Patrick Wilson

Review of DSLR Photography Courses

My wife gave me a DSLR camera last year for my bir...

My wife gave me a DSLR camera last year for my birthday but I found it too complicated for to use and the instruction book was unfathomable so she booked me a place on the Intensive Beginners DLSR Course. It was brilliant and I learnt so much about how to use the camera and the various controls and buttons etc. There were seven of us which is a really good number and all participants were in the same position - ie we all had cameras which we did not know how to use and felt intimidated by them. Gyuri, our teacher, was superb - a combination of lots of experience as a teacher and his humour, charm, friendliness and many years of being a professional photographer meant that by the end of the afternoon everybody had developed their knowledge and confidence. We had two practical sessions - one in the local park and the other outside the classroom taking photographs of exploding water filled balloons. To support Gyuri's excellent teaching there was ample fresh coffee, tea, water and biscuits on tap and the studio room in which the course took place was perfect for what we were doing. I would recommend this course very strongly. Once I have practised what I learnt and got more used to using the camera I will sign up for the Intermediate Course.