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Dates for up coming courses
$495 per person *
* Volume Discount: After two members of the same office have registered, additional staff members may enroll for $325 each. |
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There’s taking a picture and then there’s taking a picture. Anyone with an index finger and at least one operable eye can take a picture and with the latest point-and-shoot digital camera, it’s easy to take decent photos. Bring your camera indoors with florescent lighting and try to take great consistent portraits or close-ups of someone’s teeth. It can be challenging. During this one day hands-on class and workshop, we will take this challenge head-on.
To make sure that everyone is on the same page, students will learn the basics of film and digital photography. Important terms like f-stop, depth of field, shutter speed, white balance and how these apply to dental photography will be accomplished. Image resolution, image quality, file types, memory cards, and camera style are all aspects of digital photography that can also be confusing and will be clarified.
Proper lighting is by far the most difficult goal to achieve in most dental offices. Inconsistent lighting or simple flash systems can really make this task difficult to manage. Since light in dental photography is used to accomplish different tasks, multiple solutions to accomplish the same task will be evaluated. Colored backgrounds, back-flashes (like the Dolphin Light Box) ring and slave flashes will be reviewed.
The hands-on portion of the class will allow students to use what they have learned and take great dental photographs, upload them into the computer and build a collage using the most popular imaging system for orthodontists, Dolphin Imaging. The classroom is outfitted with a computer for each student so that everyone can experience the entire photographic process. Some popular imaging platforms like Dolphin Imaging, GAC VistaDent, and Gendex Vixwin could easily take a full day to learn and is not the primary goal of the class. They will however be reviewed briefly so that users can be aware of the capabilities of each.
Although a number of digital cameras will be supplied, students are encouraged to bring their own digital equipment, including their respective manuals as well as necessary chargers and batteries. During the class, instructors will assist in optimizing camera settings to achieve the best results. Once everyone has had an opportunity to experience the digital photography process, a troubleshooting procedure guide will be discussed to help students in their own situations actively correct their photography techniques.
What you will learn |
All courses qualify for CE credits |
The student taking the course must have general proficiency in:
The Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP Operating System. Experience only with Windows 3.1 or DOS is not sufficient.
Basic understanding of how the file system on a computer works for naming, saving and retrieving files. |
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* Volume Discount: After two members of the same office have registered, additional staff members may enroll for $325 each.
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