Digital Camera Basics (Jun 28)
Date: June 28, 2025
Meeting: Saturday, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM CST
Location: Houston Center for Photography
Cost: $95 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)
Instructor: Kristy Peet
Skill Level: Beginners
Learn about the principles of photography and how to use your camera controls for creative expression. This workshop will help you understand how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO work together to convey mood and motion in a photo, and how focal length affects how a camera sees space. With a grasp of these ideas and techniques, you will be able to control your camera in order to freeze motion, take a photo with a sharp subject and blurry background, and more!
Objectives:
Learn basic camera operations
Understand how to use the manual setting on your camera
Gain control over how you record motion and depth of field in your images
Import pictures to your computer correctly and effectively
Prerequisites: None
Course Prep:
Students need to bring their DSLR or mirrorless cameras to class. Bringing your camera’s user manual is highly recommended.
Date: June 28, 2025
Meeting: Saturday, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM CST
Location: Houston Center for Photography
Cost: $95 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)
Instructor: Kristy Peet
Skill Level: Beginners
Learn about the principles of photography and how to use your camera controls for creative expression. This workshop will help you understand how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO work together to convey mood and motion in a photo, and how focal length affects how a camera sees space. With a grasp of these ideas and techniques, you will be able to control your camera in order to freeze motion, take a photo with a sharp subject and blurry background, and more!
Objectives:
Learn basic camera operations
Understand how to use the manual setting on your camera
Gain control over how you record motion and depth of field in your images
Import pictures to your computer correctly and effectively
Prerequisites: None
Course Prep:
Students need to bring their DSLR or mirrorless cameras to class. Bringing your camera’s user manual is highly recommended.
Date: June 28, 2025
Meeting: Saturday, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM CST
Location: Houston Center for Photography
Cost: $95 (HCP members can receive a 10% discount)
Instructor: Kristy Peet
Skill Level: Beginners
Learn about the principles of photography and how to use your camera controls for creative expression. This workshop will help you understand how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO work together to convey mood and motion in a photo, and how focal length affects how a camera sees space. With a grasp of these ideas and techniques, you will be able to control your camera in order to freeze motion, take a photo with a sharp subject and blurry background, and more!
Objectives:
Learn basic camera operations
Understand how to use the manual setting on your camera
Gain control over how you record motion and depth of field in your images
Import pictures to your computer correctly and effectively
Prerequisites: None
Course Prep:
Students need to bring their DSLR or mirrorless cameras to class. Bringing your camera’s user manual is highly recommended.
Images: Kristy Peet, Laura Burlton
