Professional Photography in Cape Town

The First Level Course in Photography By: Gareth Griffiths, BSc (Phys Sci) Full accredited member, Southern African Freelancers’ Association - www.safrea.co.za   Aimed at : Small Group (3 maximum) or individual coaching Cost : R 1500 payable: R 800 upfront before first lesson and balance at the final lesson. Cash or EFT.  Non refundable booking fee upon confirmation: R 350.00 (private coaching) and R 200.00 (group sessions). Outcomes : Attendees should learn how to work their own camera as efficiently as possible. A basic understanding of the concepts of working with light, with people, with objects and with scenery will be covered. Finally, an understanding of the electronic end of photography; how to best store images, how to prepare for the best prints, how to email your work or how to prepare for upload to the internet. How to store your images. First Session (60 – 90 minutes): Sit down over coffee and work though the basics and the controls of your ...

“Pyramides” at The Louvre, Paris. Note I have made the impromptu dancer the focus of the picture, that automatically tells a story about the structure as well. This weeks Tip focuses on taking photos of massive architecture features, buildings etc. You can read the rest of the posting in my Column in the People's Post.

Two of the most important features of the digital camera - sensors & lenses. Both make the difference between expensive camera at over R 4 000 and a cheaper version costing R 1000 and above. Bear in mind, “computers with a lens” are cheap, but great lenses are very expensive. Megapixels are no replacement for good quality lenses and sensors. Think of the sensor in your camera as the direct equivalent of film. In many cases, they are even the same size – the negative of APS C-sized film is exactly the same size as the sensor of many modern digital cameras. If you want to test the quality of a sensor, upload your photo onto a computer and study the dark areas closely. Lesser quality sensors will not differentiate the contrast between of light and shade efficiently and the shade will appear as a series of 3-coloured dots under 100% view. The lens is more important – for much the same reasons as film cameras. Bear in mind that the lens of a "point and shoot" compact can nev...

Holiday Photos & Landscapes Choosing the Right Camera for your Money The Computer and Your Camera ! My latest posting - how to select a good "point and shoot" or digital compact camera. Welcome to my Digital Tips Column in the People's Post newspaper, Southern Peninsula of Cape Town. The People's Post website is at http://www.peoplespost.co.za/ (note - Tips not online) I will include a few of the more interesting tips that were published here, both as scans of the actual article, and also the text.