This week I decided to check out more of what Learn Photography Canada has to offer. There is endless things to learn about lighting. The Digital II, Motion and Light course has a lot to offer new photographers.  It offers the same type of deal as the Digital I class in that there is training in a location in your city.  Private classes are also available for small groups up to eight people.  A couple of things that are very convenient about it is that the course includes comprehensive notes and options to access the information at later times.  One of my favorite things is that they also offer camera rentals so that you can try before you buy.  That is a really nice option because a lot of people are interested in photography but are uncertain (like myself) so if I’m able to try things out first I would definitely be a better sell.

The class promises to talk in depth about exposure, exposure compensation and how to capture spectacular images using LIGHT first. It also promises to spend time going deeper into the world of motion and how to speed it up and slow it down by manipulating the settings on the camera.  There is a list of things that the class will dive into, but there was a couple I decided to research. I had never heard the terms used before reading the list of the classes offerings.

Exposure compensation basically helps you override automatic exposure adjustments your camera makes in situations with uneven light distribution, filters non standard processing, or under exposure or overexposure.  It lets you take control of your images brightness by manually increasing or decreasing exposure. One really interesting one I learned about was light metering.  Simply put, a light meter is a device that measures light.  There are two different kinds, Incident and Reflective.  Incident light meters help a camera focus on a subject regardless of how light or dark the surrounding background is.  Reflective light meters do the opposite, measuring the light reflected or that bounces off a subject.  Last but not least was Sun starring.  Sun starring is commonly known as the sun star effect or the star burst effect.  It results in the image of the sun appearing as a star-like shape. Typically, you can see this effect  being used in conjunction with landscape or cityscape photography.  I am finding that there are endless things to learn about photography.