Introduction to DSLR and Mirrorless Photography
Learn camera functions, exposure settings, and composition while completing weekly photo assignments and building a final portrait portfolio.
Paid once.
- Level
- Beginner
- Ages
- 11–15
- Duration
- 55 min
- Classes
- 1 / Week
- Weeks
- 9
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Class Experience
This 9-week course teaches how cameras work and how to use key settings—aperture, shutter speed, ISO, focus and exposure—alongside weekly composition techniques. Each class introduces a technical feature and a composition concept, followed by a photography assignment and in-class sharing with constructive feedback leading to a final portrait project.
Learning Outcomes
Use a DSLR or mirrorless camera confidently
Explain and apply exposure fundamentals aperture, shutter speed, ISO and focus
Apply composition techniques to create stronger photographs
Complete weekly assignments and assemble a final portrait portfolio
Prerequisites
Materials needed:
This class is designed to cover how to use a DLSR camera. Student will need to have a DSLR camera to participate.
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Meet your Instructor
An experienced photography educator with a BA in photography and history and a master's degree in education. The instructor taught history and photography for thirteen years in a charter school setting before focusing on homeschooling two children, and brings both classroom struc…
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