DESCRIPTION:

The Focus 10 Sydney wedding digital photography course has been designed to impart a high level of proficiency to the serious amateur and professional photographer wishing to shoot weddings for fun or for profit.

Shooting a wedding is a big responsibility... You are solely in charge of capturing a momentous day in peoples life's. You need to be proficient in digital camera handling, be sound technically, be creative and handle the pressure of the day professionally.

Wedding photography demands people skills, being able to work under pressure, to handle any scenario, any weather, to be versatile, flexible, adaptable, personable, engaging and well organized. Its about summing up a scenario quickly for the best backdrop, working the light and implementing the nuances of lens perspective, depth of field and exposure options.

The Focus 10 wedding photography course in Sydney teaches you the skills set to shoot at a professional level, to capture the flavour, the mood and the magic of the day. Ideally you will have done our Digital 1 course or be at a similar level of competency.  You will be given a number of assignments to complete on the course which will be assessed and judged. The group will be limited to a maximum of 10 people for a highly personalised training experience using models and set props to re-create real life wedding scenarios.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

Learn every aspect of shooting weddings including:

• What camera gear and lens combinations

• Honing technical and artistic skills to a professional level

• Reportage, casual, formal and other wedding photography styles

• Understanding of styles- from contemporary to traditional

• Challenging Master class exercises and assignments

• Real life scenarios including brides, cars, church and reception

• Different packaging and pricing structures

• Money making tips to improve your profits

• Post production, album and presentation display 

• A professional portfolio and certificate of achievement

WHAT THE COURSE COVERS:

• Overview of your DLSR digital camera functions

• White balance & bracketing, use of ISO

• Operation of external flash unit

• Flash and night portraits / use of prime lenses

• Lens perspective to suit the subject

• Creative use of depth of field

• Single, couple and group positioning

• Reportage, casual, formal styles...

• Exposure compensation, exposure bracketing

• Channels & parameters , colour temperature

• Advanced composition and painting with light

• Timing on the wedding day, attention to detail

• Pre- wedding shoots and other extras

• Getting ready – bride & groom shots

• The wedding ceremony, beaches, gardens, churches and other venues

• After the ceremony, bridal party, family, friends

• Post-ceremony location shoots

• reception, speeches, 1st dance, party

• Cameo shots: the flowers, the cars, the rings, table settings, food, the cake, the wine.

• Artistic shots: the shoes, the dress, the lapel,  unusual locations

• Post wedding workflow and production

• Preparing the images including: filing, colour balance, cropping, conversion to B/W, print output, display, coffee table books, albums

• A short business model seminar (1 hour)

   

COURSE SCHEDULE:

instructor(s):

Your instructors are the award winning wedding photographer Andrew Thomasson and assistants. They have the integrity, motivation and creative energy to train and empower their students to aim high and to achieve a level of excellence in both artistic and technical fields  - so you become a proficient wedding and portrait photographer.

Pre-requisite:

Digital 1 course (or equivalent) or a sound grasp of photography - (a email test is available if you are unsure)

requirements:

• A quality DSLR camera (eg Canon EOS 1, 450D, 500D, 40D, 50D, 5D, 7D, EOS 1, Nikon D80, D200, D300, D80, D90, D700. D3 etc.

• At least two quality lens such as a Nikkor 18-200mm or a Nikon /Canon 24-70mm f2.8 Nikon/ Canon 70-200mm f2.8 and at least one fast prime lens (50mm f1.4 or 1.8 and/or a 85mm f1.8)

• An external flash such as a Canon 430, 580, Nikon SB600, 800, 900 etc

• A quality digital compact is optional but highly recommended as a back-up camera and to shoot macro and artistic shots. Compacts such as the Canon G10, G11, Panasonic Lumix LX3, Nikon Coolpix  and the superlative Leica M9 rangefinder are highly desirable compact cameras to use at weddings

• Memory Card(s): We recommend at least 8GB of memory cards for each full days shooting

• Any camera accessories - such as a tripod, polarizing filter

• Charged camera battery and a spare if you have one

Next scheduled course:

• Sunday 01 Aug '10 (10am to 6pm) and Monday 02 Aug '10 (11am to 6pm)

• Sunday 03 Oct '10 (10am to 6pm) and Monday 04 Oct '10 (11am to 6pm)

• every 2 months throughout 2010

course price & inclusions::

• AUD$795

• Instruction from professional photographers

• Detailed notes

• Equipment and technique advisory service

• Free portraits

• Personal assessment and critique of your portfolio

• Graduation certificate (by request)