BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY CERTIFICATE COURSE

BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY CERTIFICATE COURSE

Duration: 2 MONTHS

Course Curriculum

📸 Camera & Equipment Basics

• Types of cameras and handling (Analog & Digital 35mm)
• Tripod and its handling
• Lenses and optics
• Film speed / ISO



⚙️ Exposure & Camera Controls (Theory & Practice)

• Exposure fundamentals
• Aperture (F-stop)
• Basic depth of field using aperture
• Shutter speed
• Camera settings (indoor & outdoor)
• Metering modes
• Exposure point and focus point
• How to lock exposure and focus
• Shooting modes: (M, Tv, Av, S, A, P, Full Auto, Full Auto without Flash)
• Image formats and image quality



🎯 Focus & Color Management

• Focusing modes: Manual & Auto Focus
• White balance
• Color temperature



🎨 Composition & Lighting

• Basic composition techniques
• Types of light: Natural Light (N.L.) & Artificial Light (A.L.)
• Reflectors and their uses (all types of reflectors)
• How to make reflectors



💡 Studio Photography

• Basic studio shooting using tungsten or continuous lights
• Portrait photography (mid-length & full-length) in studio and outdoor locations
• Basic product photography in studio using tungsten light



🌙 Night & Creative Photograph

• Basic night photography (theory & practical)
• How to shoot multiple exposure
• How to shoot fantastic light trails for maximum effect (theory & practical)




🌿 Outdoor Photography & Photowalks

• Photography tours in Delhi and outstation locations
• Zoo photography
• Portraits, people, and landscape photography (practical outdoor sessions)
• Review and discussion of outdoor daylight shoots
• Outdoor daylight shoots including:
   → Nature
   → Monuments
   → Birds & animals



🖥️ Post-Processing

• Basic Photoshop editing



🗣️ Learning Activities

• Talk on walk (interactive photowalk sessions)



📁 Portfolio Development

• How to develop a basic photography portfolio
• Submission of Basic Photography Course portfolio
• Display and review of student work