Learning photography is about more than taking pictures. It is learning how to take good pictures and what to do with them once you have them. In this day and age, just about everyone has access to a digital camera, but far fewer people know how to use them. One of the secrets is discovering when you can treat a digital camera like its film predecessor and when you can’t.
Being a life time user of film, I needed a course on digital photography to help me make the switch. It not only taught me what I needed to know, it showed me what I was missing. I had started my digital switch by buying a camera and taking pictures on auto mode. If I only took the occasional still life photo I probably would have been satisfied with that. But I’m a mom of a very active ten month old so I quickly realized that I was failing to capture quick movements and elusive smiles.
With my film camera I wouldn’t dream of photographing a moving child indoors with anything less than a 400 speed film. I started poking through the menu in the camera in an attempt to alter the shutter speed when I found two things that helped me immensely. The digital camera had a list of ISO speed options that carried over from film to denote the light sensitivity of the digital setting. I was back in familiar territory and it felt good.
The second feature I discovered was that my camera could be set to fire in bursts of three. The likelihood of missing something dropped dramatically. Catching a memory perfectly has always been very important to me. The lessons I’ve been learning in my photography course have shown me that a slightly imperfect picture is not the end of the world. In fact, it can be perfect or better with a few minutes manipulation in a Photoshop program.
Whether you are trying to find a camera, operate a camera, or work with the pictures you have already taken there is a photo course for you. Learning photography at any stage is essential to catching and preserving memories of those you love. Don’t miss one more shot of that lightening quick little one. Find the course that matches your needs today.
Amateur Child Photographer
Christy
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