Sports and Digital Photography Lessons

Want to improve your sports or digital photography skills? Hickingbotham Photography offers private lessons that will improve your photo skills. Lessons are tailored to your interests and experience level. You may choose from a wide variety of topics (listed below). About Hickingbotham Photography.

Cost

Private photo lessons are $75 hour. Additional travel expenses may apply. Gift certificates are available. Contact us for more information or to book your lesson.

What to Bring

  • Camera with fully charged batteries
  • Lenses appropriate for any anticipated field work
  • Camera manual
  • Laptop with your image editing software
  • Samples of your photos, either prints or files on your laptop
    • Images you are happy with
    • Near miss images we can diagnose and perhaps improve

Topics

  • What makes a great photo?
    • Technical quality
    • Subject quality
    • Light quality
    • Perspective & Framing
    • Special moment
  • Capture
    • Camera settings
      • file type (raw vs jpg)
      • 12 vs 14 bit depth
      • white balance
      • iso
      • sharpening
      • contrast
      • color space
      • auto focus fine tune
    • Exposure
      • metering modes (weighted, center, spot)
      • exposure modes (program, aperture, shutter, manual)
      • exposure compensation
      • histograms
      • blinking highlights
      • expose to the right
      • controlling depth of field
    • Focusing
      • how autofocus works
        • phase detection
        • contrast detection
      • single vs continuous autofocus
      • diagnosing out of focus photos
    • Composition
      • know your objective
      • what is achievable
      • isolating the subject
      • learning by experimenting
    • Field trip - photograph nearby locales
  • Image Processing
    • Image transfer (importing or ingesting)
    • File naming
    • File organization and archiving
    • Digital processing
      • file types (raw, jpg, tiff)
      • levels
      • curves
      • white balance
      • noise
      • sharpening
      • color space
      • color mode (RGB, CMYK, Lab)
      • keywording
    • Color Management
      • monitor profiling
      • printer profiling
  • Output
    • Printing
      • printer types
      • papers
      • color management
      • upsizing
      • output sharpening
      • optimizing output
      • mounting and framing
    • Web publishing
      • resampling
      • color space
      • gallery software
      • pitfalls
  • Equipment
    • Camera Bodies
      • auto focus
      • metering
      • sensor size
      • pixel size
      • frame rate
      • buffer size
      • iso sensitivity
      • mirror lock up
      • dynamic range
      • file types and bit depth
      • weather sealing
      • vertical grip
    • Lenses
      • prime lenses
      • zoom lenses
      • lens speed
    • Filters
      • UV
      • circular polarizers
    • Support
      • tripods
      • monopods
      • brackets
    • Heads & Gimbals
    • Geotagging
    • Sensor Cleaning
  • Advanced Topics
    • Photoshop®
      • setup and configuration
      • Adobe Camera Raw®
      • Adobe Bridge®
      • exposure correction
      • color correction
      • noise reduction
      • retouching
      • adjustment layers
    • Flash Photography
      • flash vs strobe vs hot lights
      • sync speed
      • shutter speeds
      • fill flash
      • single flash as main light source
      • multiple and remote flashes
      • diffusion and bounce techniques
    • Panoramas
      • camera setup
      • panorama heads
      • stitching software
    • Perspective Control Lenses
      • shift movement
      • tilt movement
    • High Dynamic Range (HDR)
    • Lightpainting

Waterpolo photo

Prices and terms subject to change without notice.