 |
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Children |
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25-Mar-2008 |
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Landscape |
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04-Apr-2008 |
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Architecture / buildings |
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04-Apr-2008 |
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Night |
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04-Apr-2008 |
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Sports / action |
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04-Apr-2008 |
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Street / reportage |
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10-Apr-2008 |
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Still life |
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10-Apr-2008 |
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Abstract and arty |
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12-Apr-2008 |
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HDR (High Dynamic Range photography) |
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06-Oct-2008 |
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Flowers and Plants |
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02-Aug-2008 |
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Weddings >> UPDATED << |
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25-Mar-2009 |
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Beyond the Camera |
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Memory cards |
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26-Mar-2008 |
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Batteries - types and technologies |
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26-Mar-2008 |
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Tripods and monopods |
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27-Mar-2008 |
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External Flash |
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28-Mar-2008 |
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Camera Bags |
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28-Mar-2008 |
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Filters |
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30-Mar-2008 |
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Camera Cleaning Accessories |
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13-Apr-2008 |
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Other bits and pieces (cable/wireless releases,
diffusers, reflectors, grey cards, props etc.) |
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12-Apr-2008 |
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The Digital Domain |
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How Images Are Stored
a detailed look at colour depth |
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13-Apr-2008 |
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File Formats
Mainly looking at JPEG |
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10-Aug-2008 |
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More About File Formats
Exif, chroma subsampling, alternative formats |
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13-Apr-2008 |
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The RAW Format
What does it offer over JPEG? |
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13-Apr-2008 |
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Image Size and DPI |
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13-Apr-2008 |
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Printing Images / Aspect Ratio |
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14-Apr-2008 |
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Images and the Internet |
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14-Apr-2008 |
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The Digital Darkroom (part 1) - basics |
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Introduction / Software available |
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15-Apr-2008 |
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Monitor setup |
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15-Apr-2008 |
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Basic Edits - cropping and rotating |
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15-Apr-2008 |
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Basic Edits - resizing |
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17-Apr-2008 |
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Fundamental Concepts - Channels |
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18-Apr-2008 |
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Fundamental Concepts - Tonal Range / Histograms |
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18-Apr-2008 |
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Fundamental Concepts - Colour Theory
Colour models, colour spaces and colour modes |
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16-Feb-2009 |
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Basic Enhancements (part 1)
Brightness & Contrast, Hue / Saturation /
Lightness, Shadows / Highlights. |
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20-Apr-2008 |
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Basic Enhancements - Sharpening
Theory of image sharpening ; unsharp mask |
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25-Apr-2008 |
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Basic Enhancements - Levels |
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29-Apr-2008 |
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Basic Enhancements - Curves |
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01-May-2008 |
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Common Image Problems - Noise |
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31-May-2008 |
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Common Image Problems - Distortions |
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06-Jun-2008 |
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The Digital Darkroom (part 2) - advanced |
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Introduction to this section |
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11-Nov-2008 |
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Selections >>NEW AND UPDATED<<
selection tools, feathering, color range tool |
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04-May-2009 |
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Layers (part 1) |
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07-Jan-2009 |
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Layers (part 2) |
not yet available |
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Black and White Photography (part 1)
intro, why shoot black and white, when to shoot
black and white |
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15-Feb-2009 |
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Black and White Photography (part 2)
The conversion process |
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19-Feb-2009 |
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Black and White Photography (part 3)
Dodging and Burning |
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19-Feb-2009 |
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Black and White Photography (part 4) <<NEW>>
Colour toning, split toning, add film grain etc. |
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24-Mar-2009 |
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Stuff That Doesn't Fit Anywhere Else |
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Computational Photography - what is in store for
us in 10 or 20 years? |
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18-May-2008 |
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Photography and the Law (UK) |
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13-Sept-2008 |
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Model Release Form
if you are taking pictures of people and want
to use them commercially, have your subjects
sign a copy of this form. |
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5-Oct-2008 |
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