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title: Photographing People With Your Digital Camera
description: Master people photography. From basics to advanced techniques, capture faces, group shots, action, and creative portraits skillfully.
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# Photographing People With Your Digital Camera

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Completion Time

24 hours

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Access Time

42 Days

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Outcome

Individual Skill Course

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Language

English

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Training Level

Beginner

#### Delivery Information:

Online Asynchronous Self-paced

#### Description

Photographing people can be fun, exciting, and complicated! This course will make taking beautiful pictures of adults, children, and babies simple. You will start with the basic principles you need to know in order to become a people photographer. You will discover the best way to shoot faces, fix common close-up problems, and use digital photo editing techniques to retouch your photos and make other improvements.

Then you will move onto portrait and formal group shots, where you will learn how to organize people, which angles to use, and which to avoid. You will become proficient in action photography, and you will learn some fun, creative ways to photograph children and babies. You will even gain expertise in filling your photographs with imagery, setting moods, and creating themes. This course will have you well on your way to becoming a skilled people photographer.

This *Photographing People With Your Digital Camera* course is offered in collaboration with the trusted learning partner Ed2Go.

#### Learning Outcomes

 What you will learn:

- Learn about common digital camera functions and equipment
- Explore factors that control exposures and ways to control your camera to get the people pictures you want
- Learn how to shoot better indoor and outdoor photos and deal with difficult lighting situations
- Learn to shoot well- composed photos, improve sharpness and use depth of field
- Learn to capture action photos that freeze or blur the movement of sports and other moderate- to- high- speed events
- Explore how to use editing techniques using Photo Shop Elements or any other editing program you may have
- Learn to set up your own business, handle contracts, and manage clients

How you will benefit:

- Learn how to use your digital camera to its full potential
- Take candid photos of your children as well as improve the look of posed photos
- Gain confidence in capturing great photos at formal events as well as those everyday pictures you don't want to miss

#### Requirements

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##### Technology Requirements

Hardware Requirements: This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements: Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible. Cookies and JavaScript must be enabled
- The latest Adobe Reader/Acrobat Reader ( free download available at https://get.adobe.com/reader/ )
- Any modern Office suite: Microsoft Office, Apple iWork, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice

Other:

- Reliable internet connection. Broadband cable or highspeed DSL is recommended for optimal experience.
- E-mail account (to be able to register and to receive e-mail from the course system regarding registration, course status, etc.)

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