UCT Digital Photography | Short course

The course in a nutshell:

• 10-week course presented online throughout South Africa
• Learn to use your digital SLR camera to its full potential and take better photographs
  
• Deepen your photography skills and learn to shoot in full manual mode
  
• Become part of an online photography community and share work, photographs and ideas while being guided by experts
• Results in a Certificate in Digital Photography from the University of Cape Town
  

Course modules:

Module 1    Getting to know your camera
Module 2    Aperture
Module 3    Shutter speed
Module 4    ISO
Module 5    Understanding light the way your camera does
Module 6    Using basic flash
Module 7    Composition
Module 8    Portraits
Module 9    Landscape
Module 10  Basic photo editing techniques   

Who should attend this course?

The course is suited to both prospective photographers, who are unfamiliar with their digital SLR cameras, and current photographers who are not yet shooting in full manual mode or who want to refresh and deepen their photography skills. Students may use any type of digital SLR camera.

For more details, please contact:

Contact person: Amy-Jane
Telephone: +27 (0)21 447 7565
Email: amyjane@getsmarter.co.za

What is a DSLR camera?

DSLR stands for “digital single-lens reflex”.  It is a bit more advanced than a simple point-and-click camera, and has the following identifiable features:

• It resembles a 35mm camera.
• The ISO, aperture and shutter speed can be put into full manual mode and controlled simultaneously (check your manual).
• A DSLR has interchangeable lenses which allows for a greater variety of results.