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ESSENTIAL INFO
If you purchase a ticket for this course, all the information on this page will be emailed to you with your ticket.
👥 Suitable for: Ages 16 and up
📍 Venue: Bellingen High School (mobility aid accessible)
📈 Level: BEGINNER to INTERMEDIATE skill level
⏰ Schedule: Mon–Fri, 9am – 12pm (5 Half-Days)
🚗 Check your venue: If you are booking multiple courses, we are unable to provide transport between venues.
Required skills & experience
No experience required
Supplies that you need to bring to class
Digital SLR camera
Charged batteries & charger
Empty memory card
Notebook and pen
Learning outcomes
Ditch Auto Mode for Good: Confidently step away from automatic settings and take full control of your camera using manual exposure, shutter speed, aperture, and ISO.
Freeze Time or Blur Motion: Master your shutter speed to easily capture fast-moving action crystal-clear, or intentionally create cool, artistic motion blur.
Make Your Subjects Pop: Use aperture control and advanced focus modes to master depth of field—whether you want a beautifully blurry background for a portrait or a pin-sharp landscape.
Shoot with Creative Flare: Play with lighting, composition, white balance, and even black-and-white settings to turn everyday snapshots into stunning photographs.
Rock Your Gear in the Field: Know exactly how to use extra tools like tripods, camera releases, and filters out in the real world, while keeping your camera clean and well-maintained.
COURSE PLAN
DAY ONE
Learn how to set up your camera to capture images.
Camera maintenance and care.
Shutter speeds - control shutter speeds to affect motion blur and freeze subjects.
DAY TWO
Aperture - learn how to isolate and tell stories using aperture.
Using manual exposure and understanding ISO.
The usefulness of tripods and camera releases.
Using polarising and ND filters.
Focal length and how it affects perspective and depth perception.
DAY THREE
Learn creative composition.
Focus modes, learn about AF systems and how your camera uses them effectively.
Timers, drive modes and creative white balance.
DAY FOUR
Metering systems and exposure composition.
How to set your camera for black and white photography.
Using flash creatively.
DAY FIVE
Out in the field practicing your newly learned skills.
This course can be done by itself, or in the perfect pair!
Check out Paul’s other course, Beyond the Click.
COURSE TUTOR
Paul Tidey
Paul has worked in the photographic industry since 1987, and started his business, Fundamental Photography, in 2010. He is a passionate and inspiring teacher who still gets excited about educating you on the joys of capturing that once-in-a-lifetime image. To make sure when it happens you are prepared and ready to go. Know your camera and have the ability and confidence to create your own masterpieces.
At Fundamental Photography, Paul offers digital SLR camera courses that cover everything you need to know about your camera. How your camera works, how to set it up correctly utilising shutter speeds, apertures and ISO’s and how to get the results you are LOOKING FOR!
“Very privileged to spend the week with the tutor and his life long experience and expertise. He was very engaging and was able to assist everyone.”
“The tutor was exceptional: organised, a very good communicator, knowledgeable and encouraging. He was extremely well-prepared, with a carefully paced program that he stuck to all week. He created an excellent atmosphere in the classroom, playing no favourites and encouraging everyone alike.”
