So for Mother's Day, Ryan bought me a Groupon to Lander's Photography School. I FINALLY took my class called Getting to Know Your Camera and HOLY COW was it helpful. I'm seriously afraid to admit to you all how much I didn't know!!! I'll put it to you this way: the instructor started the class by laughing about a few students who didn't even know how to focus their lenses (LOL but I totally was not laughing....). I learned more in this 2 hours then I think I would have learned in 12 on my own. Taking a class put it all together for me and answered a lot of questions quickly and easily for me. So am I a pro now? HELL to the no! But I do know WAY more about my fancy camera and about the exposure triangle (now I sound fancy right??) So here is the gist of what they covered:
-lens types and how they work
-what all those numbers mean on your lens
-shooting modes (you only need to use 3!). This was life changing for me. Apparently I have been using my uber expensive camera like a point and shoot. Ain't that sad? So this shows you how to get into a semi-manual and manual mode.
-how to get your camera to shoot in continuous shooting mode
-white balance and what the hell is it?
-meter settings (I'm still really freaking confused on this concept.... anyone want to teach me more?)
-Setting your jpeg quality
-zeroing out your meters (yeah... practice)
SO basically I need to take my camera out for a spin. I think the thing to do from here is play play play. There is just a ton to learn. Seems like the more I know, the more I realize how little I know. To all my photographer friends- I knew you were really talented and gifted but now I'm just in freakin' awe!
www.landersphotoschool.com
210-681-8552
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