Practice Guide to Learn to Use your Digital Camera from Scratch (Spanish, Multisub)

Master the basic parameters of any digital camera and improve your creativity through photography
The first step to becoming a great photographer is to fully understand how your camera works. Having the skills to be able to escape from the automatic mode, can give you freedom to make your imagination fly and get your best photos.

In this course, you will learn to squeeze all the functions of your digital camera from the hand of Antonio Garci – photographer and teacher established in Spain – who will help you lay the foundations of a career or a photographic hobby. It does not matter if you have a SLR camera, a compact one or even your mobile phone.

This course is aimed at beginners of photography and can function as an introduction to the other two courses of Antonio Garci in Domestika: Introduction to photographic lighting with flash hand and Studio photography: Lighting as a creative resource .

What will you learn in this online course?
You will start knowing Antonio, who will tell you about his experience as a photographer and teacher. It will also show you some of the artists that inspire you and encourage you to continue taking photographs.

You will study in a summarized and didactic way the most important parts of a camera: sensor, lens, diaphragm, trigger and shutter. Antonio will introduce you to the concept of the exhibition.

You will make a tour of the different types of cameras on the market, showing the differences between each of them. Then you will learn about the shooting modes: automatic, scene modes, semi-automatic and manual mode.

You will continue browsing the menu of your camera, studying the different shooting modes, size and format, white balance, etc.

You will study about the types of approaches you can apply to your photos and how you can control the exposure.

Then, it will be time to take pictures. You will start by taking a group photo with a series of figures in a row, which will help you understand the concepts of depth of field, focus and exposure.

You will learn how to make timed shots by making yourself a self-portrait, which Antonio will use to help you better understand the focus, the black and white settings and the high and low keys of your photographs.

You will use the macro mode of your camera with an action figure to illustrate the concept of macro shooting. In addition, you will see how you can achieve satisfactory results with a compact camera.

Antonio will incorporate warm tones and moving dolls in his photos, to explain about freezing, bursts and personalized white balance.

Finally, you will see the different objectives of a camera through a scene with action figures facing each other, which will help you understand how an angular lens works, a telephoto lens, its perspectives and depths of field.

What is this course’s project?
You will make a series of photographs that tell a story using the resources learned.

Who is this online course for?
Beginners with an interest in photography and who want to express themselves through the image.

Requirements and materials
You will only need a digital camera. It does not matter if it’s old, cheap, compact, or professional. Even with your mobile you will be able to follow the course.