1-to-1
PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAINING
Expert tuition on your camera.
The time and place is up to you.
Get quality time with a photographic expert.
"I
have 10 years experience in the photographic industry,
working for
Canon and Sony. Much of that time was spent training people
on
photography and using digital cameras."
What's on offer?
1-to-1 training in the Edinburgh area (or further
afield if travel costs are reimbursed).
The training is based on your digital camera, where you
want to be trained, and the session will pick up anything you
particularly want to learn - such as photographing indoors,
flower
shots, family portraits or landscapes as well as a few key
fundamentals
to improve your picture taking.
The courses below are a guide to
what can be covered, but I will train you on what you want to know.
STARTER LEVEL Covers - Basic photography. Camera controls.
Skills you want to learn.
You will:
Feel confident controlling and changing the
settings on your camera to achieve a desired result.
Understand the basics of photography and be able to
apply that knowledge to controlling the camera.
Get a series of future projects on a handout to
further hone your practical skills.
Duration
- 2 hours
Location - Anywhere in the Edinburgh area, a café, a
park walk or your home.
Cost - £50
To buy the STARTER training session click here .
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL Covers - Mastering control of
your camera. Creative control over your shots.
You will:
Understand the purpose and usefulness of your
camera's
more advanced settings, such as exposure compensation,
white balance,
ISO, using manual mode, metering.
Gain a greater understanding of the principles of
photography and how they affect your shots.
Get a series of future projects to practice the new
skills and become a good photographer.
Duration - 2 hours
Location - Anywhere in the Edinburgh area, a café, a
park walk or your home.
Cost - £50
To buy the INTERMEDIATE training session click here .
ADVANCED LEVEL Covers - Skills for perfect results. Photoshop
manipulation. Full control over your shots.
You will:
Understand the full set of options available to you
as you take pictures.
Understand
exposure and how to make the correct decisions about
depth of field,
shutter speeds, ISO, White balance and evaluate the
results.
Using flash to get professional results.
Learn
about image manipulation (cropping, resizing, working
with layers,
levels, curves, filters, hue/saturation, removing dust
and scratches,
cloning) in Photoshop and understand file types for
saving (Jpeg, TIFF,
PSD) and workflow.
Learn what will be required to take your photography
to a higher level.
Duration - 3 hours
Location - Somewhere with access to Photoshop (I have
facilities, if required).
Cost - £80
To buy the ADVANCED training session click here .
PHOTOSHOP COURSE Covers
- Either Basic Photoshop or Intermediate Photoshop .
Learn how to open, edit, manipulate and save files
in the industry standard software package.
Work with layers and masks to edit your photos
without damaging them.
Learn the subtler ways to edit photos, and the
shortcuts.
Create your own efficient workflow from start to
finish.
Intermediate - Working with RAW files, using
Adobe Camera RAW.
Duration - 3 hours
Location - Somewhere
with access to Photoshop (I have facilities, if required).
Cost - £80
To buy a PHOTOSHOP training session click here .
Contact
me: For further information about any of these courses or to
discuss a
tailored training session to suit you requirements.
psdphotography@gmail.com
07528 622 275
0131 258 0540