Online photography essentials course

Find out everything you need to know to start a career as a photographer or simply to discover new passions.

About the lecturer:

Cristian Vasilescu (or Kiki) is a director of series and multimedia productions, cinematographer for fiction and documentary films, cinematographer and colorist for short films and promotional materials. 

Director and cinematographer of "Wooden Churches in Romania" (Romania 2016), a documentary film broadcast on Digi World;

Director and cinematographer of "Vin indata" (Romania 2021), film selected at the Beijing Film Festival; (East Movies)

He received the award for best director, with the film "Therapy for Murder", at the Festival of Globe 2015, which took place from August 7 to 16, in San Francisco (adevarul.ro)

Instructor at F64 and former associate professor at New Age Photography in Bucharest (courses in cinematography, directing, editing, colorization);

Author of the book "Hollywood Method. Independent Film Production".

About the course:

• 12 recorded courses
• Additional materials that can be downloaded by the participants:
• 5 charts explaining camera operation in detail
• Topics covered - 16
• Duration - one hour
• Level - Beginner
• Assessments - Yes

Program:

1. SPECIALIZED TERMINOLOGY: EXPOSURE STEPS

1.1. Exposure steps

2. CAMERA ADJUSTMENT: ISO

2.1. Sensitivity adjustment 

3. CAMERA ADJUSTMENT: DIAPHRAGM

3.1. Aperture adjustment

4. CAMERA ADJUSTMENT: EXPOSURE TIME

4.1 Exposure time 

5. CAMERA ADJUSTMENT: EFFECTIVE EXPOSURE

5.1 Relationship between adjustments

6. CAMERA OPERATION: IDEAL EXPOSURE

6.1 Ideal exposure 

7. ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE: EXPOSURE STANDARD

7.1 Automatic exposure 

8. CAMERA KNOWLEDGE: IMAGE GRAPHS

8.1 Exposure evaluation methods 

9. SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE: QUALITY OF NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL LIGHT

9.1 Quality of light 

10. FUNDAMENTAL TECHNIQUES: USEFULNESS OF WHITE BALANCE

10.1 Purpose of white balance 

11. CAMERA ADJUSTMENT: MANUAL WHITE BALANCE

11.1 White balance adjustment 

12. CAMERA ADJUSTMENT: AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE METHODS

12.1 Automatic exposure methods 

13. INDIVIDUAL HOME THEME - Choose a landscape you want to photograph. 

Requirements: Adjust the exposure correctly:

a. by using the diagram 

b. with the help of the exposure variation indicators against the ideal exposure of the camera 

14. INDIVIDUAL HOME THEME - Choose an indoor location that is artificially lighted at night and an outdoor location that is exclusively naturally lighted during the day (in direct sunlight and without clouds).

Requirements: manually adjust the white balance correctly in order to photograph correctly:

a. indoors, in artificial light and an outdoor, exclusively naturally lit daylight, during daylight, in direct sunlight and without clouds 

b. outside in direct sunlight 

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Details of the experience: 

• Online course, to be taken on the F64 Academy platform and containing text and image material
• Experience for one person

Important to know:

• The experience is subject to availability (a reservation is required in advance)
• The voucher is valid for 12 months