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Welcome to the Digital Photography Courses Newsletter for November 2011.

This month -

• How to photograph fireworks
• Christmas Gift Vouchers from £25
• Extra HDR & Raw Course
• Refresher Course Spaces

Hi [fname]

The clocks have gone back and the darker nights have arrived, but it's not time to put those cameras away just yet. Modern Digital SLRs are brilliant in low light so just turn that ISO up to 1600 (and even more if you need to) and start taking some low light pictures.

It's Halloween on Mondayand Bonfire night is next week so switch the flash off, hold the camera very still, or put it on a tripod, and have a go. I've include some instruction for firework photography below so there can be no excuses.

By popular demand we have also added an extra RAW & HDR course for 19th & 20th November 2011.

Upcoming Courses One to One Photography Tuition Sat 12th Nov Beginners DSLR 1 Spaces Sun 13th Nov Beginners DSLR 5 Spaces Extra HDR & RAW Course 19th & 20th November

These are the last begroup courses until 2012 but we will be selling Gift Vouchers. See www.digitalphotographycourses.co.uk/photography-course-gift-voucher.html

Firwork Photography Tutorial

If using Shutter Priority

1. Start by checking your Image quality is set to Fine and Large.
2. Put the ISO on 400 and use AutoWhite Balance
3. Put the mode onto Shutter Priority - "S" or "TV".
4. Set a shutter speed of 8 seconds
5. Put the camera on a tripod and use a remote release
6. Put the lens on manual focus and focus on Infinity
7. Point to an area of sky where the firworks will explode.
8. As soon as the fireworks burst open the shutter.
9. If several fireworks explode during the 8 second exposure you wil get all the explosions.
10. Review you images and you should have a black sky and colourful fireworks
11. If your pictures are too dark use a plus 1 stop compenstation
12. If your pictures are too light use a minus 1 stop compenstation

If using Manual Exposure

1. Start by checking your Image quality is set to Fine and Large.
2. Put the ISO on 400 and use AutoWhite Balance
3. Put the mode onto Manual exposure
4. Set a shutter speed of 8 seconds and an aperture of f8
5. Put the camera on a tripod and use a remote release
6. Put the lens on manual focus and focus on Infinity
7. Point to an area of sky where the firworks will explode.
8. As soon as the fireworks burst open the shutter.
9. If several fireworks explode during the 8 second exposure you wil get all the explosions.
10. Review you images and you should have a black sky and colourful fireworks
11. If your pictures are too dark use larger aperture like f5.6 or turn the ISO up to 800.
12. If your pictures are too light use a smaller aperture like f11 or f116

Extra HDR & RAW Course for Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th November 2011 November is a perfect time for HDR and RAW photography as the low sun during the day allows for including the sun in the picture and still maintain detail in both the sky and landscape. This is one of my favourite courses but it does require you have your own laptop with some version of Photoshop as half the day is computer based. Spaces are very limited as we can only take a three students each day and two of those spaces are pre-booked. You can book below. digitalphotographycourses.co.uk/HDR-RAW-photography-courses.html

Refresher Courses

We very occasionally get last minute spaces on a beginners course and these can be taken as a refresher course for £75 by anyone who has already attended a beginners course or the AWBC course. If you wish to be notified when one of these spaces become available email me at glen@digitalphotographycourses.co.uk and I'll add your name to the list.

Upload your pictures to the Facebook group.

It's nice to see new students upload their images to the Facebook Group but it would be great to see even more. Please do not think your images are not good enough as we are all here to learn and with the support of the group your photography will soon be receiving rave reviews.

How to upload you pictures to the Digital Photography Facebook Group. Ask to join the group by clicking here www.facebook.com/groups/180343352037717 or follow the link from the DPC home page. First edit your picture in Picasa Now choose the Export command from the bottom of the screen Choose to Save the file on the desktop. Name the folder Facebook Pix Move the size slider to 800 pixels Leave Quality on Auto Add a watermark with your name and click OK Now go to the DPC Facebook Group page and click on the "Add Photo" link at the top of the page. Choose “Upload photo” and Browse to find the image folder on the desktop. Click on your chosen picture and add some text to the post and click on “Post” You can upload several pictures by choosing the Create Photo Album option All done

Video Tutorials

We have a range of video tutorials on the website that you might find useful.

1. www.digitalphotographycourses.co.uk/photoshop-tutorials/photoshop-basic-adjustments.html
2. www.digitalphotographycourses.co.uk/photoshop-tutorials/replace-sky-in-photoshop.html
3. www.digitalphotographycourses.co.uk/photoshop-tutorials/using-layers-in-photoshop.html

Hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. Keep snapping and I hope to see you all again soon. Don't forget our photography courses make a great Christmas present and we have gift vouchers from just £25.

Very best wishes

Glen

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