Professional Diploma in Basic and Advanced DSLR Photography

• History Of Photography

1. Invention and its development

2. Detailed mixture of Physics and Chemistry

• Camera And Film

1. Types of cameras and its development

2. History and type of films and its developments

3. Details on SLR camera and its functions

4. Detailed theory and demo on film developing and printing

5. Introduction to DSLR (Detailed functions at the end of the course)

• Lenses

1. History of Lenses

2. Types of optics/lenses

3. Details of Focal Point, Focal Length and Depth Of Field

4. Details on various models and types of lenses and its uses

• Aperture

1. What, Why and How.

2. Details and various ‘f ‘ stops and its nature

3. Depth of field (shallow / deep)

4. Aperture value/ priority /usage.

• Shutter

1. History of Shutters

2. Various shutters, speed and its usage

3. Shutter priority/Time Value /usage

• Exposure

1. Meaning of Exposure

2. Setting up the right exposure, bracketing and compensations

3. ‘f ‘ stops and shutter combination F16 rule.

4. ‘f ‘ stops, shutter speed and ISO combination

5. creative settings on exposure, fast/slow shutter speed effects, light painting and low light techniques

6. What is ISO, advantage and disadvantage of higher/lower ISO

7. Exposure triangle

• Lights

1. Different types of lighting

2. Kelvin control

3. Outdoor, Indoor, Flash, light usage

4. Flash photography

5. Details on white balance settings

• Composition

1. Importance of composition

2. Various types of compositions

3. How to compose with compositions

4. Importance of better cropping

• Accessories Usage

1. Introduction to various filters

2. Details on filter usage and its effects

3. Tripod/Mono-pod – Importance

4. Checklists while going on a long shoot

5. Tips on right equipments

6. Tips on:

7. Setting up for a shoot

8. The importance of light

9. Environmental portraiture

10. Capturing the essence of a business

11. Dealing with challenges

12. The do’s and don’ts of business photography

13. Public relations photography

14. Obtaining commissions

15. Presenting your work

• Photography Fields

1. Travel

2. Nature and Landscape

3. Macro/Micro

4. Portrait/Portfolio/Modelling/Fashion

5. Wedding and Seasonal functions

6. Street and people documentary

7. Product and Advertisement

8. Photo Journalism/documentary

9. (Separate modules for Diploma in Photo journalism)

10. Sports

• Digital Dark Room

1. Tips for setting up

2. Why you need a digital dark room

3. Correcting imperfect images

4. Re-invent photographs as new and different images

5. What you can do with photo editing soft-wares

6. Other elements needed in your digital dark room

7. Understanding DPI and resolution

8. Difference between Grains and Pixelletes

9. What to know before you start editing

10. Workflow

11. Picture orientation

12. Cropping

13. Levels

14. Altering brightness and contrast

15. Hue and saturation

16. Red eye

17. Cloning

18. Printing and saving

• Professional Photography

1. Tips for becoming a Professional

2. Portfolio and presentation of own works

3. Web links for network

4. Tips on contest participation

5. Tips for finding employment

6. Entry level, internship and being an assistant

7. Tips on self employment (setting up a pro studio)

8. Web links for jobs

9. Web links for photo tips, top images, image banks, salons, etc.

• Digital Photography

1. Film Vs Digital

2. Types of digital cameras

3. Maintenance tips

4. Raw/TIFF, JPEG formats

5. Details on custom settings

• Advancement

1. Slide Shows of great image collections

2. Professionals’ guest lectures and their image slide shows

3. Discussion/interaction with professionals

4. Practical photowalks and workshops on particular topic

5. Editing/composing and enhancement of students’ pictures and disussions

• Theory And Practical Exam

PS :- Certificates and Diplomas will be issued to students performing well and gets 80% in final exam and practical.

Concessions - Physically challenged (a medical certificate to be submitted) and for Students of studying Degree / PG - 10% OFF.

Prescribed application form is available on request, a recent passport size photograph with other details should be submitted before joining the course.