Canon EOS R Series: In-Depth Features
with Nathan Bett
June 6 – 18, 2025
Course Description
“Know your gear” is an essential mantra in photography, as understanding your tools is key to realizing your creative vision. This online workshop, led by Nathan Bett, a former Canon Camera Educator and New York Regional Tech Rep, helps you improve your skills with Canon’s EOS R mirrorless system. The class focuses on popular Canon models like the R1, R3, R5, R5 II, R6, R6 II, and R7, while providing insights relevant to the entire EOS R system. Nathan’s expertise guides you through the many features of these cameras and the advances in RF lens technology.
In four group sessions over two weeks, Nathan covers topics such as basic user settings for stills and video, customizing the camera, and getting creative with picture styles, multiple exposures, HDR mode, and focus bracketing. You also explore the camera’s 5-axis In-Body Image Stabilizer (IBIS), lens Image Stabilization (IS), autofocus lenses, and using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with the Canon Camera Connect app.
This hands-on workshop is limited to 14 participants, offering personalized guidance for those new to mirrorless technology or returning to photography after a break. Nathan welcomes you to this in-depth look at the camera’s features.
Session 1:
- Intro & Meet and Greet
- Setting up your camera for how you intend to shoot
- Muscle memory and getting to know your new camera
- Button map and exterior guide
- Menu: The Q Menu
Session 2:
- Metering and Exposure
- Introduction to Auto Focus (AF)
- Introduction to the Menu System
- Menus: Shoot, Playback, Functions
Session 3:
- All About Auto Focus (AF)
- Menus: Auto Focus, Custom Settings, My Menu
Session 4:
- All About Image Stabilization (IS)
- Menu: Wi-Fi and Communication
- Customizing your experience based on your shooting needs
- Tips and Tricks
Additional Information
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
What You Should Know:
This program is designed and intended for current owners of a Canon EOS R system camera or those interested in learning more about this mirrorless camera system. A working knowledge of basic camera operations is required.
The class will focus on popular Canon camera models like the R1, R3, R5, R5 II, R6, R6 II, and R7, while providing information that applies to the entire EOS R system.
Special Notes:
Class will meet 12:30 – 2:30 pm (Mountain Time) on Fridays and Wednesdays starting June 6 and ending June 18 (four online group sessions). Enrollment is limited to 14 participants.
Zoom Video Conferencing software (available for no charge from Zoom.com) will be used to facilitate the class sessions. Further details will be emailed to registrants.
Santa Fe Workshops always aims to produce a high-quality experience for our online attendees. That said, variables including regional and local internet provider speeds, traffic on Zoom's servers, and your own computing hardware can contribute to a less than ideal streaming event. While we do our best to minimize the impact of these variables, they are outside the control of Santa Fe Workshops.
Policies:
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For the convenience of participants, recordings of each class session are posted privately for one month after the end of each session. Santa Fe Workshops takes the recordings down after one month to protect the intellectual property of our instructors.
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Nathan Bett is a career artist, photographer, and arts educator. He is a former Canon Camera Educator and New York Regional Tech Rep who helped Canon launch the EOS R System nationally by providing training to camera retailers across the country in the EOS R System. He has worked with Canon since 2016 helping photographers of all skill levels hone their craft and specializes in helping photographers make the transition to mirrorless photography.
Nathan’s work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, and festivals worldwide including Aperture Gallery, Devos Art Museum, Ping Yao International Festival of Photography, and Photoville; as well as published in The New York Times. He has provided a wide variety of commercial and educational services for clients including Canon USA, United Photo Industries, Harley Davidson, the Brooklyn Arts Council, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, and others. Nathan has taught photography in the City University of New York system at Leman College, and the College of Staten Island. He is currently a Contingent Professor of Photography at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
Nathan lives in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula where he is inspired daily by the breathtaking landscapes and deep night skies surrounding Lake Superior. He regularly teaches night sky photography workshops in the area, and when not photographing (or sometimes while!) he enjoys snowboarding, swimming, mountain biking, camping, and mushroom hunting with his family and friends.
Nathan has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Northern Michigan University, and a Master of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design.
Website: natebett.com
Instagram: @natebett
