A few familar faces tonight, plus a handful of new students too. This year for the first time in about 5 years, I have scrapped the standard Digital Camera Class, and combined what were both the seperate Beginners and Improvers group and rolled them both into a ‘Masterclass’ which caters for a introductory to intermediate level. We started off with a PowerPoint presentation which introduced some of the basics to the course. We talked about the various flash settings on the camera. How to use Macro mode, and how to use the White Balance settings on most digital camera.
Other things we discussed were how to look after your equipment, the right bag to protect your camera, and cleaning bits and pieces. A personal favourite of mine is the LowePro range of bags, but generally anything that cushions the drop of your camera from waist height is ideal. Sadly most bags that come with compact cameras aren’t even bags, they are more like cloth covers, and only tend to protect against dust.
Next week we will have a practical session in the classroom, where I have asked the students to bring in their cameras and some interesting leaves or autumnal items, such as pine cones and conkers!
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