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Practical photography (beginners)
Image by Dale Neill Discover how much of a difference a little instruction makes! Whether you are a new photographer or someone wanting to learn more about the basics of of digital photography, this is an ideal course for you. Digital cameras have lots of controls and features that are not used to full effect. Gain the confidence to operate your camera and its features to produce better photographs of people, places or things. This course is for anyone with an interest in digital...
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Spanish II
Finally you’ve booked your Latino adventure and you’ve downloaded the Espanol app. How do you answer those beautiful brown eyes with a flat phone battery? Better sign up to improve your basic Spanish today. This course continues on from Beginners; however if you have basic spoken and written Spanish, this course may suit you. OBJECTIVES At the end of this course students will speak enough Spanish to: Talk about themselves, their likes and dislikes, their future hopes Make holiday...
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Practical photography (intermediate)
Designed for those who know the basic functions and features of their digital camera and wish to learn more (or have completed the Beginners course). Topics include aperture priority, shutter speed priority, portrait modes, landscape modes, exposure compensation, eliminating shutter lag, manual white balance and macro. Note that your camera must have manual settings such as P, A, S, M. The course examines all the manual modes in some detail – P, A, S and M. We use landscape...
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Start your Blog in a Day- private and business
Whether you’ve read a few blogs or have never heard of one, this course will get you blogging. Find out how to write and manage a blog, what to include, who your audience is, and how you can even make money from blogging. Participants will have the opportunity to start their own blog. Publishing a blog for either business or pleasure is both fun and productive and in this workshop, veteran blogger Amanda Kendle will help participants learn about using Wordpress to start their own...
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Start to Podcast
Podcasting is really coming of age: with well over half a million podcasts now in existence and an ever-growing audience of podcast listeners who love to listen while driving, commuting or exercising, there’s never been a better time to consider starting your own podcast! If you have been pondering the podcast idea – even if you’re really not sure yet what you would podcast about, but have the inkling that it might be useful and fun – then come along to flesh out an idea and learn...
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Creative Photography - learning how to see
There are numerous courses available that show people how to use a camera and that is a pre-requisite skill for all photographers. There are very few courses available that show people how to ‘see’ in the field and then realise their vision after the image is captured and yet, that is the most valuable skill a photographer needs to be creative and to develop their own unique style. Becoming ‘visually literate’, learning to see beyond what’s there and overcoming our visual biases...
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Creative Photography - master image composition
Looking through your camera’s viewfinder and snapping what is in front of you is easy once you have mastered the technicalities of photography, but knowing how to effectively compose an image in the field is a skill that does not come naturally. The good news is that while photographic vision may not be an inherent ability, it is a skill that can be developed through studying visual principles and developing a visual vocabulary. Creative composition is one of the most important...
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The Insider's Guide to: Florence circa 1500
After the French invasion in 1494, the Florentine people revolted against its de facto rulers and exiled the Medici family from Florence. Subsequently, the followers of the Dominican preacher Girolamo Savonarola (called piagnoni: weepers) instituted a theocratic government, taking fierce control over the city, while Savonarola was preaching the end of times and called for a large ‘bonfire of the vanities’ to ‘cleanse’ the city. Savonarola’s disgust of splendour is famous, but what...
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DNA and genealogy - what DNA tests can reveal about your family tree
Millions of people around the globe are enthusiastically charting their bloodlines. Genealogy has become a cultural phenomenon! Join Genealogist Mike Murray in our upcoming seminar and learn what DNA tests can reveal about your family tree. We all have two family trees – one that we can build up from family stories and genealogical records, and another that’s hidden within your DNA. Easy access to inexpensive DNA testing is revealing family secrets, breaking down stubborn brick...
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Introduction to Digital Photography
photo by Nick Melidonis Photography is one of the world’s most popular pastimes and yet many people who own or are thinking about upgrading their camera equipment don’t understand how to use and maximise the creative controls of their camera. Regardless of whether you use a compact; DSLR or a mirrorless camera; this workshop will explain the many creative choices you have in setting up and using your camera with the aim of shooting some stunning images the way you want to. Join...
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