Digital Photography Intermediate Course - (Class 1 of 5)

Class 1 (in a series of 5)
Low Light Photography using ISO

There are times when you want to take a picture in a dimly lit scene, but using flash is a bad idea or not allowed.

Some
examples might be a museum, any situation involving a baby indoors,
pictures of pets where the dreaded “green eye” effect appears, a
candle-lit scene, a nighttime party, an indoor concert or sports event
or an outdoor evening picture.

In these cases you can use your “magic” ISO setting that essentially helps your camera see better in the dark.

You can also use the ISO setting to get rid of the feared “camera shake” warning.

In this class you’ll learn some useful things about this ISO setting, like:

• What is ISO and why would you use it?
• How to find and select an ISO setting on your camera.
• What the range of ISO numbers are for your camera
• For what scenes a particular ISO number should be selected.
• Where your camera displays its ISO setting before and after you take a picture.
• What ISO number to select to prevent camera shake.
• The advantages and disadvantages of using an extremely high or low ISO.
• How the ISO numbers relate to the amount light “seen” by your camera.
• What your camera is really doing when you select a high ISO number

During
this class you’ll use your camera to find and select ISO settings. Then
to put this newfound knowledge to use, using your camera, you’ll pick
an ISO setting to take a photo of a dimly lit scene and compare the
resulting picture to the same scene taken with a flash. More than
anything, this may show you why ISO is such a great tool!

Warning! Before you save a seat for this class, be sure your camera lets you select the ISO setting. Not all cameras do.

If
you don’t know how to select the ISO setting on your camera, the
instructor (Den DiMarco) will gladly prepare a “cheat sheet” for your
specific camera

To have one made for you, email your camera’s make
and model (for example, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP1 or Canon PowerShot ELPH
310 HS) to info@extraordinaryed.com. To give the instructor enough time
to prepare your cheat sheet, please send us your camera information at
least two days before the start of the class.

NOTE: Bring your
digital camera (and instruction manual, if available). This class is not
designed for iPhone (or cell phone) cameras.