Which course teaches how to use the camera?

[JustinStokes]

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[rand thompson]

You could try this.

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[Eric Santiago]

Go out and shoot as much as you can.
Best way to learn.

 

[rand thompson]

Go out and shoot as much as you can.
Best way to learn.

Eric,

I'd agree that your own personal experience is a good starting point, but only to a certain extent. I think some formal training along with your own personal experience is the best. For example I personally learned basic color correction on my own. However a few formal training courses like the ACES 1.3 Gamut Compression Seminar I just finished helped me to better understand the little "ins and outs" that could mean the difference between a more refined grade or completely fucking it up. I probably would have figured that out in time, a few weeks or months, but that could have been time further building on and refining on the formal knowledge that I'd gained.

 

[Karim D. Ghantous]

You could do a beginner's workshop. It will take maybe a day or a weekend and it won't cost you much. No need to go further than that. The best way to become a photographer is via experience. Take lots of pictures, look at lots of pictures, and ask lots of questions. Photography courses will distract you from learning photography and will cost a lot, and they are not even close to being a 'golden ticket'.

I am not a very financially successful photographer, but that's because I'm not a natural businessman. And I don't really *need* to work ATM so that doesn't help!

I always tell beginners to hang around cinematography forums instead of photography forums, and it seems your intuition was correct to come here. ;-) Many photographers, though not the majority, are bitter losers and they tend to be very snarky and rude. DPs are much more friendly, professional and knowledgable.

 

[Eric Santiago]

I'd agree that your own personal experience is a good starting point, but only to a certain extent. I think some formal training along with your own personal experience is the best.

Oh I agree Rand, I teach at a local college on the side and have been for over 20 years.
I did notice people buying a lot of gear but not using it daily to get experience.
Ive had to put a fire in some of the students by bringing my RED gear (without the schools consent) and setting up a few shoots at the school just to get them an idea.
My opinion on this post was more towards users with their gear.
Like I said, Ive witnessed camera owners slow at attempting to shoot due to their lack of knowledge.
Im up in midwest Canada so we dont have ta lot of options for learning film production.

 

[rand thompson]

I always tell beginners to hang around cinematography forums instead of photography forums, and it seems your intuition was correct to come here. ;-) Many photographers, though not the majority, are bitter losers and they tend to be very snarky and rude. DPs are much more friendly, professional and knowledgable

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Karim,

I would suggest that a good photographer will always make a better Cinematographer than a Cinematographer would make a photographer. I think most Cinematographers whom weren't photographers first or whom did both won't be as effective at telling a story with images as Cinematographers whom were photographers first or whom did both. A good Photographer will be highly skilled at capturing a lot of information and emotion in one image without the benefit of addition frames or images needed to help explain that one image. A Cinematographer will see 7 seconds of video, a Photographer will see 167 more stills than the first one to better tell the story(24 frames/Sec x 7).

Oh I agree Rand, I teach at a local college on the side and have been for over 20 years.
I did notice people buying a lot of gear but not using it daily to get experience.
Ive had to put a fire in some of the students by bringing my RED gear (without the schools consent) and setting up a few shoots at the school just to get them an idea.
My opinion on this post was more towards users with their gear.
Like I said, Ive witnessed camera owners slow at attempting to shoot due to their lack of knowledge.
Im up in midwest Canada so we dont have ta lot of options for learning film production

Eric,

My mom , dad and one aunt were teachers and I have two aunts that currently are teachers. So thank you for being one and contributing to the knowledge of many people, unfortunately not many young people are choosing that career path these days.

Yeah, sometimes just starting anything especially something you have very little knowledge of can be difficult. And sometimes when you are learning something new people who know more than you can make it seem more difficult than it is which may discourage you from ever even beginning in the first place. But I think if you can find good people like yourself and others whom can impart their knowledge in a way that's not intimidating or condescending that along with their own trail and error is the best way to learn.