Close encounters: photographing family and friends

- Compose and frame your shot
- Use props and accessories to engage the subject and enhance meaning
- Understand when and how to direct your subject
- Use the manual settings on your camera to achieve more effective results
- Use natural lighting to enhance your image
- Use the right setting to capture movement effectively
- use of depth of field to enhance the image
- Select and use the right lens
- understand the relative merits of Informal and formal portraiture.

Please bring your camera (if you have one) to the classes and you may wish to bring a notebook and pen. The City Lit has a range of Digital SLR cameras, tripods, speedlights (flash guns) and lenses which you are welcome to use during the hours of the class. It would be useful to bring a memory stick (or portable hard drive – please note: PC formatted hard drives can be read by Apple mac computers, but not written to.).

You will be taught using a range of techniques including workshops, short lectures, demonstrations, practical exercises, tutorials, group and individual assistance and hand-outs. Please note the City Lit uses Apple Mac computers in Animation, Cartooning, Digital arts, Film, Graphics, Illustration, Photography and Web design.