Edmonton Digital Camera Fundamentals ClassHow to Use Your Camera and Take Better Photos

We'll help you learn to use your camera and make better photos. This Edmonton Digital Camera Fundamentals Class is offered either in a two-day weekend or four-weekday evening format. It is aimed at photographers who have a Digital Camera that does not have a removeable lens and who would like to learn more about their camera and its features and functions.

If you don't like reading manuals or have never even noticed that your camera came with a manual, this is the course for you.

If you've been taking photographs with your digital camera strictly on the automatic setting, and want to gain greater control over your camera and the photographs you create, then this workshop is for you. To get the most out of the investment you've made in your digital camera you need to get your camera off of the automatic setting. By completing this course, you will gain the confidence you need to best utilize your camera and make the creative photographs you desire.

These Edmonton Digital Camera Fundamentals Classes are all about the fundamentals of digital camera operation and features a lot of hands-on exercises for you to practice what we discuss in class. We'll do a number of practical exercises throughout the course that will allow you to put the concepts covered in class into practice for yourself.

Edmonton River Valley - Canon SD200

If you are wondering what all those buttons on your camera are all about, don't miss the opportunity to spend two days with Paul. I fell into a love for photography (as opposed to taking pictures) quite by accident when I won my DSLR camera. Unlike most photographers who have moved from film photography to digital photography, I had absolutely no knowledge or aperture, shutter speed, ISO, etc. and when I started reading my camera manual, it was like reading a foreign language. So I started using my DSLR camera in its auto mode and the built in "scene" modes, with great success (I think). But then I became frustrated with not knowing how to use the camera. Paul's 2-day bootcamp has given me a whole new outlook on my camera … I now understand how it works and how to make it work for me. Thanks Paul. I look forward to attending more workshops and to continue growing as a photographer. <<==>>Jocelyne

Paul Burwell is a professional photographer, writer and educator. His images have appeared in numerous magazines, greeting cards, advertisements and calendars. He is a contributing editor for Outdoor Photography Canada Magazine where he has a regular column called "Let's Go Digital!" In addition to the wildlife photography workshops and tours he hosts throughout North America each year, he also teaches a number of photography classes at Edmonton's Metro Community College. Paul has been a finalist in both the 2009 and 2010 Worldwide Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and has been named by Popular Photography magazine as a "top shooter" of wildlife photography in their March 2010 issue featuring a two-page spread of Paul's photo of a Snow Leopard.

Paul facilitates his workshops and tours in a cooperative and constructive environment.What you will learn during the Edmonton Digital Camera Fundamentals Classes:

• Using the different auto-focus and drive modes on your camera
• Using the different creative modes on your camera
• How to use aperture priority to control the depth-of-field of a scene.
• How to stop action or exaggerate motion
• Using exposure compensation to get the right exposure for your photos.
• Reading and interpreting the exposure histogram.
• Working the Manual (M) exposure modes
• Using your electronic flash

Mr. Burwell's patience, clarity and presentation was very helpful and encouraging. Any questions - regardless of the person's experience or knowledge - was answered with warmth, humour and easy to follow terms. His level of professionalism is outstanding. I'm a big fan of Paul Burwell - both his photography and teaching style. I look forward to future courses with Mr. Burwell!! <<==>> Stacey S.

Churchill Bay at Sunset - Canon SD200

As a preqrequisite for the Edmonton Digital photography classes, you should own and have turned on your digital camera.Equipment Required for the Edmonton Digital Camera Fundamentals Class:

At a minimum, you'll want to have…

• A Digital Camera without a removeable lens. (If your camera has a removeable lens, sign up for theEdmonton DSLR Fundamentals Class)
  • your camera's instruction manual
  • fully charged extra batteries
  • extra memory cards

• A tripod

• Providence Renewal Centre - 3005 119 Street, Edmonton, Alberta

• $230 Canadian Dollars (plus tax) for the weekend course which includes lunch on both days

• $200 Canadian Dollars (plus tax) for the weekday course.
  • Current currency exchange information between the Canadian dollar and your local currency is available here.

Policies and payment information are available here.

For additional information, please contact us at:
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Phone 780-669-1261 or toll-free: 1-877-778-1745