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Instructor: Paul Dileanis, Photographer

Photography today is a demanding field requiring an artistic eye, a solid understanding of photographic technique and the flexibility to adapt to the challenges of digital photography. The basics of photography haven’t changed since the first permanent image was created in 1826. We are still using a light tight box containing a light sensitive material with a lens and other means to control the exposure. The challenge we have today is all the added features, some well thought out and some added at the behest of marketing departments. Many of the tasks, such as color and calibration, we once relegated to the engineers at Kodak and to our processing labs with little or no control over the final image.

Today your camera is a portable computer with the ability to alter many image characteristics in the camera itself.  You have the choice of shooting in the factory default settings or exercising more precise control over the color, exposure and other parameters.

This workbook and the accompanying exercises will help familiarize you with the most important controls and features of your DSLR.  By understanding how these controls work and learning the basics of photography you will be well on the way to learning how your camera “sees”.  This knowledge will help you improve your photography and aid in developing your photographic vision.

Paul Dileanis