Workshop Outline

This workshop explores the differences between how a photographer sees versus how camera sees. In order to make expressive and communicative images a photographer must appreciated the difference between the image seen in the brain through input from stereoscopic vision of the eyes and that seen by a cameras optical system, limited by the viewfinder, recorded on photosensitive material and captured as a period of time by the shutter.

Participants will do photographic exercises to explore and appreciate how the camera lens, the shutter and the photographic medium record the physical world in a different manner than the eye and the brain in order to become more conscious of your use of photographic craft and technique to create expressive images.

Participants are expected to have mastered the basic craft of photography, have a working knowledge and experience with their equipment and software.

Workshop Outline

This digital photography workshope is usually presented in eight three-hour sessions, four presentations, three photo sessions and a final session for appreciation of the work of the participants with guidance for future work.

	Photography Workshop Activities
Session 1	The Lens    Focal length    Angle of view    Foreground to background    Depth of field    Distortion
Session 2	The Frame    Inside-Outside    Position in the frame    Implied content    Depth    Perspective
Session 3	Photo Session    The lens and the frame
Session 4	The Shutter    The decisive moment    When - history    Period    Chronology    Expression of movement    Juxtapositions, sequences, storytelling
Session 5	Photo Session    The shutter
Session 6	The Recording Medium    Exposure    Tonal key    Compensations: reflectivity    Subjective interpretation    Dynamic range & HDR    Colour - white balance    Inversion
Session 7	Photo Session    The medium
Session 8	Appreciation    Projection, discussion and appreciation