Camera Skills and Composition with Bill Irwin

Dates: Friday 13th January  9am---4pm

Regular Cost: $ 140.00

Earlybird: $ 125.00

Maximum class number: 10

Venue: Mt Hutt College

 

About the Course

This class is for photographers who want to take full control of their cameras – you will be happy discussing f-stops, shutter speeds, ISO, focal lengths. We will cover ideas for improving your photography by using better composition and better technique.

We will start by looking at a series of photographs, grouped in to different compositional styles. Initial capture of a strong image is important. These concepts work for users of any camera, film or digital. Taking control of exposure settings and lens selection unleashes further possibilities.

After discussing ideas we will go out and put them in to action on a quick photo mission around town, so bring your camera gear with you.

When we get back to the studio we will download your photos and talk about what worked and didn’t work. We will also look at how the raw images can be improved with editing. This is a huge subject but we will look at what we can on the day. I use Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, the industry standards, but many of the concepts work with other software.

Bill Irwin

I am a full time photographer based in Methven, photographing landscapes and people. Some work is commissioned, much is self-generated where I photograph subjects that connect with me, and then find an outlet for the images. They end up in publications, advertising, and my personal favourites are sold as prints.

I particularly enjoy making fine prints, viewing images on screen never does them justice. There are some beautiful fine art papers available today, these combined with archival pigments are as good as it gets today.

I am a Qualified member of NZIPP (the NZ Institute of Professional Photographers) and have collected several print awards in the annual Iris Professional Photography Awards. Learning new technical skills to combine with creative ideas is something I enjoy very much. Being able to work full time as a photographer is giving me immense job satisfaction.