One Day Digital Photography Course

please count on me also...

will last? Any particular period? Or is it every Thu-Fri-Sat from now on?

i missed the course, kindly assemble a new date for the course :-)

yep. sorry to have missed it. let us know if more coming on. and keep posted. thanks

did i miss the course already??? if not, please count me in! if i did miss it, when are you having another one??

did this course was held?? ohh my god, how i missed reading this topic again...

you are most welcome ..

and i do really feel so sorry for you .. wished we had time to share our knowledge together.

I wish u too all the best of luck ..

i would love to have a look too on ur photography .. i'm sure it's amazing and we can communicate via internet ..

So plz can u give me the link to ur portfolio on flickr or any other websites

Well done Ram, I am very grateful for you taking the time to resolve this problem. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I'm really very sorry to hear this ..

As for the demand of this Thread .. I got a venue, professional tuturs, for free one and half hour

There is a workshop in the british council which will start today Thursday 4-3-2010

Timing is as following:

Thrusday: Today

10:00 am to 11:30 am --> for youngs (15yrs - 24yrs) and adults (25yrs +)

4:30pm - 6:00 pm --> Families with kids

6:30pm - 8:00pm --> Adults (25+ yrs)

Friday:

4:30pm - 6:00 pm --> Families with kids

6:30pm - 8:00pm --> for youngs (15yrs - 24yrs) and adults (25yrs +)

Saturday:

10:00 am to 11:30 am --> for youngs (15yrs - 24yrs) and Families with kids

4:30pm - 6:00 pm --> for youngs (15yrs - 24yrs) and Families with kids

6:30pm - 8:00pm --> Adults (25+ yrs)

For more information you can call on 4251888

Bring your Camera and go .. that's it ..

I guess we solved the Venue prob.

OK Timebandit, do what you must then.

TB...u do what u think is best for you, save ur ass first.. ;)

sorry to hear this. Best of luck for future.

sorry to hear this. Best of luck for future.

TB, I'll miss you...oh, and Mrs TB :-)

Good luck x

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very saddd to hear this.. sorryyy TimeB...hope you to get better upportunity than this... wish u a good luck...

TB..really sorry to hear about your company's decision of laying you off..

Hope all goes well with sorting out the pressing issue that are required to be dealt with as part of the leaving Qatar.

TC

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Can We Fix It?

Yes We Can!

The news is all bad I'm afraid. I am sorry to have got everyone's hopes up. But I am going to have to abandon this project. I will quickly explain that before starting this thread, I had been thinking of running this course for a while due to demand. It had been intimated to me that there was a venue I could use for such a thing, but I did not confirm before spontaneously announcing I was going to hold a one day course last Wednesday. Unfortunately the venue was not as accessible to me as I had first thought, and the search for a replacement has not gone well. I would have persevered in finding a replacement venue if it had not be for me receiving the bad news yesterday that due to restructuring my company will not be requiring my services past the end of this month. News that I was half expecting, but was hoping against the odds would not come.

Therefore I hope you will understand that I now very pressing issues to deal with, and venue hunting is not going to be one of them.

I really hope that someone else who is capable of stepping in and taking my place will do so. Demand has been proved by this thread, so if you are able to give instruction on photography please grab this thread and run with it.

Once again I apologise for raising people hopes.

Take care ya all

Im interested.... My hubby & me..count us in.

Ruphil &KiYURI

Any good news timebandit??

im so interested..ill probably join the next batch too.. :)

timebandit hope for the good news from Ukeng..

UkEngQatar and I are looking at a possibility. I will post back here with the outcome.

Hello, were you able to sort out Venue, please keep us posted and best of luck

ALLAH HU AKBAR - GOD IS GREAT

UKeng remember he said all 4 cheeks!

can i join? i have an eos 450d (or 350d - i can't remember) with a 28-300mm lens and flash accessory, and i don't really know how to use it all properly!!

UkEngQatar if you have a venue I will kiss you on all four cheeks. Will PM you tonight as requested.

Cheers Buddy ;)

timebandit.. PM me might be able to help you with a venue.

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Can We Fix It?

Yes We Can!

what about leasing a hall somewhere cheap and all the participants to contribute..

Lol... nice one edifis... If I didn't need the projector and screen I would just do it in the open.

If the course doesn't finish during the trip we shall stay on board for the return journey too!

If its a long route we may snap sme good pics enroute Dukhan or UmmBab etc.

Why not get on a Karwa Bus,preferably the doubledecked ones and each of us will buy our own tickets. We will select the longest route and the terminus will be the rendezvous!

Ok people it looks like I may be desperate for a venue!!

Today I followed up on what I thought was a good offer of a venue, and discovered the red tape is probably going to make it too difficult to achieve.

I am now desperately seeking a replacement. If anyone knows of something suitable, and bear in mind it must be free, please please please let me know ASAP.

Hi .. thanks for reviewing my flickr .. u r lifting up my spirit .. i'm just a beginner ...

anyway, we will wait until the date and let's see wut will happen ..

Despite having the long list, people wont turn up. So keep in in the waiting list.

LOL baldrick2dogs, you should be grateful...at least they remembered their cameras ;-)

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count me in

TB, a word or two from someone who's done this before:

1. PHONES OFF!

2. Despite having a long list, people will not turn up and will not even have the courtesy to let you know.

3. Make sure everyone brings their manuals for their cameras, and that they have actually read the manual before turning up - one guy couldn't even turn his camera on!!!! I kid you not.

4. They will wonder why, after you have imparted all this knowledge, that they still take crappy shots. Unfortunately, being 'technically' competent does not make up for being artistically inept!

Good luck. You'll soon see why I said I'd never do free lessons again.

I would have loved to attend but see the list is closed! If there are any more of these days let me know! Great idea and fab that it's at the week end too. Most people seem to run courses in the mornings in the week when we're all at work!!!

Good luck all who are attending!

yahooo

yahooo

Please put me on wait list... pls pls pls...

I love photography, I drive my son crazy asking him to pose

and my boss is crazy about photography, this is my once in a life time opportunity to do something I like and still kiss up to my boss!!

After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says W T F...

Hi Ram

Yup you really do have a good grasp of the basics. In your sideshow there was a bit of everything - macro, telephoto, angle shift, night photography and portrait. I was very impressed at your diverse thinking. You have looked for the not so obvious shot, and that is a quality that differentiates a photographer from someone who owns a camera.

Composition is a subject all on it's own, and requires the teaching of the rule of thirds. A rule that you must learn, but know when to break. I will try and hit on it momentarily on the 19th, but we will not have enough time to go into it in any depth.

Once someone has been shown the basics of photography, they must get their feet wet and make an effort to get out there with their camera. Just like you do not truly learn how to drive, until after you have passed your driving test, the more you use your camera the better you will become.

You should be very pleased with your shots Ram, I would be. And they are a good example of use of imagination. I love looking at photographs taken by others, and hopefully the course will create a lot more interest and give me many more images to scan through.

Happy clicking ya all

In fact i do know about the basics .. shutter speed, aperture and ISO .. depth of field also .. I have been practicing since along time .. i don't wanna say that i'm totally beginner .. but i would like to gain more techniques ..

in fact specially in composition .. I have learned that in photography composition is the most important thing..

I have seen amazing photos been taken with just mobile camera .. and it was cool cuz it tells a story ..

I guess i can help u too in sharing some of my information .. and i would love to learn from you too

u can check my portfolio in the following link

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ram8982/sets/72157622081820011/show/

i am interested. Is a Fujifilm finepix S200EXR camera ok for it?

i'll watch this space for updates.

I'm sorry but I cannot take any more candidates on board other than those listed. Already I think I have too many. But if it is successful, I will try and arrange another one. Because of my circumstances I may need someone else to run a follow up course in place of me. But I will try and sort something out for those who have missed out this time.

I am interested too. Keep me in the waiting list, if someone cancels I will make a substitute!

BUT

I don't have a DSLR.

I have a simple digital camera with shutter speed and aperture control.

Oh MAN, I was really looking for something like this..I'm really interested too, but if you don't have a space then it's ok I understand.

"I'd love to change the world, but I can't find a big enough diaper"

count me i am also interested

Thanks for counting me in. Looking forward to 19/3......

I am interested to attend, im new here in Doha hope I can still be accommodated, hail to the organizer, this is such a nice idea to gather all the enthusiast in photography especially to all beginners like me.

look forward to 19th March. Thank you.

“I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth is as old as the hills.” Mahatma Gandhi.

Sorry if you have come across this thread late and want to attend. But I have 22 attendees now, and that's already more than I was expecting.

So here is the list of those who have said they would like to attend.

Ram

kikaychuchai

999interceptor

fan_ni_sarap

FriedUnicorn

jackmaeni

snessy

[email protected]

logicsays

Formatted Soul

draj

A_K_G

Navin

irf77

me.myself.and.i

ojfmu

elxxxv

kiwiz

abe

khemcho

abc150

I will post back here as soon as I have news on the venue, and thus confirmation that Friday 19th is good to go.

Thank you everyone for expressing interest. It's nice to know that I am fulfilling a need.

i recently bought a d90 of which I have no clue how to use. Pls count me in. Thanks

Hummm... a lot of interest then. Good, no excellent, this confirms that one of these has been needed for a long time.

I just need to check my venue to see if they will agree to this, and we are in business most definitely.

The course will be around 4 or 5 hours long with a break somewhere in the middle. All you will need is your camera, and at around 100 shots worth of memory.

I am a bit busy at the moment, but later this evening I will put a list of those interested together, and may well have to close entries as I think the number is going up quickly.

Hi there,

thanks for organising x x Am in x x

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

I am interested .please include me. Thank you

“I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth is as old as the hills.” Mahatma Gandhi.

definitely be interested. Please let me know if you go ahead.

Source:

- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)

"Resident Attention Seeker"

have got a sony H50 (DSLR for beginners?) and would be interested. 19th march looks OK too. many thanks timebandit.

I am in need of some major help, count me in. My photographer couldn't handle Doha life and left me holding our company's Nikon d90 and Sony ax350. I'm trying my best to figure it out but its slow to say the least. This couldn't come soon enough for me...

schedule, if you have one on APril, just announce it here and we'll be on it. :)

weekend, count me in..

also come.

Source:

- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)

"Resident Attention Seeker"

Hi Buddy, I am interested.

ALLAH HU AKBAR - GOD IS GREAT

Sorry I couldn't wait for you to get back mughal. But unfortunately I may be going home for good at the end of March. So I have to get it in quick.

I'am keen to attend this event, Please include me too!

Nice Move Timebandit, Best of luck.

Am Interested, got an entry level D40 SLR with me; and hope to learn somethin..

Cheers

kevin - 7374754

Good plan FS, I've recently bought a DSLR and have no idea how to use it, LOL

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i am intrested, please count me...

I am interested too..:)

Snessy we will go together:)

"The best way to predict the future is to create it".

Hahaha! Good luck! I tried this once before and it was such a pain I said I would charge next time.

Would like to join sms me pls - 5504065

VIKAS KAUSHIK

Hi Timebandit, that's really nice of you to do this, I'm interested too :-)

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can i join? i only have fuji S1500, will that work?

Source:

- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)

"Resident Attention Seeker"

I get it now, it will be target beginners.

It is a very good and kind idea and an excellent service to the attendees.

Thank you!

i'm interested, plus can i bring some friends who are new to DSLR?

Nic I have only just decided to put this together so there is nothing solid yet. But it is for anyone who has a camera and doesn't know how do drive it. Or perhaps for someone who would like to drive it a bit better.

ISO, aperture & shutter speed will probably be covered in the first instance to explain exposure.

Depth of field will probably follow.

Different techniques for portrait and landscape will probably be next.

Sport photography (or shall I say fast moving objects photography) will be covered.

And finally low light photography.

That will fill a day easily.

Remember this is free, so do not expect a super slick well put together course. But it could save a lot of people the pain of having to read books on the subject or find relevant videos on the web. You can't beat hands on training. And having been shown how to undertake tasks, everyone will then have the chance to try out what they have just been shown and corrected if they have it wrong.

More than that I cannot say at this point, because I have not put that much thought into it yet.

But if anyone would like a nudge in the right direction regarding photography, I am sure I can give them that.

Timebandit,

Could you please be more specific and let us know what exactly are the subjects covered in this course?

Thanks

Welcome on board Ram ;)

If everything works out well with the venue it will be indoors with some outdoor work.

I need a projector and screen so indoors is a must for theory, but most of the practical will be outdoors.

Just in case my venue falls through, please keep your eyes open for a venue that would be prepared to give us free use of a conference room (or similar) which has a projector and screen ready for use.

i'm interested. count me in. thnx

I'm interested .. count me in

but is the venue going to be outdoor or indoor..

thanks a lot for setting up such thing

Yeah already replied to that one, it was what prompted me to do something about it.

he is interested.

http://www.qatarliving.com/answers/electronics/need-photography-training-course