TRAINING AIDS & LESSON PLANS FOR BEGINNERS COURSE
Sep 12, 2020 16:10:50 #
Cryppy
Loc: Gouldsboro, ME
After years of refusing, I've caved to the request of a local arts organization to teach a beginners course on photography; it's about a month away. I have plenty of time to prepare but I'm sure it won't be necessary to reinvent the wheel. Have any of you taught such a course and if so can you steer me to a pre-prepared lesson plan and perhaps some training aids that focus on fundamentals (light, subject, composition, etc.)? I'll be teaching the course outside because of COVID and I plan on keeping the class at or under 2 hours.
Sep 12, 2020 16:16:27 #
Start with asking what your students want to learn. If you try teach DSLRs and exposure triangles to iPhone photographers, you students will glaze over and disengage. For what it's worth, I moved into a 'retirement resort' full of old people. The most active class is the iPhone photography class. Those folks take great pictures!
Sep 12, 2020 16:34:51 #
In 2018 we hosted a four-part series on light in the For Your Consideration section of UHH. Here is #4 with links to the earlier 3: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-534411-1.html
I was host, but the project was a collaboration of 7 people plus all those who contributed after we created the threads. Possibly you can use some of the organization when covering the importance of light.
Have a great time!
I was host, but the project was a collaboration of 7 people plus all those who contributed after we created the threads. Possibly you can use some of the organization when covering the importance of light.
Have a great time!
Sep 12, 2020 16:56:14 #
Sep 12, 2020 16:59:29 #
Cryppy
Loc: Gouldsboro, ME
Thanks. Good tips for sure but I won't have time to query the students' learning desires. I've already identified the subjects to be covered so they generally understand the scope of the lesson - very basic. My course will be for Point 'n Shoot and entry level DSLR ops who understand little if anything about photography.
Sep 12, 2020 17:02:47 #
Some of this may help. It's an old tutorial of mine, here on UHH.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-573456-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-573456-1.html
Sep 12, 2020 17:38:22 #
One thing I would include is a list of web sites. From those that I know, I would include UHH, DpMag, Digital Photography School, Ken Rockwell, Dp Review, Thom Hogan, DxOMark. I’m certain there are many more great ones people can recommend, but those were good ones off the top of my head. I would also give them a list of famous photographers with a link to Getty Images. Many of your students will explore no farther, but someone will get inspired and want more.
Ansel Adams
Dorothea Lange
Robert Capa
Richard Avedon
Andre Kertesz
Diane Arbus
Alfred Steiglitz
Edward Weston
Steven McCurry
Joel Meyerowitz
Mary Ellen Mark
Are some I would include. Good luck.
Ansel Adams
Dorothea Lange
Robert Capa
Richard Avedon
Andre Kertesz
Diane Arbus
Alfred Steiglitz
Edward Weston
Steven McCurry
Joel Meyerowitz
Mary Ellen Mark
Are some I would include. Good luck.
Sep 12, 2020 17:41:43 #
I pulled these links off my Resource Page - ton of info that might help -
https://www.photostartsheet.com/learn.html
https://photographycourse.net/
https://www.bellisario.psu.edu/photo/flash.html
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/
https://digital-photography-school.com/
https://www.photostartsheet.com/learn.html
https://photographycourse.net/
https://www.bellisario.psu.edu/photo/flash.html
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/
https://digital-photography-school.com/
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Sep 12, 2020 19:27:10 #
Cryppy
Loc: Gouldsboro, ME
Any ideas for an easy-to-use (for novices) and free editing tool? I use LR with the old Picasa as a secondary tool (especially for cloning, etc.) but I know there are tons of others out there that I've never investigated because I'm very satisfied with what I have.
Sep 12, 2020 20:51:36 #
"easy-to-use (for novices) and free editing tool?"
The ones that come with current Windows and current iOS seem very good to me! Maybe a little more might be Adobe Photoshop Express.
The ones that come with current Windows and current iOS seem very good to me! Maybe a little more might be Adobe Photoshop Express.
Sep 12, 2020 22:36:51 #
For Windows, Adobe Photoshop Express can be downloaded here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/adobe-photoshop-express-image-editor-adjustments-filters-effects-borders/9wzdncrfj27n#activetab=pivot:overviewtab
Sep 13, 2020 05:04:38 #
Don't make the lessons anymore complicated than they need to be. For example, some photography instructors who eager to be as accurate as possible, try to point out every exception to the rule, no matter how insignificant. But this will likely only overwhelm and confuse many beginners, and they will then fail to grasp the basics due to information overload. And keep diagrams and flow charts as simple as possible. Don't treat photography as if it were rocket science. A beginner doesn't need that.
Sep 13, 2020 07:58:18 #
Cryppy wrote:
For Windows users:Any ideas for an easy-to-use (for novices) and free editing tool?
https://www.faststone.org/
I haven't explored all the editing options, but it wouldn't take you long to get acquainted.
Is this a single two-hour course? If not, how many meetings?
btw, the exquisite photos on your website make me homesick for my home state!
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