Photography workshop, what would you want to learn?

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Ive been asked by a bunch of people if i'd run a workshop for photographers.

Im wondering what people would want to learn, I have a pretty long list of stuff but I dont want to leave too much out.

Thanks in advance.
 
To be honest, what I'd like to learn would only be part of what I am looking for in a course, there's other stuff to take into consideration too, like cost. How long is this workshop for, a day? Who is it aimed at, everyone? newbies?
If you were really stumped for ideas, maybe you could go on one yourself just to get some ideas :)
 
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TBH if you try to cram in too much you are not going to keep many of your students.

If you make it for newbies the more experienced ones will lose interest and if you concentrate on those the newbies will be out of their depth.

If necessary I would design say 3 classes for newbies, intermediates and experienced or at least semi experienced.

And, depending how long the courses are, don't try and cover everything or you will not cover anything adequately.

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Bletch said:
To be honest, what I'd like to learn would only be part of what I am looking for in a course, there's other stuff to take into consideration too, like cost. How long is this workshop for, a day? Who is it aimed at, everyone? newbies?
If you were really stumped for ideas, maybe you could go on one yourself just to get some ideas :)
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Oh I have everything else sorted out and the lesson plan is pretty much set to an afternoon (4 hours) but im making sure ive not left off anything obvious.

It would be aimed at semi amateurs, people who have DSLR's but want to start getting the light off the camera.

You are right I dont want to cram too much in as it could confuse people.
 
rgrebby said:
You are right I dont want to cram too much in as it could confuse people.
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I think that's a good starting point.

I almost bought a Groupon deal that was for a photography tour of Edinburgh. I contacted the guy offering the deal on Twitter first and asked what sort of stuff he'd be covering as I already had a grasp of the fundamentals. His reply was that he would teach me everything that I wanted to know!

I decided to pass on the deal.
 
I wouldn't mind a re run of Photoshop! I end up using lightroom more than photoshop now to the point where I'm pretty much not using photoshop at all! I'll take some lessons off you for sure!
 
I think most people understand the basic principles, ie, Aperture,Shutter SPeed, ISO etc.

Personally,

I'd quite like to learn about things such as DOF, Using a flash effectively, how to create such and such effects , sharpness etc..


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farrance said:
I wouldn't mind a re run of Photoshop! I end up using lightroom more than photoshop now to the point where I'm pretty much not using photoshop at all! I'll take some lessons off you for sure!
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to be honest most of my work is done in LR now days and I only really use photoshop for cloning and skin retouching and maybe a little bit of cheaky liquify ;)
 
If its semi amateurs then you really need to do at least a refresher on light/ shutter speed/ aperture/ dof/ composition with clear examoples. Can they go out for a period to have a try at the principles?

Then head into the lighting side as the second part of the course
 
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