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Configure Your Camera for Fantastic Photos - Quick guide to the best settings for your new camera.

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About Configure Your Camera for Fantastic Photos - Quick guide to the best settings for your new camera.

Course Introduction

Module 1 - Camera basics - Introduction

How does a camera work

Lenses

Memory cards

ISO Sensitivity

Module 2 - Set and Forget - Introduction

File size and quality

Digital zoom

Empty slot release lock

Image stabilisation

Module 3 - Setting the Exposure - Introduction

The 3 factors that affect exposure

Exposure compensation

Module 4 - Taking a Photo - Introduction

First of all... stand correctly

Composition

Getting your subject in focus

Module 5 -Downloading, Storing and Editing - Introduction

Downloading from your camera

Storage Indexing and Backup

Image editing

Module 6 - The main points - A course summary

Module 7 - Next steps

What You Will Learn?

  • This course is designed for new photographers, or those who have a new camera (both compact and DSLR)..
  • You may be overwhelmed by all the buttons and menus, so this course will quickly show you which are the most important settings, and which you can forget about..
  • By configuring your camera to give you the best possible quality, you'll then be able to concentrate on the more creative aspects of photography..
  • You'll finish this course with a clear understanding of basic photography principles, and know which settings on your camera need to be 'tweaked' to get the results you want, even when using the 'automatic' modes..
  • The main areas covered by this course are:.