I’ve just completed a set of training sessions with a private client. Although he’d used a camera for a long time, he’d pretty much kept things on full auto and had decided he wanted to take more control. Over a series of five sessions, I took him through all of the basics of using the main subsystems of the camera:
- Exposure – semi auto and manual modes
- Effect of shutter speed, aperture and ISO choices
- Metering and exposure compensation (and manual control)
- Focal length of a lens and effect on composition (inc crop factor)
- Focus (inc auto and manual) and choice of focus points
- Depth of field
- Resolution and quality of an image
- White balance
- Stabilisation
- Noise control (high ISO and long exposure)
- Drive modes
- Raw vs JPG
- Composition
The client was great, really putting in some effort in between our sessions to consolidate what had been discussed and demonstrated. After completing the sessions, he said:
“Thanks for a very instructive course, it builds well to enable the uninitiated student to appreciate the roles/relationships of the various features. I am now much more confident with respect to using the camera and look forward to now putting the learnings into practice!“