Basic DSLR Photography course offered at Srini Institute of Photography in India is a step-by-step guide to beginners. Participants are trained on both the technicalities and the aesthetics. Adequate training is provided on using camera controls more creatively.

Beginners will appreciate the hands-on, lucid approach that makes photography fun, easy and extremely engaging. Participants get to create beautiful images, manipulate them and even work on livewire projects. Basic DSLR Photography course content has been specially designed for passionate beginners and serious amateurs who want to improve their image-making skills with strong fundamental knowledge.

On completing Basic DSLR Photography course, participants can handle the DSLR cameras with great confidence. They can create visually-stunning images out of mundane subjects. This course is very useful for serious hobbyists who would like to specialise in various fields such as Travel, Wildlife, Candid, Outdoor portraits etc

1. Introduction to DSLR Cameras

Learning about Camera menus and its functions, Understanding Various file formats like Raw, Tiff, Jpeg etc.,  Mega pixel and resolution, Full frame sensors and cropped frame sensors â?? Crop Factor

2. Exposure

Understanding Shutter speed , Aperture, ISO  relationships for creative images, Controlling motion and depth of field while making images, Exposure meters and choosing the best mode suitable for a situation, Exposure compensation, Exposure bracketing and Exposure balancing,, Histogram and its uses, Color balance

3. Lenses

• Knowing about Zoom lenses, Fixed focal length lenses and  their constructions
• Auto focusing and manual focusing
• Image stabilisation
• Choosing AF points based on the subject for best results
• Wide, normal and tele lenses â?? understanding how they control the perspective quality in an image
• Making razor sharp images

4. Light Awareness

• Quality of light â?? Hard and soft light and how they occur in nature.
• Choosing the best light for making images
• Direction of light â?? Understanding its effects for making interesting images
• Built in flash light and its creative usage.
• Flash bracketing and fill flash techniques

5. Effective Story telling

• Visualization and enhancing observation skills
• Study of visual elements like shapes, forms, texture etc
• Colors and their influence on a photograph
• Making mundane subjects look great in your images
• Art of composing an Image

6. Creative use of  built-in-flash

• Understanding the built in flash as an additional source
• Knowing its limitations
• Using the flash creatively in outdoors

7. Making beautiful Portraits

• Fundementals of Portrait photography
• Making beautiful portraits indoors
• Learning to make nice outdoor portraits.