A. Buying a new camera: I will help you sort out what you need and what you don’t need before you go to the camera store! Don’t over buy and don’t under buy either. Find out what will do the job within your budget.

B. Using your camera: Now that you have a camera (new or not so new) I will help learn to use all the functions. Most photographers use “Auto” for everything, and yet they have purchased cameras that will do some wonderful things. Your camera will help you take better pictures if you know how to tell it what you are trying to do. Learn how to use the manual settings to control Depth-of-Field and motion blur. Learn when to use the flash and when to leave it off. Learn how your camera “sees” light and how knowing that will help you take better pictures.

C. Getting pictures out of your camera and into the computer and beyond: You’ve taken hundreds of pictures and they are still all on your memory card or you’ve gone to a photo lab and paid to have somebody else put them on disk for you. You can download your own pictures and manipulate them yourself. I can show you how to load the software that came with your camera or to use third party software that will make managing you picture easy and fun.

D. Setting up a home studio:  You know how to shoot, you have an excellent camera and now you are ready to start photographing clients, but you’re not sure what all you need to set up a studio in your home. Do you need a $5,000 light set? (Hint: NO!) What about backdrops? How much room do you need? Karen can help you evaluate your space, you set up and what equipment you need to get started. There are many things you can do on a short budget “shoestring”.