Control Your Camera

Introduction

Considered camera control equates directly to reliable image capture and so the path to the perfect picture. It is vital that the photographer controls the camera in order to capture the desired results whilst fully understanding how their input describes the aesthetics of the intended photograph.
The exposure triangle, the relationship between aperture, shutter speed, and ISO will be considered. Automated features and post-production will also be discussed.

Workshop Description

This workshop is about how and why taking full control of your camera will dramatically improve your photography. This allows for a deeper understanding of the camera’s operation so that it consistently produces the desired photographic results whilst allowing you to understand, diagnose and fix any image errors, as and when they may occur.
Camera control starts with understanding the exposure triangle; the relationship between the camera’s aperture, shutter-speed and ISO. In this workshop we’ll delve into how each one of these indices influence the aesthetics of the photograph. Further, we’ll consider the degree to which these indices may be hierarchical, depending upon subject material, and so the best choices which can be made for a given photograph. Consideration will also be given to how to shoot with post-production in mind.

Module 1

What are professional photographers concerned with in respect of their camera’s functionality and what are the settings they may choose to use and why?
How and why can some of the camera’s auto functions hold us back.
Why include auto-functionality in a camera if it doesn’t benefit the photographer?

Module 2

Why shoot in manual mode. The exposure Mode that All professional photographers use.
The exposure triangle: The all-important relationship between Shutter, Aperture and ISO.
What are the benefits of capturing RAW files?
The camera’s auto functions do work well.
Photography with post-production in mind to further aide our camera handling abilities.