It’s been a month since you’ve received your fancy new DSLR camera for Christmas and you are still shooting on automatic.  Having spent a few minutes reading the manual, you still don’t really understand how your camera functions.  Sound familiar?  Don’t fret, there are photography lesson offered right here in Dubai for beginners as well as amateur photographers who want to learn some new skills.  It’s time for you to use your camera to its full potential!

The very popular Gulf Photo Plus offers beginners, intermediate as well as a macro-photography courses.  These courses are usually offered in the evenings on during weekends.  Each course is a total of 8 hours and is taught by seasoned photographers. After each course, students get to upload their work onto the GPP website to be critiqued by classmates as well as the instructors.  GPP also provides additional learning materials, such as printable notes and a DVD.  Every year, GPP holds a week long photography workshop event  which features workshops, seminars and exhibitions from renown photographers around the world.  GPP 2012 will be held from March 5-10th featuring once again the ever popular Joe Mcnally  and many more!  GPP 2012 is a great place to learn more on photography once you have mastered the basics of your camera.

Tiffany Schultz offers an Introduction to Photography course at DUCTAC.  The course is aimed for beginners who will learn the basics of their camera through a hands on approach.  The course runs for 4 hours during a 4 week period. Not only will their students be introduced to the technical aspects of photography but they will also be given composition tips on how to take better photos.

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In the end, if these courses do not fit your schedule, online photography courses are widely available. The Picture Perfect School of Photography (PPSOP) offers great interactive online courses by famous photography instructor Bryan Peterson.  Courses are offered for beginners, intermediate as well as the more advanced who are looking to turn their hobby into their career. BetterPhoto.com has thorough and interactive online courses.  They offer four and eight week courses on a range of technical and creative subjects. Also available are courses on specific camera models to help complete beginners learn their new toy!

Have you taken photography lessons in Dubai?  Give us your reviews in the comments below!

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