Beginner Photography Classes

pedatron

Hi all,

Was looking to get into photography and before I bought an SLR I was thinking of doing a photography course on the basics ASAP. Would anyone be able to recommend somewhere at a reasonable enough price? Saw these but felt they were a bit dear for the day courses? http://www.iop.ie/courses/index.htm

I would be willing to pay a bit more if the basics of photoshop were included also. I'm from Thurles so if it was more local than Dublin that would be great but not essential. Sorry if there's a thread on this already but I couldn't find it! Thanks in advance.

Corkbah

I was going to suggest Dublin Camera Club - they have a course starting next week ..but since you are down the country ... join your local camera club ...attend meetings, read a few books ("understanding exposure" is supposed to be great).... learn about the buzzwords (ie. ISO, Aperture, Depth of Field, Chromatic aberration etc etc)

melekalikimaka

Corkbah wrote: »

I was going to suggest Dublin Camera Club - they have a course starting next week ..but since you are down the country ... join your local camera club ...attend meetings, read a few books ("understanding exposure" is supposed to be great).... learn about the buzzwords (ie. ISO, Aperture, Depth of Field, Chromatic aberration etc etc)

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pedatron

Corkbah wrote: »

I was going to suggest Dublin Camera Club - they have a course starting next week ..but since you are down the country ... join your local camera club ...attend meetings, read a few books ("understanding exposure" is supposed to be great).... learn about the buzzwords (ie. ISO, Aperture, Depth of Field, Chromatic aberration etc etc)

I loves me a bit of Chromatic aberration!

Ah no thanks for the reply. I was hoping to do a kind of one or two day crash course first and then hit the camera club in Thurles. I was told by a friend its full of pros that haven't much time for complete n00bs like me. Maybe he's exaggerating. I contacted the camera club anyway a week ago and explained my situation and haven't heard anything back yet.

Oh I'm currently reading understanding exposure on recommendation from here! Just getting started on it.

ScumLord

I don't know how good a course is in relation to learning photography. It's pretty straight forward to learn the basics of photography, as in how to use the camera and what the settings are.

I've bought a number of books, I kept buying the beginners books assuming I was missing something in the last book but most basic books just tell you how to use a camera not really how to get the particular style of photo your after.

I bought "Digital photography masterclass" by Tom Ang and he gets the basics out of the way in the first chapter and then goes into every detail of composing photos. The beginners books are a waste of time in my opinion. Go for a more advanced book.

After that it's practice and trial and error.

pedatron

ScumLord wrote: »

I don't know how good a course is in relation to learning photography. It's pretty straight forward to learn the basics of photography, as in how to use the camera and what the settings are.

I've bought a number of books, I kept buying the beginners books assuming I was missing something in the last book but most basic books just tell you how to use a camera not really how to get the particular style of photo your after.

I bought "Digital photography masterclass" by Tom Ang and he gets the basics out of the way in the first chapter and then goes into every detail of composing photos. The beginners books are a waste of time in my opinion. Go for a more advanced book.

After that it's practice and trial and error.

Thanks ScumLord. I get what your saying. You could read a million books but you can't beat giving it a go. I'll have a look at that book too! Cheers!