Digital Camera Fundamentals

Learn the technical considerations in beginning digital photography

If you're getting into digital photography, understanding digital cameras is absolutely essential. This comprehensive one-day seminar explains in simple terms what you need to know about buying the perfect camera for your needs. It describes the many camera features to consider, why they are important and how they affect your photographs. If you already have a digital camera, this seminar will give you a better understanding of your camera's capabilities and limitations.

What will be covered

* Advantages of digital photography

* Kinds of digital cameras

* The process of digital photography

* How does a digital camera work

* The digital photograph

* Anatomy of a digital camera: Image sensor • resolution • Aspect ratio • Color depth • White balance • Sensor sensitivity • Frame rate • Image storage & downloading images • Preview screen & viewfinders • Lenses • Batteries• Image compression & file formats • Histogram • Color Space

* Technology limitations of a digital camera

Who should attend

This beginner-level seminar is primarily for those who are thinking of buying a digital camera. It will also benefit those who already have a digital camera but need a better grasp of its features, capabilities, and limitations.

What to bring

Bring your digital camera (if you already have one) with its user's manual and USB/Firewire cord.

Speaker

Mariano "Jun" Miranda

Jun is the first Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) in Photoshop (2000) and Lightroom (2008) in Asia. He is the president, creative director and resident photographer of PixelMagic, a digital imaging studio and service bureau since 1996. He is a CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer (CTT+ Certified Professional) and is also the president and program director of PCCI.

Jun is past president of the Camera Club of the Philippines, and was founding president of both the IdN Club Philippines (the country's first association of digital artists) and Club de Camera Digital (the country's first association of digital photographers). He is also a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.

He is a product of the Maine Photographic Workshops (Rockport, Maine), Dynamic Graphics Educational Foundation (Peoria, Illinois) and United Digital Artists (New York). He also took Creative Training Techniques under Robert Pike and a class on Corel Painter under Jeremy Sutton, instructor, lecturer and author of several books on Painter.

Jun writes a regular column for Manila Bulletin called Digital Focus, is a regular contributor to i-mag photography magazine, and lectures at different trade shows here and abroad.

Seminar fee

P 2,400 (includes materials, lunch and snacks)

For more details, please contact

PCCI Institute of Photography:

Phone +63 2 759-3087 | Fax +63 2 892-5281

Email: inquiry@pcci.com.ph

Web: http://www.pcci.com.ph