Introductory class for beginners (4 workshops)

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Introductory class for beginners (4 workshops)
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• Maximum number of participants 
• 7 participants
• Teaching Location(s) 
• Paris 19 quai de la Seine 75019
• Paris Le Marais 75003

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• Brussels Ixelles (near Flagey Place)
• Manhattan 16b Orchard St New York, NY 10002
• Geneva Rondpoint de Plainpalais, Rue du
  Conseil-Général 11
• Montréal 405, rue Sainte-Catherine Est
• London Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall,
  SE1 8XX

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• This beginners class is comprised of 4
  independant workshops (offered separately class
  No1, class No2, class No3 class No4).
• A summary of the notions covered in this course
  will be handed out at the end of the session. A
  meeting form with the exact meet-up location
  will be sent to enrolled participants a few days
  before class.

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Workshop No1 Camera settings

• This intro course is geared towards beginners who
  have just gotten (or plan to get) a camera. It is
  also meant for amateurs with some experience who
  wish to leave the automatic mode behind and learn
  how to use their camera in a more creative way.

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• We cover basic photographic techniques, ranging
  from film to digital, in a detailed yet clear
  manner, and immediately apply them through
  practical exercises. We discuss the decisions one
  must make while shooting (composition, view
  points, etc).

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• At the end of this course, youll be in control
  of your camera, and it will no longer make the
  decisions for you. You can begin to create the
  images that youve been wanting to. Youll stop
  taking photos, because now youll have all the
  tools to make a photo.

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• Leaving the automatic mode of your reflex or
  bridge camera is an important step towards better
  pictures.
• Operating manuals provided with the camera are
  monotonous and do not really show the essentials
  amongst the many buttons and parameters that are
  available.

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• Understanding the parameters of the camera as
  well as the lexical of digital photography is the
  first key. White balance, sensor sensitivity
  (ISO), RAW format or exposure correction are only
  examples of terms that will be presented in a
  clear and concise way during this course.

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This workshop will teach you how to

• -  Use the right image format between JPEG and
  RAW-    Adjust the white balance-    Correct
  exposure-    Set the ISO on the camera-    Read
  an histogram-    Use the P shooting mode
• The workshop is composed of a theoretical part,
  practical training and a close-up brief.

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Workshop No2 Aperture and Depth of field

• Depth of field is one of the major aspects of
  photography. It defines a zone of sharpness that
  goes in front and behind the subject of the
  photograph. Beyond the limits of this zone, blur
  is more or less present. This zone can be
  adjusted according to three parameters that will
  be explained in detail during the workshop the
  aperture, the focal length and the distance from
  camera to subject. Playing around with these
  three parameters greatly modifies the aesthetics
  of an image!

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• This is a creative part of photography mastering
  depth of field will allow you to succeed with
  portraits, landscapes, and highlighting a subject
  in its surrounding environment. 

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This workshop will teach you how to

• -    Use the A or Av shooting mode-    Make
  a portrait with a blurry background-   
  Photograph a landscape with maximum sharpness
• The workshop is composed of a theoretical part,
  practical training and a close-up brief.

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Workshop No3 Shutter speed and movement

• How can movement be captured in photography? Or,
  on the other hand, how to congeal a full-on
  action scene?
• Managing the exposure time or the shutter speed
  of the camera is the answer to these two
  questions and is, as for the depth of field, a
  key parameter in photography

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• This parameter allows the light to hit the
  digital sensor for a defined amount of time,
  which will congeal or blur a movement.
• Here again you will be able to have a wide array
  of creative possibilities blur or congeal a
  movement, get a filé (a moving subject is frozen
  in a blurry surrounding).

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This workshop will teach you how to

• -    Use the S or Tv shooting mode-    Make
  filés of moving subjects-    Freeze the movement
  of a subject-    Use blur to suggest movement
  and bring dynamism to your pictures
• The workshop is composed of a theoretical part,
  practical training and a close-up brief.

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Workshop No4 Light and focus

• A photographer is bound to be able to read
  light and, from that, make his aesthetic choices
  for the final image. Understanding light is,
  thus, a prerequisite to express creativity in the
  same manner as depth of field and shutter speed.
  Several measuring modes are available on modern
  digital cameras (matrix, spot or pondéré central)
  and this workshop will demonstrate the advantages
  and disadvantages of all of them with practical
  considerations.

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• Focusing is bound with light measurement in the
  sense that it functions using the same channels
  on the camera (the small square or rectangle
  zones that are visible in the viewer). Focusing
  and light measurement need to be mastered and are
  prerequisite to avoid out-of-focus and badly
  exposed (too light/too dark) photographs.

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This workshop will teach you how to

• -    Measure light using the various modes of
  your camera (spot, pondéré central or
  matrix)-    Make photos against the
  sunlight-    Do smart focusing using various
  channels-    Develop a sense of composition from
  the shooting

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• The workshop is composed of a theoretical part,
  practical training and a close-up brief. Your
  feedback on this workshop

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• I took the beginners course of four x 3hr
  lessons in a group of four students with Emily.
  The set-up was great a small group (four
  students), meeting in the relaxed informal
  setting of a café for theory and questions, then
  going out to have adventures with our cameras,
  finally meeting at the end of each session to
  review each others pictures and get teacher
  feedback.

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• The combination of theory and practice was just
  right. Emily put us all at ease, she was
  knowledgable, enthusiastic and interesting, and
  made sure we all understood how to use the new
  techniques with our own cameras. I am really glad
  I took the course, I learnt so much in every
  class, and would recommend it to anyone else who
  wants to gain confidence in taking pictures and
  learn to get the best out of their camera.
• Mandy P.

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• "I would like to share my satisfaction from the
  beginners course. Emily was great, very
  professional, explaining always in details. I
  will definitely recommend this course to my
  friends and I'll continue with the next one."
• Petya P.

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• "I liked a lot the workshop and Emily Smith, the
  teacher. She was very helpful when I did not find
  all the functionalities of my camera even though
  she did not know my camera Olympus OM -D E-M5.
  She was very knowledgeable about the techniques
  and was able to make me to understand the basics.

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• Thanks to Emily's teachings I became more
  passionate about photographying. I warmly
  recommend this workshop for beginners but would
  advise them to dedicate lot of time outside the
  course to practise what has been taught on the
  course. I consider taking another course with
  "lesphotographs.org"."
• Pirjo K.

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