You tell me the make and model and I will download the manual and when we Skype we go go through all the settings.

Overview - an hour just for you to help you

A one to one course in how to use your specific camera, the one you own but perhaps never take out of ‘automatic’, and how to take better pictures. This is currently a free course so please give it a go!

Hi photographer,

The great thing about photography is it is so inclusive. We all take them, whether on our phone or with that christmas present camera that we never get time to learn to use really well. Here is your opportunity to do more than switch it on and click. By the way, there is nothing wrong with that, sometimes that’s all you need or want to do. No judgement here.

So if you want to book a 1 to 1 tutorial with me fill in the contact form on my website and I will arrange a Skype call. All I will need to know before the call is the make and model of your camera so that I can have the camera’s manual to hand as we talk through how to use it. You will also take some pictures around your house and garden to practice with the settings and I will set you some projects to do off-line.

No charge for the time! Take advantage of the opportunity during lockdown.

Best wishes,

Richard

2. What will we do in your hour?

This will depend how confident you are with your camera already. This you can tell me by email before we start the hour. Here are some options:

The absolute basics!

From loading the battery, to what the modes mean through to how your camera works automatically

Control of exposure

The meaning of shutter and aperture control, first steps in controlling the kind of images you make

Control of focus

Being able to control the focus modes and how it links to composition

Complete manual control

Looking at shutter, aperture and sensor sensitivity and how that can be balanced and used creatively Some projects for you and, If you want a further hour, that is cool too.