Learn how to get stunning images and the best performance from your Canon EOS 50D. Taught by professional photographer and author, Charlotte Lowrie, this four-week course is packed with in-depth lesson on getting great exposures with stunning color and customizing the camera to suit your shooting style. Charlotte is a popular BetterPhoto instructor, and she is the author of 10 photography books including the Canon EOS 50D Digital Field Guide.
Key Features
Setting Up the 50D & Mastering Focus and Color
Mastering and Modifying Exposure
Shooting Nature, Action, and Portraits
Shooting Live View and Tethered, and Using a Flash
Great for Advanced Beginner through Intermediate photographers.
Content-rich lessons with sidebars on helpful and hot photography topics.
Professional tips and techniques for making great exposures.
Benefits:
You get direct feedback on your photos from world-acclaimed, professional photographers. You can learn photography in this way from anywhere in the world.
Charlotte K. Lowrie Charlotte K. Lowrie is an award-winning nature and portrait photographer and writer. Her photography and writing have appeared in newsstand magazines including Popular Photography & Imaging, and in newspapers. Her photography and writing have also been featured on the Canon Digital Learning Center, on MSN, and in Microsoft products and advertisements. Charlotte is also featured on TakeGreatPhotos.com as a master photographer. You can see her images on her Web site at wordsandphotos.org.
Teach Yourself Visually Digital Photography, 2nd Edition (no longer in publication)
Charlotte's images have won awards in the International Aperture Awards and the International Aperture competitions, and in the Women in Photography Portrait competition.
Lesson 1: Setting Up the 50D & Mastering Focus and Color Learn setup options that make shooting faster and easier, choosing the file quality and format that's best for your workflow, master tack-sharp focus, and get stunning image color using both the White Balance options and choosing and modifying Picture Styles. Sidebars: Why Bit-Depth Is Important, Improve Autofocus Accuracy and Speed, How Light Temperature Is Determined Assignment: Shoot a portrait and nature/landscape image getting tack-sharp focus, accurate color, and using a Picture Style.
Lesson 2: Controlling and Modifying Exposure Review the elements that make an exposure great, and then learn how to use the 50D shooting and metering modes to get the best possible exposure for the scene or subject. For challenging scenes, learn how to use in-camera exposure modification techniques. And finally, learn to evaluate exposure while you're in the field. Sidebars: Shutter Speed Tips, A Quick Look at the Fundamentals of Exposure, Assignment: Shoot an indoor and an outdoor image for best exposure and to show changes in Depth of Field.
Lesson 3: Advanced Exposure and Shooting Specific Subjects Learn to use Drive modes, explore an advanced exposure technique, and learn how to setup the 50D and capture nature and landscape scenes, sports and action subjects, and portraits. Sidebars: Working with Filters, Maximizing Depth of Field, Assignment: Choose from among four assignments including capturing action and slow-shutter-speed images using Tv mode, a night or low-light shot using Tv or Manual mode, and/or a nature scene using advanced exposure techniques.
Lesson 4: Shooting Live View and Tethered, and Using a Flash Learn when and how to use Live View shooting. Experience the fun and advantages of cabling the 50D to your computer or laptop and shooting from the computer! Then explore using the built-in or an accessory Canon Speedlite flash. Assignment: Submit an image shot tethered or in Live View mode, and a fill-flash portrait or still life image.
Do I have to have a Canon EOS 50D to take this course?
This course is geared for the 50D, so you'll get more from the course if you have the camera. But given the similarity among Canon EOS Digital SLRs, you could take the course and benefit.
Do I need any special gear to take this course?
All that you need is an EOS 50D and one or more lenses, along with a tripod. If you have an accessory Canon Speedlite that is compatible with the 50D, you'll be able to use it particularly in Assignment 4. But the built-in flash is adequate for that assignment as well.
What photography skill level is required?
Having previous experience using a film or digital SLR will give you a head start in this course, but it's not required for signing up. It's also good to have a working knowledge of the fundamentals of photographic exposure.
No, you do not need to be online at any specific time. The lessons are sent to your email and you are also provided the Campus Square - where you interact with your classmates and instructor. This is also where you upload your photos to be critiqued by your instructor. The instructors are very punctual and respond quickly.
Will I have access to the instructor to ask questions during the photo course?
Absolutely! Students can ask questions in the special Q&A forum set up in the course's Campus Square, or can ask the instructor via email.
Do you offer a money back guarantee?
Yes. We are confident that you will fully enjoy our courses. All the same, for our 8-week classes, we offer a 100% money-back guarantee before the Wednesday that Lesson #3 is sent out. If for any reason, you are not satisfied and let us know that you would like to withdraw before the Wednesday that Lesson #3 is sent, you will be promptly refunded.
For our 4-week courses, we offer a 100% money back guarantee before the Wednesday that Lesson #2 is sent out from BetterPhoto. If for any reason you are not satisfied and you let the ordering department know that you would like to withdraw before the Wednesday that Lesson #2 is sent, you will be refunded within 7 days. After the second lesson has been sent out, no refunds will be given.
Charlotte K. Lowrie
