Photography for Beginners Certification Edplx

Photography for Beginners Certification

Edplx

Price: USD 13
~~USD 280~~

Duration: Upto 6 Hours
Timings: Part Time, Flexible

Course details

Whether you are self-taught and you want to improve your photography skills, this course will set you up with a strong foundation to become a confident photographer. You will gain the necessary skills and knowledge needed to further your career as a professional ;

This course is aimed at amateur photographers from beginners through to enthusiasts. This course will help

To explain camera settings
To demonstrate easy tips for getting sharp images
To show how an understanding of light and composition is worth more to you than a whole bagful of camera accessories
Raise awareness of the possibilities for taking great photos
To demonstrate easy ways of taking amazing outdoor portraits
To show some great ways of getting better landscape photos
To provide tips on getting better flash photos indoors
To show how to take better photos in specific environments
To help understand image quality, resolution and the different camera types
To realise the great potential you have for becoming a great photographer

Why choose Edplx?

Internationally recognised accredited qualification
Access to our free career advisors
Approved UK Learning Centre
1 year accessibility to the course
Attain PDF or hardcopy certificate to show employers
Study at your own pace anywhere
Employer has access to certificate validation
Tutor Support available Monday-Friday
Invitation to job fairs

Course Curriculum

This Course will cover some of the following topics:-

BEGINNER CAMERA SETTINGS

Use the Exposure Triangle and getting out of the Auto mode
The ISO setting, what is it and what’s it for?
Exposure Compensation
Lens apertures

MORE ADVANCED CAMERA SETTINGS

Tips for tack sharp focussing
Choose the right shutter speeds to avoid camera shake & get sharper photos
Use your histogram to nail the exposure for those important ;
Aperture & depth of field – start getting creative (DSLRs)
Scene modes & depth of field (Compact cameras)

IMPROVE YOUR IMAGES WITH NATURAL LIGHTING

Top Shade, the professional’s portrait lighting secret
Dealing with the sun when taking a portrait
The direction of light and the effect it has on your photos
Get nice blue skies in your photos and avoid white skies
How to retain the ambient light of a nicely lit room
Better indoor portraits using window light – pt 1 of 2
Better indoor portraits using window light – pt 2 of 2
Create a great look using backlighting
How to improve your natural light portraits using a reflector

IMPROVE YOUR IMAGES USING BETTER COMPOSITION

Use the rule of thirds for improved composition
Better composition using diagonal lines
Use ‘Leading Lines’ to create more dramatic images
Use repeating patterns for more impact
Improve your composition using the ‘frame within a frame’ trick
Blur the background for more impact (DSLRs)
Blur the background to isolate your subject (Compact Cameras)
Don’t let cluttered backgrounds ruin your portraits
Improve your portraits using unusual backgrounds

TIPS ON POSING FOR PORTRAITS

Flatter your individual subject with these full length posing tips
Family or small group poses – Pt I Standing poses
Family or small group poses – Pt II Seated poses
Individual natural and relaxed female poses
Ideas for photographing children, 4-6 months old
Ideas for photographing children, 9-12 months old

FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY

Better results using an external flashgun, Pt I – Bouncing the flash
Better flash portraits using an external flashgun, Pt II-More creative portraits
Better results using your cameras’ built-in flash – soften the shadows

INFORMATION AND TIPS ON USING LENSES

Tips on camera lenses, variable/fixed apertures, fast/slow,
Lens focal length, Pt I – Perspective
Lens focal length, Pt II – ‘Field of View’
Lens focal length, Pt III – ‘Depth of Field’

OTHER GENERAL TECHNIQUES

How the ‘half-press of the shutter’ technique can improve your picture taking
How to take photos of fireworks
Use the fashion photographer’s perspective trick for longer legs

HOW TO TAKE A REALLY FLATTERING PROFILE OR PR PHOTO

A basic technique using using ‘Top Shade’
Refining the basic profile or PR image

WHICH DIGITAL CAMERA TO BUY NEXT, MEGAPIXELS IS NOT THE ANSWER

The myth of megapixels – image resolution and quality
Which camera should I buy next?

Certification

Upon completion of the course, internationally recognised certificates that can be traced by employers are available upon completion.

Career Path

This training course will lead you to many different career opportunities, Here are a few prospects:

Photographer- £35,000
Wedding Photographer - £26,000
Product Photographer - £25,000
Portrait Photographer - £22,000

Updated on 31 January, 2023

Job roles this course is suitable for:

Wedding Photographer , Travel Photographer , Freelance Photographer , Product Photographer , Photographer

About Edplx

Edplx is a UK based talent driven company and global leader in online courses. We are proud of helping learners in attaining real qualifications and leading them to success. We offer award body accredited online courses recognised by respected companies and organisations giving you the career and network opportunity. We are proud to work alongside with world class Instructors and Professors providing the best of education. We are on a mission to help students have access to education from all parts of the world. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to study, learn and attain a career. We offer a variety of online courses that will help focus on the subjects our learners are interested in. We ensure our students are exposed to knowledge shared by highly professional instructors around the globe which cannot be learned in books.

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