Learn to Use Your Digital SLR Camera at my “Hands-On” Photography Workshop, Sunday 15 January 2012

Did you get a new Digital SLR camera for Christmas? Are you confused about the buttons and dials? Photography is an art form, yes a shiny new camera helps, but you have to know how to control it to get fabulous images. Participate in my hands-on Digital SLR Photography Workshop on Sunday the 15th January 2012 you’ll have so many new camera techniques to use.

We’ll begin our day together in my studio discussing image composition including some images from my personal collection, many of which have won AIPP awards. I’ll reveal the camera settings I used and what inspired each image. I’ll also share my foolproof recipe for creating an image so you can be in complete control of your exposures. My “hands-on” approach means you’ll soon know what all the buttons and dials do!

We’ll explore:

• aperture and shutter speed
• depth of field and ISO
• focal length, lenses
• light and image composition
• RAW versus JPEG.

After a break for lunch, we’ll go on location for our afternoon photoshoot where you practice your new knowledge. I’ll take you on a guided walk where we’ll photograph streetscapes, landscapes, architecture and food, all the stuff we love to photograph especially on holiday.

What past workshop participants say:

“The blend between theory and practical components was great. I loved that after each new thing we learnt that we walked outside had a go. It really helped me understand everything and remember it later” Kay-Lyn

“The workshop has made a huge change for me, I don’t feel my camera is wasted on me now” Jenny

“To have the control of my photos by knowing when, why and how to adjust ISO, aperture and shutter speed has made me eager to use my camera daily and make photos I can feel proud of.” Barbara

“I would definitely recommend this workshop to others, in fact I already have! It’s great for anyone who has a DSLR and isn’t using it manually. Whether you’ve had your camera for a while and aren’t sure whether you’ve been using it to its full potential or it just came out of the box, the workshop is very educational.” Kay-Lyn

Please bring with you:

• Your Camera: A digital SLR with lens or lenses
• Your camera instruction manual
• Memory cards
• Fully charged camera battery, plus spare if you have one.
• Tripod if you have one
• Notebook and pen
• Hat and sunscreen.

I recommend you wear comfortable clothes and shoes you can walk in, you may need to kneel down to take photos.

Workshop Details:

Date: Sunday 15th January 2012

Where: Brisbane, Australia

Numbers: This workshop is “hands-on” with a maximum of only 12 participants only. (8 participants needed for event to go ahead).

Workshop Fees: $225 per person. If you bring a friend and register two places you receive $50 off each registration.

Times: 10.00am – 6pm

Bookings: Please email me your contact details to reserve your place in this workshop.

Additional individual tuition is available. Please contact me for further information.

About your Workshop Leader John Reyment

Master photographer John Reyment has been taking photographs for more than 30 years. He is the owner of Reyment Photographics, a boutique wedding and portrait studio in Coorparoo, Brisbane.

John lived in Europe throughout 2009 with his family photographing European life, landscapes, producers and food. John’s images have been published in the Australian press accompanying articles by food and travel writer Karen Reyment. His documentary style of photography won him the 2010 Epson AIPP Queensland Documentary Photographer of the Year award. He is the 2011 Epson AIPP Queensland Runnner Up Photographic Artist of the Year. John has won many AIPP print awards for his images.

John left a career in training and development and management consulting to pursue his photography dreams. He is eminently qualified to help you learn photography.