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Learn Your DSLR

  • Tess J Photography 12 Langsford Road Kennebunkport, ME, 04046 United States (map)

Has your DSLR been sitting in a box since Christmas 2019?

Do the dials and buttons scare the crap out you and make you freeze in terror? It happens to the best of us. It’s hard enough to keep up with our phone camera… and on that note, why even learn your DSLR when cell phones are so great at it?

Because there is a difference. The image quality, pixel for pixel, is not the quite the same …. not yet. Trust me, I have tried to take nature photos with my phone and I’m always more pleased with what my Canon can do.




We’ll start at the very beginning by pulling out our manuals and turning the camera on. By the time you leave you will know:



  • What all those buttons and dials do!

  • Aperature/ Shutter Speed/ ISO and why each one is important

  • How to use a memory card and how to download your images to your device of choice

  • Lenses and focal lengths

  • What’s in a basic camera kit

  • The difference between raw and jpg and which one to use for the best images

  • Metering

  • White Balance

  • Photography styles and types

  • How to track moving subjects (like babies!)




What you will need:

  • DSLR Camera (or Mirrorless if you have one)

  • Lens for your camera

  • Memory Card

  • A device to drop your images to- iPad, iPhone, Laptop - once you are registered we’ll make sure we have what you need in terms of adapters to download your images

  • Battery for your camera and charger

  • Camera Manual - you can download all manuals online in pdf form if you don’t have the actual manual. Visit your camera manufacture web site for more information.

  • A Notebook

Investment: $175 (3 Hour Class) / 5 Participant Maximum

Please fill out this registration form and submit your payment to secure your spot in the class. This is a rain or shine workshop.

Submit payment for this class here:

DSLR CLASS STAND ALONE

To book this class AND Moving Targets on May 21 9-12 pay here for the multi class discount:

DSLR Class AND MOVING TARGETS