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February Newsletter
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Welcome to the Digital Photography Courses monthly newsletter for February 2019.

With snow forecast, or even on the ground in some places, the February theme is "Feb Freeze". See below.

As it's a bit chilly outside I'm looking at running more and Lightroom and Photoshop midweek 221 days at £199 pp. Let me know if you are interested and I'll post on the FB group for a 2nd person.

Join the 2019 DPC 52 Week Project here. https://www.flickr.com/groups/dpc-2019/


Courses and DatesBeginners Camera Courses & Dates


The February Project is - "Feb Freeze"

As I write this newsletter the possibility of snow is forecast for the next few days. Even if it doesn't snow the tempertures are dropping so the "Feb Freeze" is upon us.

Even if it doesn't snow you could always look for ice patterns on windows or cars. Choosing a blueish car, over a red one, will add to the chill factor.

If you do photograph the snow remember that you may need to give +1 stop extra on the exposure compensation button to keep the snow a bright white.

Your camera batteries are less efficient in the cold so wrap up warm and keep your camera under your coat or keep a spare battery warm in your pocket.

Remember to upload your pix to the DPC Facebook Group.

ice-patterns


Iceland

The Night Photography Course will be on Sunday 10th February. This very popular course will show you how to take pictures at night without using your flash. The course starts at 2pm and ends about 9pm and includes a light supper. Your own tripod would be helpful but we do have a couple of spares if needed.

The course includes: portraits by candle light, buildings at night, car light trails, writing with light, painting with light, the northern lights and lightning plus some trick photography.

Weather permitting, we should also be able to photograph the moon and maybe even some stars.

https://digitalphotographycourses.co.uk/night-photography-course.html


Intermediate Course Sun 24th February 2019 - Learning Outcomes:

Horse Sunset

This course includes a project sheet handout covering all the techniques you will learn on the day. You will be able to use this sheet again, in your own time, to repeat any exercises where you need a refresher.

  1. Understand the ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed Triangle
  2. How to use the full Manual settings
  3. How to get the pictures you visualize.
  4. Understanding Depth of Field
  5. Understand the different Focusing Modes
  6. Using Depth of Field creatively
  7. Using Polarising Filters to darken blue skies
  8. Using Polarising Filters to remove reflections
  9. Using Neutral Density Filters
  10. How to show water movement
  11. How to freeze water movement
  12. How to get the correct exposure in difficult lighting
  13. All about ISO and which setting to use in which lighting
  14. The different White Balance settings
  15. How to make day time look like night time
  16. How to avoid out of focus or blurry pictures
  17. An explanation of how different lenses work
  18. Composition - See how I approach a landscape shoot
  19. How to use the very special universal zoom
  20. Shooting Silhouettes
  21. Using fill-in flash for outdoor portraits

https://digitalphotographycourses.co.uk/photography-course-intermediate.html


Flash Course Sun 17th March 2019

This course will teach you everything you need to know about using your Speed-Light flashgun both on and off camera.

I'll show you how to use fill-in flash outdoors for better portraits in harsh sunlight or dull conditions. We'll also look at the difference between front and rear curtain sync as well as slow flash sync.

You will require a speedlight with some method of firing off camera such as wireless triggers or a cable.

Please contact me ASAP, or see the booking page, for details if you are not sure.

Flash BMX

https://digitalphotographycourses.co.uk/flash-photography-course.html


Macro Course Space on Sunday 28th April 2019
https://digitalphotographycourses.co.uk/macro-photography-course.html

Macro


The Bird and Landscape Sunday 2nd June 2019.

This course sold out within an hour after being announced on the Facebook Group. If you would like to attend then let me know and I'll see if I can arrange and extra date during the summer.

https://digitalphotographycourses.co.uk/awbc/index.html

Lightroom Classic CC with Photoshop CC

As the days will soon be getting colder and darker I will be running more midweek Lightroom/Photoshop Courses.

These will mainly be 221 days at £199 but I might also run a group course at £135. Contact me for details.

Lightroom Course

I believe the best package to get is the £9.98 PCM Photography package which includes

  • Lightroom CC (Online version)
  • Lightroom Classic CC (Desktop version)
  • Photoshop CC
  • 20GB of cloud storage

Which Version of Lightroom & Photoshop ?

  • The new subscription versions of Lightroom and Photoshop can be confusing so hopefully this will make it clearer.

  • Up until version 6 you purchased Lightroom and Photoshop outright. Lightroom costs about £120 and Photoshop was about £600.

  • Lightroom CC is the slower online version of Lightroom which is not as powerful as Lightroom Classic CC and you require an internet connection.

  • Lightroom Classic and Photoshop are so well integrated that we us we use Include some Photoshop on the Lightroom Course.

  • Lightroom CC is really intended for people uploading and editing from their phone or iPads as these have limited storage.

  • I find 20GB is plenty as I only upload JPGs and store all my RAW files on external USB HDDs.

  • A couple of years ago Adobe went to a subscription model and called it the Creative Cloud (CC). Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC together now cost about £10 PCM which also includes 20GB of online storage.

  • Originally Lightroom CC was the same as Lightroom 6 but as Adobe added new features to Lightroom CC the CC version became more powerful than LR6 and included an online version of Lightroom called Lightroom Mobile.

  • Last year Adobe had a stupid Lightroom name rebranding which caused huge confusion to photographers everywhere. Lightroom CC was renamed Lightroom Classic CC (I will refer to this as Lightroom Desktop) and Lightroom Mobile became the online version of Lightroom CC.

LRCC

Please Contact us for Lightroom or Photoshop Courses

You will require a laptop with Lightroom CC installed but we do carry a couple of spare laptops. This course also includes the option to icorporate a small amount of Photoshop work. This usually involves creating a logo to add to your exported images for that professional look.

Learning Outcomes and Topics Covered

  1. Understanding the Lightroom Interface
  2. How to Import images into Lightroom
  3. Navigating the Library Module
  4. Choosing and Rating your images
  5. Basic corrections in the Library Module
  6. Making adjustments in the Develop Module
  7. Retouching using the Spot Removal Brush
  8. Straightening, Cropping and Image Ratios
  9. Adding Copyright Information
  10. Exporting to a Folder with Various Presets
  11. Overview of the Map, Photo Book, Slideshow & Print Modules
  12. NEW! How to use the Nik Collection plug-in

The day starts with the Lightroom interface and how to import images, choosing & rating images, editing, cropping and exporting. You are encouraged to bring some of your own images on a USB stick or SD Card but sample images will be provided.


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If you haven't joined the DPC Facebook Group then you can still do so by following the links below. This is a closed group for DPC students only.

New course dates are announced first on the Facebook Group and sometimes sell out before they get into this newsletter. A good example is the Big Cat Course which sold out within 24 hours of being announced. Let me know if this is a course you would like to attend as I might try and add an extra date.

Join the Flickr 52 Week Project here.


Which Course Should You Do Next

I'm in the process of added a page to the website explaining the differences between the various courses. This will be updated over time but if you wish to see which courses will suit you the best then click here

Photography Course Check List.
Anyone who has attended a course in the last couple of months will have a course checklist included in their handouts. This list all the different courses plus includes a handy project guide so you can tick of the various techniques as you master them. You can download a PDF copy here.


Flickr 52 Week Project for 2019
After the continued success of last years project we are running the group again this year. All you need to do is to take one picture each week throughout 2019 and post in the Flickr group.

Group Rules

1, Only DPC students are allowed to join so you need to have attended a course.
2, Please include exif data to ensure photos are taken during the correct week
3, Post 1 photo per week - running from Monday to Sunday
4, You don't have to post every week as long as the photo is taken in the correct week
5, Maximum of 5 photo's per month catch-up allowed.
6, If you miss a week, please don't give up, but continue ASAP
7, Upload a link from the Facebook Group to your Flickr post

You can join the group here - https://www.flickr.com/groups/dpc-2019/

Some people have been able to join right away but others have had a message to say they need to be invited. If you do struggle to join just drop me an email and I'll invite you.

If you would like to see last years images for inspiration see here www.flickr.com/groups/dpc-2018

We hope you have enjoyed this newsletter.

Glen & Jacqui

www.DigitalPhotographyCourses.co.uk / www.digitalcameracourses.co.uk
25 Westerby Lane, Smeeton Westerby, Leics, LE8 0RA 0116 2796906

email glen@digitalphotographycourses.co.uk

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