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Improve your photography no matter what your level of expertise with UWA Extension.
From the popular beginners digital camera and Better Photography series to specialised topics like travel photography, portraits or wildflowers to advanced courses in fine art photography, we meet every need for the keen beginner and the practiced enthusiast.
All our photography courses are run by working professional photographers with decades of teaching experience. All courses include comprehensive course notes.
Learn from some of Perth’s best photography instructors at very competitive prices.
Today’s DSLR cameras offer vast photographic opportunities – if you know how to use them and you understand light. Get started with your DSLR camera with professional photographers Karen Castle and Karin Calvert. This course teaches – in easy, clear terms – how to use the settings on your camera so you can progress to the next level of creative photography. In the morning session Karen will explain the basics: aperture, shutter speed, ISO and how to achieve correct exposure. In the ...
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If you have an Apple computer and camera you probably have everything you need to make great movies. This course introduces the iMovie package that comes free with every iMac and MacBook. Learn how to create home movies or movie clips to share or upload to YouTube. Discover how to add wonderful new content to your website or blog. Whether you would like to make the most of your home movies or would like to know how to create professional short clips for your blog or your website the...
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Digital movies made easy with iMovie
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Lightroom 4 is one of the most intuitive programs for photographers to import their images, set up a workflow (no more lost images!) and complete powerful global and local enhancements. This seminar will release the power of this amazing program and reveal the workflow used by professionals. This comprehensive seminar has been presented nationally by Master Photographer Nick Melidonis. OUTLINE What Lightroom 4 does and how it complements Photoshop. Understanding how to set up a Pro ...
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Expert's guide to Lightroom 4
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Adobe Photoshop Elements is probably the most popular entry-level software for enhancing and editing images. This 6-hour seminar will provide a practical guide to the essential Photoshop Elements skills enabling you to correct problems, create, catalogue, enhance and manage your photographs and digital files. Learn from one of Australia’s most awarded photographers. OUTLINE The Photoshop Elements Workspace The Welcome Screen The Organizer workspace The Editor workspace The Toolbox P...
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Expert's guide to Photoshop Elements 11
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Digital cameras have more controls and features than film cameras and yet they are often not used to full effect. Gain the confidence to operate your camera and its features to produce better photographs of people, places or things. It’s surprising how much difference a little instruction makes. This course is suitable for anyone with an interest in digital photography for work or self. Students from rural areas, or those unable to attend on Day 2, have the option of an on-line eval...
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Get the most out of your digital camera (beginners)
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Designed for those who know the basic functions and features of their digital camera and wish to learn more (or have completed the Beginners course). Topics include aperture priority, shutter speed priority, portrait modes, landscape modes, exposure compensation, eliminating shutter lag, manual white balance and macro. Note that your camera must have manual settings such as P, A, S, M. The course examines all the manual modes in some detail – P, A, S and M. We use landscape photogra...
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Get the most out of your digital camera (intermediate)
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A fun and practical course for digital photographers to enhance your portrait skills. Learn how to capture your family, children, pets and loved ones using available light and natural poses.Tips are provided for digital enhancement, plus how to best archive your digital images and preserve them for future generations. OUTLINE This course will include: A short technical review of the basics of Beginners & Intermediate Design techniques to ensure effective portraits Communication tech...
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Portraits – memories forever
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Composition is one of the most challenging yet rewarding aspects of photography. Mastering its principles can mean really big improvements to your photographs. This course will be particularly beneficial to beginners wishing to develop their expertise with digital cameras, but will also help more experienced photographers refine their skills. Linear and diagonal perspectives, the rule of thirds and the placement of colour, as well as other compositional elements will be covered. THI...
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Better photography – composition
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This advanced workshop takes you far beyond the basics of photography. This workshop is designed to examine and utilise some of the intricate image-adjusting controls buried deep inside your sub-menus. The workshop also provides you with new advanced practical skills, showing you how to test each of your lenses for sharpness, how to accurately copy works of art and how to set a Manual White Balance for precise and accurate colour. The theme of Advanced Digital is the optimisation of...
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Get the most out of your digital camera (advanced)
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A sea change into professional photography may be attractive but fraught with pitfalls. Master Photographer and educator, Dale Neill provides an insider’s guide. He gives a critical analysis of the impact digital has had on the profession and how innovative professionals have coped and profited. Topics include copyright, contracts, GST, professional ethics, legal liability and professional organisations. Perfect for photographers considering entering the profession. What are the ten...
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So you want to be a pro - inside the photographic industry
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