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Basic Photography Workshop
(5 Sessions)

2008 Schedule

SATURDAYS: Oct 11, 18, 25, Nov 8, 15
SUNDAYS: Oct 12, 19, 26, Nov 9, 16
SATURDAYS: Nov 22, 29, Dec 6, 13, 20
SUNDAYS: Nov 23, 30, Dec 7, 14, 21

P3,000 workshop fee

(P3,500 workshop fee beginning February 2009)

 

BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

Venue & Package

  • Runs five successive Saturdays or Sundays
  • from 9 to 4/5 p.m.
  • at the FPPF Art Chamber, Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila
  • Workshop I.D. that entitles the participant to a discount on photofinishing at Fuji-Image Photolabs for three months


Requirements

Registration

  • Pre-register at the FPPF office or online
  • Make your payment in person or by bank deposit
Photographer Ador Pamintuan shows Basic Photography participants the finer points of a digital SLR.

Workshop sessions

  • Film or digital camera, preferably one that allows you to set shutter speed and aperture manually. Check if your auto-everything camera allows manual exposure override. Point-and-shoot cameras (compacts) are acceptable, but discouraged.
  • Film and developing are free.

The Instructors


  • Ador Pamintuan

    Ador photographs weddings and portraits with the skill of a craftsman who digs deep into a wellspring of knowledge about the art and science of photographic lighting. It is this same wellspring that he brings to his lectures on photography. For besides being an expert photographer, Ador is one of the mainstays of the FPPF faculty, having been one of the lecturers when the Basic Photography Workshop was introduced in 1995.


  • Prof. Cecilia S. Angeles

    A photographer. A painter. A professor. A writer. A nature lover. Mrs. Angeles is a regular lecturer in the FPPF photography workshop at Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila. She has taught Basic Photography here since 2002. At present she is the head of Painting at PWU, adviser of PWU Kameradare, the lone camera club in the University and handles Photography 1, Photography 2 and other Fine Arts subjects.


  • Prof. Joey Tañedo

    Joey is a graphic designer and photographer. As a photographer he has done product, industrial, and architectural shots. He teaches electronic media among other subjects at the UP College of Fine Arts (UPCFA) in Diliman. He has taken a pivotal role in the development and modernizing of the Visual Communications curriculum of the UPCFA. As part of a personal mission, Joey teaches the unpriveleged in the rural areas practical lessons in the arts such as serigraphy.


  • Toch Arellano

    Toch Arellano started his career in professional photography at the age of 17. His first studio was at the family residence in Eisenhower St., Greenhills, San Juan Metro Manila. He initially started as a sports photographer but became a successful commercial advertising photographer in the process of his long career. Toch is also a sought-after portrait photographer, people come to him for individual portraits, couple shots, family pictures, PR photos and graduation photographs.


  • Vic Sison

    A pioneer lecturer in the FPPF photo seminars, Vic has almost attained the mystery of his craft. Very versatile, he handles comfortably basic, advanced and digital photo seminars. His forte is teaching posing for portraits whether for ID, glamour, or casual poses. He emphasizes how to show the grace of anatomy through bending of joints starting with the neck, arms, torso, legs, etc. Along with these poses are lessons on lighting both artificial and natural and how to capture the right poses at the right moment.


Basic Photography Workshop


Course Outline

Day One
Camera operation and handling
Basic camera parts and icons
Correct exposure by adjusting aperture and shutter speed
Reading the camera meter
Practice shoot inside Fort Santiago

Day Two
Review of Day 1 lecture
Critique of photos from last session
Understanding composition: leading lines, rule of thirds, frames, foreground and background, S-curves, patterns, light and shadow
Practice shoot on composition

Day Three
Art History & Elements of Design

Day Four
Critique of photos from last session
Portraiture: posing
Lighting theory and practice
Using flash
Choosing filters for portraits
Hands-on shoot indoors and outdoors using studio lights, reflectors, and available light

Day Five
Basic lighting, setup, using props
Flash photography & use of filters
Introduction to basic digital imaging
Critique and judging of prints
Presentation of certiticates of attendance, awarding of prizes for photo contest



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