IBSW | Portrait Photography

• Understanding digital cameras and lighting techniques
• Familiarization with the controls in your camera
• Understanding & Working with different light modifiers
• Technical Concepts of photography
• Portrait Lighting Setups
• Understanding exposure, histograms and metering
• Aperture, Depth of Field, Shutter-speed, ISO and White Balance
• Knowing what makes a technically good photograph; identifying problems in images
• Composition & Visualizing
• Stories through your photographs
• Guidelines for good composition
• Understanding all indoor sources & forms of light & lighting techniques
• Post-processing images on the computer ( IBSW Campus Bangalore )

•  Guided field session at an Outdoor Location to practice concepts learnt in the classroom using natural & artificial light
•  Review of photographs from field session
•  Post-processing images on the computer ( IBSW Campus Bangalore )

• understand the different controls in your digital camera and make the best use of them depending on the circumstances in which you are shooting.
• know and use the advanced modes to control the exposure and depth of field to get the best from your subject.
• understand the different sources & forms of lights, and lighting techniques
• make the best use of your camera’s abilities and open up to unlimited possibilities in portrait photography

Day 1: We will begin the workshop at 10:00 AM at IBSW, Bangalore.

and would be indoor sessions where we’ll go through the concepts of photography interspersed with practice sessions, with breaks for lunch and snacks/tea. The first day’s workshop ends by 5:00 PM.

Day 1: We meet at the park at 6:30 AM to get the best of early morning light. We’ll practice the concepts (learned on Day 1) till about 10:00 AM. After brunch, We’ll continue with the indoor sessions and image reviews. The second day’s session ends by 3.00 PM.