Insurance inspectors, building inspectors, real estate evaluators, historians, detectives, engineers, architects, biologists, orthodontists... anyone who uses photography to record information will find digital photography is a powerful and economic tool.

In this digital photography course you will learn the basic concepts of digital photography and through hands-on exercises, how to use the functions and settings of digital cameras. You will explore problems and solutions of gathering and conserving photographic records and preparation and integration of images in reports, audio-visual presentations, Web pages and databases.

Course Outline

This digital photography course generally consists of 14 three-hour sessions.

	Photography Course Content
Session 1	Basic concepts     Digital imaging    Camera optics     Exposure
Session 2	Digital cameras & accessories Camera functions and settings
Session 3	Photographic technique     General practice    Forensic photography    Practical exercises
Session 4	Appreciation of work Photographic technique    Lighting     Flash    Practical exercises
Session 5	Appreciation of work Photographic technique    2 dimensional objects    3 dimensional objects    Practical exercises
Session 6	Appreciation of work Photographic technique    Landscape     Architecture    Practical exercises
Session 7	Appreciation of work Photographic technique    People    Surveillance photography    Practical exercises
Session 8	Appreciation of work Scanners and scanning Image management    Organizing images    Filing & Archiving     Tools and Software
Session 9	Basic image editing practice    Colour management    Image editing workflow    Inputting images
Session 10	Basic image editing practice    Global corrections     Editing exercises
Session 11	Advanced image editing practice    Local corrections     Editing exercises
Session 12	Advanced image editing practice    Image Manipulation     Editing exercises
Session 13	Preparing images    for print    for service bureaus    for the Internet Making web page galleries
Session 14	Integrating images     Text documents    Electronic documents    Databases Preparing evidential documents