Photography is our passion, and we know it's yours. Like any other creative medium, on the most basic of levels, photography is about telling a story. You have to have something you want to say – something you want to express. Your camera is the tool that you use to express it. Knowing more about cameras and this exciting field will put you on the right track.

      Bayan for Human Development would like to share with you this three days course "Master The Art of Photography" on Sun. 12^th of Dec. 2010,  Tue. 14^th of Dec. 2010 and  Sun. 19^th of Dec. 2010  from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the Library Hall – Masjed Al Sedik. This course will be handled by our talented photographer; "Ashraf Mahmoud". For more information, check below.
   

Training Program Outline:

• Lesson 1
  • The Camera

• Lesson 2
  • The Compact Camera
  • The Medium Format SLR Camera
  • Large Format
  • Digital Cameras

• Lesson 3
  • Film and Digital Sensitivity
  • Sensitivity Measurement
  • Shutter Speed
  • The Aperture
  • Adjusting the Exposure

• Lesson 4
  • SLR Info Displays
  • Digital Image Settings
  • Digital Storage

• Lesson 5
  • Holding the Camera
  • Viewfinders and Viewscreens
  • Focusing

• Lesson 6
  • Introduction to Composition
  • Filling the Frame
  • Avoid Clutter
  • Avoiding Time wasting
  • Summary

• Lesson 7
  • Combining Shutter Speeds with Apertures

• Lesson 8
  • Knowing Your Subject
  • Selecting a Shutter Speed
  • Capturing a Moving Subject
  • Panning a moving Subject
  • Slow Shutter Speeds and the Tripod
  • Remote Releases

• Lesson 9
  • Selecting an Aperture
  • Depth of field scales
  • Estimating depth of field
  • Depth of Field Calculator
  • The Depth of Field Preview
  • Using Zone focusing
  • Hyper focal focusing
  • Using Shallow depth of field
  • Maximizing depth of field

• Lesson 10
  • Lenses
  • Focal Length
  • Lens Characteristics
  • Lens Perspectives
  • The Standard Lens
  • The Wide Angle Lens
  • The Telephoto Lens
  • Fixed Focal Length Lenses
  • Zoom Lenses
  • Specialist Lenses

• Lesson 11
  • Introduction
  • Rules of Composition
  • The Rule of Thirds

• Lesson 12
  • The Subject
  • Framing the Subject

• Lesson 13
  • Planning the Photograph
  • Choosing the Format
  • Reading the Photograph
  • Choosing the Viewpoint

• Lesson 14
  • Maximising the Foreground
  • Isolating Detail
  • Using Lines
  • Patterns and Textures
  • Color for Impact
  • Adding Scale

• Lesson 15
  • Lighting
  • Direction of Sunlight
  • Early Morning Light
  • Midday Sunlight
  • Late Evening Sunlight
  • Overcast Lighting

• Lesson 16
  • Bounced Flash
  • Fill-in Flash
  • Freezing Movement with Flash
  • Front and Rear Curtain Sync

• Lesson 17
  • Light and the Camera Meter
  • Lighting Angles
  • SLR Cameras with Center Weighted/Multizone Meters
  • SLR Cameras with Partial and Spot Metering
  • Identifying Shades
  • Bracketing the Exposure
  • Changing the ISO

• Lesson 18
  • Camera Exposure Modes
  • Advanced Exposure Modes
  • Subject Exposure Modes
  • Choosing an Exposure Mode
  • Exposure Compensation
  • Other Exposure Tools
  • Shooting Modes
  • Module Summary

• Lesson 19
  • Media: Digital
  • Introduction
  • Digital Sensor Construction
  • Digital Image Resolution
  • Image File Formats
  • Digital Sensor Size
  • Digital Sensor Speed

• Lesson 20
  • Night Photography
  • Equipment
  • How to Expose for the Night
  • Reciprocity Law Failure
  • Exposure Bracketing
  • Using Movement
  • Using Flash
  • Special Effects at Night
  • Adding the Moon

The Instructor:

Ashraf Mahmoud

      I'm originally trained as a computer scientist and currently a business consultant in the field of business intelligence, I have been involved in photography since childhood. I experienced a renewed enthusiasm and appreciation for photography since dealing with a basic black and white darkroom at my house.

I often use the tools of modern photography – filters, digital enhancement – to try to capture in an image and the emotions.

      For me this course is a perfect chance to spend time talking about -without a doubt- very rewarding hobby. I aim from this course to increase the shared interest between us and provide you with good technical skills. Taking great pictures is more than aiming and clicking - it needs in-depth knowledge of lighting, equipment, composition and a KEEN EYE.

      Its primarily for pleasure bit - that I like. The pleasure of capturing the one off photo, capturing the light, the framing, the moment in time that will never happen again. Or you may not travel the place again .. a history for my kids …pictures to share with my family … to be able to go back to that moment in time in your mind and smile. There is a sense of accomplishment in photography. It is a hobby whose results can be shared and admired and is praiseworthy. This hobby is broadening the mind, making friends of similar interest, they learn from you and you learn from them. and can be developed to serious business. It is all good...

Have you ever asked yourself why it's called SHOOTING