Digital Courses

Starting April 2009

Introduction to Digital Photography

Skill Level: Beginner (1 day course)

At last we are ready to offer you a place on one of our courses!

The first course we are running is a one day course "Basic Photography
for Beginners" This course is for people who are really new to
photography and want to learn how to take a good photograph. You must
have a DSLR (digital single lens reflex) camera of at least 5 mega
pixels. The reason for this is because there are so many compact cameras
that it is impossible for us to know how to work every one and if you
want to learn photography you should really have a camera to a certain
specification.

The day will consist of:-

09.30 - 10.00 An introduction to get to know each other over tea and
coffee.

10.00 - 11.30 A quick run through on your cameras. A discussion on basic
exposure / depth of field / focus / composition etc. There will be
photographic examples of everything so there is nothing to worry about.

11.30 - 1.00 A walk around the harbour and town (weather permitting)
This is where you get the chance to put into practice what you have
learned from the discussion.

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch.

14.00 - 16.00 This is where we get to look at your results and to assess
your images on the computer followed by questions and answers

The course will be on 03 October 2009 at a cost of £80 which will include
lunch. There are only 8 places so its first come first served. We will be
running this course again in November and January. There will also be a
more advanced day course, to follow on from this course, in the new year
and also a Basic Adobe Photoshop course.

If you are interested in attending this course then please send us a
cheque for £20 by way of deposit, no later than Friday 21 August to
secure your place. Please make cheques payable to Kevin R. O'Brien. The
balance is due 7 days before the course date.

Cancellation: You have a right to cancel up to 14 days before the course
and your money will be refunded. After that your deposit is non
refundable.

We have the right to cancel courses if they are under subscribed and we
will, of course, refund your money.

If the course is over subscribed we will contact you with an alternative
date.

Introduction to Adope Photoshop Elements 7

 Skill Level: Beginner (1 day course)

This one day workshop has been designed for people who have little or no skills in image editing.

If you have a digital camera and want to save your images safely to computer and then give them that professional look then this is the course for you.

We will explain why you should be shooting all your images in RAW mode and why you should save different images in different ways.  Then using Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 we will show you how to correct your images, how to change contrast, cropping, re-sizing, how to remove red-eye and the reason for sharpening.

At the end of this workshop you will have a far greater knowledge of basic digital editing.

Course notes will be provided.

 For more information contact Kevin by email