Varun Patel's Photography Institute

About Varun Patel's Photography Institute

Courses

Fundamentals

• Types of Digital Camera
• Digital Camera understanding
• Modes of Camera
• Camera Components and concepts
• Understanding Digital Image Sensor
• Resolution and Understanding of Raw, JPG
• Camera Parts and accessories
• Aperture
• Manual Focus and Focal Length
• Shutter Speed
• ISO/ Night Photography
• Exposure Metering
• White Balance
• Angle & shots
• Learn To Read Histograms
• Framing and Boarders
• Elements of Composition

Duration

• Short Term Course: 5 Lectures (2 hours per lecture)
• Long Term Course: One Month (Two lectures per week)

Advance Course

Module - 1

• Types of Digital Camera
• Digital Camera understanding
• Modes of Camera
• Camera Components and concepts
• Understanding Digital Image Sensor
• Resolution and Understanding of Raw, JPG
• Camera Parts and accessories
• Aperture
• Manual Focus and Focal Length
• Shutter Speed
• ISO/ Night Photography
• Exposure Metering
• White Balance
• Angle & shots
• Learn To Read Histograms
• Framing and Boarders
• Elements of Composition

Module - 2

• Flash Lighting
• Studio Lighting
• Understanding Light
• Lighting Outdoors
• Time of Day & Weather
• Lighting People & Small Moveable Objects
• Using Reflectors
• Balancing Flash & Daylight
• Painting with Light
• Water Photography
• Portrait Photography
• Become familiar with the Photoshop CS5 interface
• Retouching techniques
• Introduction to use of layers and masks
• Time saving actions and batch processing
• Image resolution, resizing and colour optimization for web display and printing
• Colour optimization for web display and printing

Duration

• Short Term Course: 12 Lectures (2 hours per lecture)
• Long Term Course: Two Months (Two lectures per week)

Editing Course

• Photoshop & Other Software
• Image Size... How big is Big Enough?
• Output Devices & Resolution Requirements
• Working in RGB
• Gamma
• Gamut
• The CMYK Workspace
• Color Channels in Photoshop
• File Formats for Imaging & Printing 
• HDR for High Contrast Images
• Photoshop Toolbox
• Quick Masking
• Adjustment Layers
• Sharpening
• Camera Raw Image Adjustment Basics
• Light room Image Adjustment Basics
• Do Your Prints Look Like the Screen Image?

Duration

• Short Term Course: 5 Lectures (2 hours per lecture)
• Long Term Course: One Month (Two lectures per week)