The emphasis for this course is hands-on and the practical aspects of using your camera. We will also be using the Faststone Image Viewer,
Note: This software is supplied with the course disk for use on your own home computer.

NB: Students should be familiar with Word Processing Level 1 skills

Becoming familiar with your camera

Saving your pictures to the computer

The things it can do

Erasing your pictures

Memory cards and batteries	Image viewer software
The LCD screen and the view finder	Layout and thumbnails
The buttons and the Mode dial	Finding your pictures on the computer
Menus and the navigating button	Displaying and picture size
Aperture & Exposure	Rotating a picture or straightening it
Taking photos:	Printing, resizing for printing or email
Automatic settings	Printing a contact sheet
Shutter delay	Retouching tools
Zoom, Optical/Digital	Adding Text
Auto focus and exposure	Saving & Exporting
Image size and Memory capacity	Adjusting Colours
Landscape, Portrait and Close up	Hue, Saturation, Lightness
Colour balance and Exposure	Replacing Colours

Using the flash indoors and outdoors	Cropping
Red eye correction, Self timer	Brightness, contrast & gamma
Viewing your photos in the camera	Colour balance, Sepia or B&W
Picture Index view	Sharpening
	Adding text & borders
	Organising your pictures into folders
	Displaying your pictures, on TV or a
	Digital Picture Frame

The above course is for 7 sessions at a cost of $30