I am conducting the next batch on 28-29th July 2007. The registration is limited to a max of 10 participants. Its on a first come first serve basis. The details of next batch are as follows:

Workshop on: 28th-29th July 2007
Time: 9:45am to 6pm (1-2 Lunch break)
Location: Bangalore

For day 1: Please get your equipments along with you.
For day 2: Please bring your laptops if you have. Also, bring your best RAW/tiff/jpeg files to be used for postprocessing.

Course details:

Day 1:

1) Exposure

• Basic Theory of exposure
• Non Metered Exposure
• Depth of Field v/s Shutter speed
• Using your camera exposure meter
  • Spot Meter
  • Center-weighted metering
  • Partial metering
  • Multi Segment matrix or Evaluative metering
• Metering some unusual situations
• Auto Exposure
  • Aperture Priority
  • Shutter Speed Priority
  • Program Mode
  • Full Auto Mode

2) Equipment / Lenses

• Buying a camera
  • Essential Features
  • Other Useful Features
• Tripods and Tripod heads
• What lenses do
• Zoom Lenses v/s Fixed Focal lens
• Wide angle lenses
• Normal Lenses
• Tele Lenses
• Tele Converters

3) Composition

• Setting the AF, Metering and Drive Modes
  • One Shot AF
  • AI Focus
  • AI Serve
  • Using AF Lock
• Learning to see photo graphically
• Lighting
• Working on a Subject
• Vertical or Horizontal
• Framing and placement

Day 2:

4) Photography in the field (Time and Place will be decided on Day 1)

• Experimenting the learning experience from day 1

5) Digital Workflow / Post Processing (Practical class)

• Colour Management Policies (Colour Settings, Working Space, ICC Profiles etc)
• Working with RAW files
• Tools for Post Processing (DPP, Capture One, CaptureNX, Photoshop CS, Irfanview, Neatimage etc)
• Converting/working on 16 bit tiff / jpeg images.
• Cropping and Image Editing
• Levels, Curves, Contrast, Saturation adjustments
• Image Sharpening, Digital Blending, Cloning, Selective Sharpening, Dodge and Burn
• Noise Reduction
• Adding copyright text, Framing / Presenting your images
• Saving for Web/printing

For further details and to sign up for the workshop please contact me on sudhir<at>thejunglelook.com