Create video with your DSLR camera
Camera basics and video production
Brenda Manookin, instructor
Friday, November 11, 2011, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday, November 12, 2011, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Workshop information
This basic two-day hands-on workshop has been developed to help you get the most out of your DSLR camera and teach you how to make great videos. Brenda will walk you through all the steps you’ll need to know so you can start creating videos with your DSLR camera. No previous experience is required.
Workshop venue
Northwest Center for Photography (NCP), 1028 SE Water Avenue, Suite 50, Portland, OR 97214, and various locations in and around the Portland-metro area.
Workshop agenda
Topics covered the first day include:
- comparison between DSLRs and camcorders
- choosing the right equipment—from tripods to memory cards to lights
- video resolution and frame rates
- achieving the right exposure
- working with shutter speed limitations
- working with light
- setting white balance
- incorporating movement and storytelling into video
- recording better audio with an external microphone
- preparing for video editing
The morning of the second day, students will be in the field creating video footage utilizing skills and tips learned throughout the workshop. In the afternoon, footage will be gathered from the students and loaded into Final Cut Pro where Brenda will demonstrate some basics of video editing.
About the workshop leader
Brenda Manookin is an award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker based in the Pacific Northwest and is certified in Final Cut Pro 7, L1.
Manookin has more than 10 years of experience and has covered a variety of subjects including health conditions in Afghanistan to Hurricane Katrina and beyond. Her work has been seen in numerous exhibitions and publications throughout the United States and Canada including Digital Photo Pro, Pacific Coast Business Times, Ventana Monthly, The Daily Herald, VC Reporter, as well as multiple national and international film festivals.
She is a graduate of Brooks Institute, with a degree in Visual Journalism and has received awards from College Photographer of the Year and The Society of Professional Journalists. In 2007, she was a Barnstorm XX attendee at the prestigious Eddie Adams Workshop.
About the workshop
Enrollment. Participation is limited to eight students.
Prerequisites. A digital SLR camera with video capabilities, the camera manual, a tripod and a desire to learn how to use your camera to produce quality videos.
Workshop tuition. The workshop tuition and materials fee is $225 per person and includes a $15 non-refundable registration fee. Once your registration has been completed, we'll send out additional information relevant to the workshop.
Withdrawal, Cancellation and Refund Policy. We rely on your attendance to make important arrangements so, if for any reason, you need to withdraw, please notify us in writing 14 days or more before the first day of the workshop. At that time, we will refund your deposit, minus the non-refundable registration fee. Registrations cancelled after that will be eligible for a refund (less the non-refundable registration fee and a $15 cancellation fee) only if a replacement can be found. If notification or cancellation is made seven days or less prior to the first day of the workshop, you will not be eligible for a refund.
NCP is not responsible for a participant’s cancellation due to a medical emergency, death in the family or acts of war.
In the event NCP cancels a workshop due to inadequate enrollment, all fees and deposits will be refunded in full, or if you prefer they may be transferred to another workshop within 12 months. However, NCP is not responsible for reimbursement of non-refundable airline tickets in the event of workshop cancellation. We strongly recommend you purchase travel insurance.
There are no exceptions to this Withdrawal, Cancellation and Refund Policy.
Waiting lists. When a workshop fills, we start a waiting list. There is no charge to be on the waiting list. If space becomes available, we contact the first person on the list. That person then has 24 hours to register before we move to the next person. If a space becomes available within 14 days of the start of a workshop, the registrar may call all persons on the waiting list and the space will be given to whoever completes their registration first.