Professional Basics 4 days course ( 2 weekends )

This course is designed for anyone ( 18+ age) who has a passion to explore photography as a hobby, amateur, part time or full time profession. We start from ground zero and mould you into a confident photographer within 4 days. You will be mastering the following topics along with assignments and field trip.

Capturing the Decisive Moment — Master the Art of Photography with Lightdots

Interested in improving your photography skills? 

Here’s why Lightdots Photography is the right choice for you:

➊ Quality training to help your realise your goals:

For more than 10 years we’ve been helping photographers with varying skill levels improve and increase their confidence. We’ve been maintaining consistent 5 star ratings and great feedback from those who’ve attended our courses. Students who’ve attended our courses have gone on to pursue their dreams and start either full-time or part-time photography businesses. You become part of an ever-growing photography community that thrives on peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, supportive critique and feedback

➋ Short-term courses for the busy professional:

Our courses are carefully curated, intensive and of short duration — ensuring you learn quickly to put your skills into practice. These courses are conducted during the weekends for the convenience of working professionals. Convenient and easy to reach location: our academy is located in the heart of Bengaluru city

➌ Cost-effective and affordable:

Our passion is to inspire aspiring photographers to take up the camera and perfect their skills. Hence, you enhancing your skillsets is why we insist that you learn first and pay later

Compared to other training providers, we keep our fees affordable so there’s no barrier to anyone who’s serious about learning photography to participate and benefit from our expertise

We guarantee full refund of course fees if you’re not satisfied

Topics Coverage

1. A brief about Photography

2. The Best Camera & The Right camera,

3. Mirror, Mirrorless Camera and Its Working, Different kinds of camera.

4. Understanding Lens,Importance of Lens.

5. Focal Length, How to choose the RIGHT Focal Length

6. Magnification

7. Camera Care, Maintenenace

8. Pixels

9. Focusing and Drives

10.Camera Sensors and Formats

11. Fx/Dx , EF, EFS, RF Cameras

12. Exposure Theory / Triangle

13. Why Camera Modes

14. Manual Mode Mastery - Comprehensive Class

15. Shutter Speed - Creative Learning Class

16. Aperture - Creative Learning Class

17. ISO - Creative Learning Class

18. F Stop

19. DOF

20. Auto Focusing and Manual Focusing

21. Working with Image formats (RAW and JPEG)

22. IBIS and IS

23. Tv,S, A, Av, P, M Modes

24. Exposure Compensation

25. Point of Interest

26. Framing and Composition Basics

27. Composition Design Art

28.Tripod

29. Lighting Principles

30. Lighting Parameters

31. Quality Lighting Techniques

32. Direction Lighting

33. Color Theory Lighting

34. Reflective Metering System

35. Different creative scenarios with metering

36. Color Space

37. Reciprocity

38. Focus Drives

39. Focus Point Selection / Eye Track

40. Panning

41. Calibration Basics

42. Color Temperature

43. White Balancing

44. Filters and Usage

45. Perspective Distortion

46. Perspective Correction

47. Histogram Analysis

48. HDR

49. Chromatic Aberration

50. Dimension Study

51. Art in Photography

52. Copyright and Watermarking

53. Specialising in Different Genres Photography (Wildlife, Nature, Event, Fashion etc.

54. How to earn money from Photography

55.Photography Career Guidance

56. Alumni Membership